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About VANGUARD WORLD FUND
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Inception date
Jan 26, 2004
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
The fund passively provides diverse exposure to information technology stocks in the US, yet it still reflects the concentrated nature of the space. It represents the market well, including more small- and micro-caps than most of the other broad tech sector funds. Definitions of tech differ from fund to fund: the fund includes credit card firms but excludes telecoms. Gaming and internet services companies are also excluded, following a GICS revision in 2018. In all, the fund offers broad, plain-vanilla exposure to the US technology market. The fund diversifies its holdings by applying limits on regulated investment companies using the MSCI 25/50 methodology. The index is rebalanced on a quarterly basis.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Electronic Technology
Technology Services
Stock breakdown by region
Top 10 holdings
VGT Post-Election Year ReturnsVanguard Information Tech ETF ( AMEX:VGT ) tends to consistently perform best in the year following a US Presidential Election. I believe given its track record, VGT could replicate the previous three post-election years. This would put the price at approximately $800 at the end of 2025.
Strategy:
Weekly Chart Looks Breakout StrongAI, interest rate cuts, and the 2024 presidential election in the United States will likely support another steady climb in large cap tech. One year target right around $610 is the measured move from the bottom of this weekly cup and handle to the upside. Any action to that price earlier than a year
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
VGT trades at 601.20 USD today, its price has risen 5.72% in the past 24 hours. Track more dynamics on VGT price chart.
VGT net asset value is 602.58 today — it's risen 21.29% over the past month. NAV represents the total value of the fund's assets less liabilities and serves as a gauge of the fund's performance.
VGT assets under management is 84.79 B USD. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
VGT price has risen by 5.72% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 9.46% increase. See more dynamics on VGT price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 21.29% over the last month, showed a −4.62% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 15.73% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 21.29% over the last month, showed a −4.62% decrease in three-month performance and has increased by 15.73% in a year.
VGT fund flows account for 30.71 B USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
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VGT invests in stocks. See more details in our Analysis section.
VGT expense ratio is 0.09%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
No, VGT isn't leveraged, meaning it doesn't use borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
Yes, VGT pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 0.53%.
VGT trades at a premium (0.49%).
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
VGT shares are issued by The Vanguard Group, Inc.
VGT follows the MSCI US IMI 25/50 Information Technology. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Jan 26, 2004.
The fund's management style is passive, meaning it's aiming to replicate the performance of the underlying index by holding assets in the same proportions as the index. The goal is to match the index's returns.