#1 - Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI)
As the name implies, the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA: VTI) gives you broad exposure to virtually the entire stock market. The fund tracks the performance of the MSCI US Broad Market Index, which represents at least 99.5% of the total market capitalization and over 3,600 individual U.S. stocks.
This means investors can expect the fund’s performance to approximate that of the U.S. stock market. In 2024, for example, the S&P 500 delivered a total return of approximately 25%, and the VTI delivered a total return of around 26%. Part of that total return comes from the fund’s annual dividend, which has a yield of about 1.07%. Although VTI is heavily weighted towards technology stocks, no individual stock makes up more than about 6.5% of the fund’s overall weighting. VTI has an expense ratio of 0.03%.
This fund is relatively young, having been established in 2021. Despite its short history, it has already amassed over $447 billion in assets under management.
About Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (the Fund) is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund, which employs a passive management or indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the of the MSCI US Broad Market Index, which represents 99.5% or more of the total market capitalization of all of the United States common stocks traded on the New York and American Stock Exchanges and the Nasdaq over-the-counter market.
More about Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF- Current Price
- $283.34
- Asset Class
- Equity
- Fund AUM
- $451.04 billion
- Expense Ratio
- 0.03%
- 6-Month Performance
- 5.24%
- 1-Year Performance
- 11.36%
