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IUS holds 540 stocks and there is something of value tilt in the fund. A combined 44% of the fund’s holdings are classified as large-, mid- or small-cap value names, more than double the weight IUS assigns to growth stocks.
Relative to the aforementioned PRF, “IUS uses a more expansive definition of cash returned to shareholders, looking at dividends and share repurchases as opposed to just dividends as PRF does,” said Morningstar.
IUS charges just 0.19% per year, or $19 on a $10,000 investment.
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