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Overview

Fund Overview
Overview
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Inception Date

* Thirty day advertised yield net of expenses calculated daily.

Investment Objective

The Portfolio seeks to provide current income and low to moderate capital appreciation.

Investment Strategy

The Income Portfolio invests in two Vanguard® bond index funds and two Vanguard stock index funds in approximately the following proportions:


Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund  56%
Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund  24%
Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund  12%
Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund  8%

Through its investment in Vanguard Total Bond Market II Index Fund, the Portfolio indirectly invests in a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index in terms of key risk factors and other characteristics. This Index measures a wide spectrum of public, investment-grade, taxable, fixed income securities in the United States—including government, corporate, and international dollar-denominated bonds, as well as mortgage-backed and asset-backed securities—all with maturities of more than one year. The Fund maintains a dollar-weighted average maturity consistent with that of the Index, which generally ranges between five and ten years.

Through its investment in Vanguard Total International Bond Index Fund, the Portfolio indirectly invests in government, government agency, corporate and securitized non-U.S. investment-grade fixed income investments, all issued in currencies other than the U.S. dollar and with maturities of more than one year. To minimize the currency risk associated with investments in bonds denominated in currencies other than the U.S. dollar, the Fund attempts to hedge its currency exposures.

Through its investment in Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund, the Portfolio indirectly invests in primarily large-capitalization U.S. stocks and, to a lesser extent, mid-, small-, and micro-capitalization U.S. stocks. The Fund's target index represents approximately 100% of the investable U.S. stock market.

Through its investment in Vanguard Total International Stock Index Fund, the Portfolio indirectly invests in international stocks. The Fund is designed to track the performance of the FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index, a free-float-adjusted, market-capitalization-weighted index designed to measure equity market performance in of companies located in developed and emerging markets, excluding the United States. The Index includes more than 5,500 stocks of companies located in 46 countries.

Investment Risks

The Portfolio is subject to the risks of the underlying bond Funds, including interest rate risk, income risk, prepayment risk, extension risk, call risk, credit risk, country/regional risk, liquidity risk, currency and currency hedging risk, derivatives risk, stock market risk, currency risk, emerging markets risk, investment style risk, index sampling risk, index replicating risk, and nondiversification risk.

Average Annual Returns

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**Consists of Spliced Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index (42%), the CRSP U.S. Total Stock Market Index (24%), Bloomberg Barclays Global Aggregate ex-USD Float Adjusted RIC Capped Index Hedged (18%), and FTSE Global All Cap ex US Index (16%). The Spliced Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index consists of the Barclays U.S. Aggregate Bond Index through December 31, 2009; and the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Aggregate Float Adjusted Index thereafter.

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Index performance is provided as a benchmark but is not illustrative of any particular investment. An investment cannot be made in an index.

The performance data shown represents past performance. Past performance - especially short-term past performance - is not a guarantee of future results. Investment returns and principal value will fluctuate, so that investors' units, when sold, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance may be higher or lower than the performance data cited.

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Investment returns are not guaranteed, and you could lose money by investing in the Direct Plan.

For more information about New York's 529 College Savings Program Direct Plan, download a Disclosure Booklet and Tuition Savings Agreement or request one by calling 877-NYSAVES (877-697-2837). This document includes investment objectives, risks, charges, expenses, and other information. You should read and consider them carefully before investing.

Before you invest, consider whether your or the beneficiary's home state offers any state tax or other benefits that are only available for investments in that state's 529 plan. Other state benefits may include financial aid, scholarship funds, and protection from creditors.

The Comptroller of the State of New York and the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation are the Program Administrators and are responsible for implementing and administering the Direct Plan.

Ascensus Broker Dealer Services, LLC, serves as Program Manager and, in connection with its affiliates, provides recordkeeping and administrative support services and is responsible for day-to-day operations of the Direct Plan. The Vanguard Group, Inc., serves as the Investment Manager. Vanguard Marketing Corporation provides marketing and distribution services to the Direct Plan.

No guarantee: None of the State of New York, its agencies, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), The Vanguard Group, Inc., Ascensus Broker Dealer Services, LLC, nor any of their applicable affiliates insures accounts or guarantees the principal deposited therein or any investment returns on any account or investment portfolio.

New York's 529 College Savings Program currently includes two separate 529 plans. The Direct Plan is sold directly by the Program. You may also participate in the Advisor-Guided Plan, which is sold exclusively through financial professionals and has different investment options and higher fees and expenses as well as financial professional compensation.

This website contains links to other websites as a convenience to users. However none of the Program; The New York State Office of the State Comptroller; the New York State Higher Education Services Corporation; The Vanguard Group, Inc.; Ascensus Broker Dealer Services, LLC; nor any of their affiliates endorses or takes any responsibility for any such website or for any information contained thereon, except, in each case, with respect to their own websites.

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The NY 529 website is currently only available in English. A Spanish translation of the website will be available in early 2026.

El sitio web de NY 529 está disponible actualmente solo en inglés. La versión en español estará disponible a principios de 2026.