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VUGVanguardINDEX

Vanguard Growth Index Fund

$87.89+0.04% today
8250452-WK

The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the index, a broadly diversified index predominantly made up of growth stocks of large U.S. companies. 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
413.4292.9172.487.89DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

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

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -81.9% so far this year. At 0.040% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IVV runs the same ground at 0.03%.

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

$135.5Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
6.4Mavg daily volume, 30 days
200holdings · US-domiciled
2004listed January 25, 2004 · beta 1.69
The book at a glance
NVDA-2.3%AAPL+1.5%MSFT+0.3%GOOGL-0.0%AMZN-0.8%GOOG-0.1%AVGO-3.2%META-4.4%LLY+3.6%TSLA-0.7%AMD-4.3%V+1.5%MA+2.1%COST+0.9%LRCX-4.7%AMAT-4.0%PLTR-0.6%NFLX+2.3%PANW-0.5%GEV-6.8%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA12.81%$219.76-2.3%
2AAPLAPPLE12.59%$310.20+1.5%
3MSFTMICROSOFT9.59%$481.85+0.3%
4GOOGLALPHABET5.80%$344.14-0.0%
5AMZNAMAZON 5.15%$259.34-0.8%
6GOOGALPHABET4.62%$341.34-0.1%
7AVGOBROADCOM4.46%$379.84-3.2%
8METAMETA3.41%$543.59-4.4%
9LLYELI LILLY2.72%$1226.44+3.6%
10TSLATESLA2.44%$336.83-0.7%
11AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES2.17%$484.59-4.3%
12VVISA1.66%$364.18+1.5%
13MAMASTERCARD1.27%$574.22+2.1%
14COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE1.19%$962.03+0.9%
15LRCXLAM RESEARCH1.03%$327.90-4.7%

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Sector weights
Technology50.84%
Information Technology50.8%
Technology Services36.91%
Electronic Technology23.58%
Consumer Discretionary14.51%
Communication Services13.87%
Consumer Cyclical12.18%
Retail Trade10.51%
Healthcare7.62%
Health Technology6.88%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.76%
Ireland1.36%
Other0.94%
United Kingdom0.94%
Canada0.19%
Australia0.13%
Singapore0.05%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.1%
1 month+3.1%
3 months+0.9%
6 months-80.8%
YTD-81.9%
1 year
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
19%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
181%realized volatility, 1 year
-83.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-82.6%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 12.8% of the book; the top ten carry 64%. Spread across 146+ names, it behaves like roughly 18 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
579calls today
208puts today
0.36put/call ratio
4.7Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
SNDK Sandisk Corporation $832M$971M
META META$364M$489M
NVDA NVIDIA$404M$388M
TSLA TESLA$334M$383M
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES$280M$277M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against VUG

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF0.03%$97.9B+$245M-1bp on fee · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
DYNF BLACKROCK US EQUITY FACTOR ROTATION ETF$41.4B+$1.5B+$1.5B in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M+$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M+$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-1bp on fee · 7× the assetsHead-to-head
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