Summary
Vanguard Target Retirement 2050 Fund is a mutual fund run by Vanguard. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day. Positions inside: 4. The ten largest make up 0.5% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.08%
- Fund size
- $107.7B
- Positions
- 4
- Dividend yield
- 1.90%
- Running since
- 2006
What speaks for it
- Costs of 0.08% a year are below the middle of comparable funds (0.24%).
- A large fund with $107.7B under management.
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 8.2%.
- It has been running since 2006.
What to watch
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 34% from its high.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- -2.1%
- 3 months
- -3.0%
- This year
- +9.8%
- 1 year
- +9.9%
- 3 years
- +57%
- 5 years
- +23%
- 10 years
- +120%
What is inside?
Widely spread- 1 MKTLIQ 12/31/2049 0.5%
- 2 Synthetic Cash - CMS USD 0.02%
- 3 Synthetic Cash - QMS USD 0.01%
- 4 US Dollar 0.01%
Positions in the fund: 4. The ten largest make up 0.5% of it.
Composition as of Oct 31, 2026.
Where is it spread?
Spread outBy sector
- Technology 31%
- Financials 16%
- Industrials 11%
- Healthcare 8.8%
- Consumer cyclical 8.3%
- Other 24%
Largest sector: Technology (31%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- A year from $10,000
- $8.00
- Over 20 years
- $401
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $8.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $401.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +8.2%
- Deepest drop
- -34%
- Yearly volatility
- 13%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 8.2%. Deepest drop in these years: 34% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.90%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $1.24
Over the last 12 months it paid $1.24 per share, which is 1.90% of today's price. The last payment was $1.24 on Dec 23, 2025.