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About Vanguard Information Technology ETF
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Inception date
Jan 26, 2004
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
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.
ISIN
US92204A7028
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.
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Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Electronic Technology
Technology Services
Stock breakdown by region
Top 10 holdings
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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 assets under management is 110.58 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.
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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 0.41%.
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.