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This fund aims to mirror the financial performance of a specific benchmark index, which tracks the investment returns of companies operating in the information technology industry. It is overseen with a passive management approach, predominantly using a full-replication strategy to hold all index constituents when feasible. However, should regulatory constraints arise, it will implement a sampling strategy. The portfolio includes equities of businesses that support the electronics and computer sectors, or those that develop products grounded in advanced scientific principles.
Is VGT's expense ratio expensive, average, or a steal for its category?
Pro reveals the verdict on a 5-tier spectrum calibrated against ICI 2025 industry averages, with strategy-aware bands so the comparison is meaningful.
One Vanguard ETF with a nine-basis-point fee has quietly compounded money at a pace most active managers envy, but the same concentration that drives those returns could just as easily unwind them during the current semiconductor boom.
Even with rising earnings, memory stock prices may have gone up too far, too fast. The iShares Semiconductor ETF has fallen 20% from its June 22 all-time high.
The Vanguard Information Technology ETF and the Vanguard Energy ETF are broad but very top-heavy. A booming chip industry has fueled the tech fund, and the energy ETF has benefited from oil supply shocks.
Artificial intelligence has been one of the predominant forces moving markets over the past several years.
The Vanguard Information Technology ETF has a 10-year average annual return of 25%. It's also returned 15% per year since its inception.