VANGUARD GROWTH ETF $71.07 - New York symbol VUG

VANGUARD GROWTH ETF $71.07 (New York symbol VUG; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the MSCI U.S. Prime Market Growth Index, a broadly diversified index that mainly consists of shares of large U.S. companies. Its MER is just 0.10%.

The $25.2-billion fund’s top holdings are Apple, IBM, Google, Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Philip Morris International, Oracle, Wal-Mart, Schlumberger and Qualcomm.

Vanguard Growth ETF’s breakdown by industry is as follows: Information Technology (32.2%), Consumer Discretionary (18.1%), Industrials (11.8%), Consumer Staples (11.6%), Health Care (10.2%), Energy (6.5%), Financials (5.3%), Materials (3.8%), Telecommunication Services (0.4%) and Utilities (0.1%).

Vanguard Growth ETF is a buy.

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