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The Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) trades near $86 after a brutal five-day stretch that lopped 4.5% off the price. Year to date, VUG is up 6.2%, currently trailing the S&P 500’s 8.4% gain as megacap growth digests recent volatility. The longer view is where VUG has earned its reputation: 95% over five years against 75% ... This Vanguard ETF Is Quietly Outpacing the S&P 500 in 2026 and Costs Just 0.04 Percent

Sector mix, cost, and performance trends set these two growth ETFs apart for investors seeking distinct portfolio roles.

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The Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHG) carries a portfolio P/E around 32x while delivering only a 4% gain so far in 2026, a strange combination if you assume premium valuations are supposed to come with premium results. SCHG holders are paying for growth they have not received this year, and last week’s semiconductor slide ... Is SCHG’s 32× PE the Start of a Melt-Up or the Edge of a Cliff?

How does an average annual gain of 18% over the past decade sound?

The pitch for Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) sits at the cheap end of a long-running debate about whether active stock pickers can beat an index dominated by mega-cap growth names. VUG charges 0.03% and currently holds about $234 billion in assets, tracking the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index via full replication. For a 52-year-old ... Vanguard’s $223 Billion Growth ETF VUG Is Quietly Beating Most Large Cap Active Funds at One Tenth the Cost

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VOO officially crossed the line on Tuesday, Vanguard said. The ETF’s rivals from BlackRock and State Street have some catching up to do. BlackRock’s has $859 billion in assets under management and the the first U.S. ETF to debut back in 1993, has $785 billion, according to ETF Database.

The Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG) is tied closely to the market’s largest growth companies, while the Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF (VBK) spreads exposure across smaller firms with less certain earnings paths. For investors seeking growth, the choice is really about whether to lean on today’s dominant leaders or look further down the market for the next wave of growth.

Slight differences between ETFs can be worth exploring.

Compare sector exposures, dividend yields, and portfolio concentration to see how these two growth ETFs stack up for different investor goals.

The Vanguard triple split is now five weeks old, and the scoreboard tells a clear story. On April 21, 2026, Vanguard executed an 8-for-1 split on Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEARCA: VGT), a 6-for-1 split on Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA: VUG), and a 5-for-1 split on Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA: MGK). Investors choosing ... VGT Has Doubled VUG and MGK Since April’s Split and Here’s Why

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The Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) is up 11% year to date, a lead that only looks small next to the 9.4% return on the Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) over the same stretch. That is the actual shape of the so-called Great Rotation so far in 2026. Value is ahead of growth on the year, and ... Vanguard’s Value ETF May Soon Outperform Your Tech Holdings as “The Great Migration” Accelerates

A young saver opens a Schwab account, picks the Schwab U.S. Large-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHG) over a plain S&P 500 fund because they want a growth tilt at almost no cost, and assumes 197 holdings buys them diversification. The math says otherwise. SCHG’s top 10 names drive 59% of the portfolio, which means more than ... SCHG’s Top Ten Holdings Now Drive 59 Percent of the Fund, Creating Hidden Single Stock Risk

The Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:MGK) has 63 holdings, which sounds diversified until you check the weights. Five names carry almost 46% of the fund. The MGK pitch is straightforward exposure to U.S. mega-cap growth, and the math has worked. MGK returned 28% over the past year against 25% for the S&P 500. The ... MGK Holds 46 Percent in Just Five Stocks, And That Concentration Is Driving Most of Its Recent Gains

You buy the iShares Russell 1000 Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:IWF) expecting broad growth exposure. The Russell 1000 Growth Index holds 391 names, and IWF tracks all of them. The catch is that roughly a third of every dollar in IWF now moves with three stocks, which means the fund’s results get decided by NVIDIA (NASDAQ:NVDA), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), and ... IWF Tracks the Russell 1000 Growth Index, But Three Names Now Drive a Third of Its Performance

Over the past decade, Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) returned 427% while Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) delivered 563%. VUG’s broader CRSP index dilutes winners. QQQ concentrates them, and downturns barely separated the two. Over five years, VUG gained 98% against QQQ’s 113%. At 0.18%, QQQ’s expense ratio and concentration profile explain the performance gap. Why index ... History Says VUG Is Not Worth Your Money. Hold This Instead

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Explore how portfolio concentration, expense ratios, and yield shape the risk and return profiles of these two popular Vanguard growth ETFs.

Side-by-side, these two Vanguard growth funds differ in cost, portfolio makeup, and sector exposure -- details that can shape long-term investment outcomes.

Expense ratios, drawdowns, and sector weights set these two Vanguard ETFs apart — yet both target large-cap growth with distinct strategies.

You get the upside of the sector, while minimizing some of the risks.

These low-cost Vanguard equity index exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have rallied as much as 1,850% since their inception dates, including dividends.

Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA: VGT), Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA: VUG), and Vanguard Mega Cap Growth Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA: MGK) are among Vanguard exchange-traded funds (ETFs) splitting their shares on April 21, 2026. Investors who see a sharp price drop in their portfolios that day should not ... Vanguard Is Splitting VGT, VUG, and MGK on April 21: What It Means for Investors

The rebound in the S&P 500 and expectations of resilient earnings signal a risk-on shift. Growth ETFs may be poised for a rebound.

Starting January 1, 2026, workers who earned more than $145,000 in FICA wages (Social Security wages, Box 3 of Form W-2) from their employer in the prior year can no longer make pre-tax catch-up contributions to their 401(k) or similar plan. Under Section 603 of the SECURE 2.0 Act, those contributions must now be designated ... The 2026 Roth Catch-Up Rule Hits Workers Over $145,000: 4 ETFs to Make the Most of It

Ari Sass of the M.D. Sass Concentrated Value ETF is hunting for reasonably priced growth stocks like Henry Schein.