It would also be pretty easy to spot something like that happening. If you see a stock in the Russell 3000 that is substantially less valuable than the distribu

It would also be pretty easy to spot something like that happening. If you see a stock in the Russell 3000 that is substantially less valuable than the distribution's tail would lead you to expect, then somebody is probably fucking with things. I would be astonished if Vanguard and other fund managers do not have automated monitoring to detect cases like this.