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VTWGVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Russell 2000 Growth Index Fund

$259.28-1.46% vs prior close
22028952-WK

Price through Oct 7, 2026 · Flows through Oct 31, 2024. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 7, 2026. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 7, 2026.

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Russell 2000® Growth Index. The index is designed to measure the performance of small-capitalization growth stocks in the United States. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.

Price & daily flows
273.9254.2234.4259.28DAILY NET FLOWOct 7Feb 5Jun 5Oct 7

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +9.9% so far this year. At 0.15% a year it is not the cheapest way in — XLV has a reported fee of 0.09%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$1Bassets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
24Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1079holdings · US-domiciled
2010listed September 20, 2010 · beta 1.43
The book at a glance
FROG-0.4%BTSG+0.1%MOGA-4.1%TWST-6.8%GKOS+6.6%MXL-1.8%TXG-5.7%PTGX+1.6%IDCC-2.5%FCFS-1.6%KRYS-0.7%RHP-1.3%EAT-2.7%OSCR+1.8%HQY+0.9%TGTX+1.5%SLAB-0.3%PLXS-2.2%QLYS-2.6%ZWS-2.9%PRAX-0.8%FSS-3.2%ESE-4.2%CVLT-3.0%SNEX-6.9%LNTH+0.2%NPO-4.3%HIMS+0.2%ENS-5.2%ANF-1.4%ZETA+2.4%MTRN-6.9%VSXY+0.8%SYRE+0.9%PCVX+0.4%LGND-1.2%SXT-0.7%MGY+1.6%COMP-1.1%KYMR+2.2%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1FROGJFROG0.68%$98.15-0.4%
2BTSGBRIGHTSPRING HEALTH SERVICES INC0.59%$63.80+0.1%
3MOGAMoog Inc MOG-A0.66%$360.39-4.1%
4TWSTTWIST BIOSCIENCE0.56%$155.65-6.8%
5GKOSGLAUKOS0.64%$172.18+6.6%
6MXLMAXLINEAR0.32%$107.36-1.8%
7TXG10X GENOMICS0.46%$76.10-5.7%
8PTGXPROTAGONIST THERAPEUTICS0.56%$140.92+1.6%
9IDCCINTERDIGITAL0.54%$330.80-2.5%
10FCFSFIRSTCASH HOLDINGS0.55%$209.56-1.6%
11KRYSKRYSTAL BIOTECH0.58%$324.57-0.7%
12RHPRYMAN HOSPITALITY PROPERTIES0.53%$119.29-1.3%
13EATBRINKER INTERNATIONAL0.62%$185.31-2.7%
14OSCROSCAR HEALTH0.45%$32.91+1.8%
15HQYHEALTHEQUITY0.51%$91.90+0.9%

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Sector weights
Healthcare25.8%
Information Technology22.61%
Technology21.9%
Industrials20.48%
Health Technology17.26%
Technology Services16.41%
Consumer Discretionary13.16%
Electronic Technology10.44%
Producer Manufacturing9.6%
Consumer Cyclical9.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.57%
Cayman Islands0.81%
Bermuda0.59%
Brazil0.24%
Canada0.17%
Israel0.13%
Ireland0.13%
France0.13%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.7%
1 month-5.9%
3 months-7.9%
6 months+11.7%
YTD+9.9%
1 year+9.5%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
JulSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
15%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
22%realized volatility, 1 year
-15.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-10.2%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 0.7% of the book; the top ten carry 6%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 210 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
19Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
PENG Penguin Solutions$15M$15M
OSCR OSCAR HEALTH$9M$5M
CIFR CIPHER MINING$7M$7M
AXTI AXT$7M$6M
HUT HUT 8 MINING$5M$5M

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The case against VTWG

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat VTWG on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41B+$286M-12bp on fee · 41× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.4B+$199M-12bp on fee · 18× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$57.9B+$717M-11bp on fee · 57× the assets · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYV State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF0.04%$36B+$208M-11bp on fee · 35× the assets · +$208M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$123.5B+$2.3B-10bp on fee · 122× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
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