VANGUARD GROWTH ETF $88.97 - New York symbol VUG

VANGUARD GROWTH ETF $88.97 (New York symbol VUG; buy or sell through brokers) aims to track the Center for Research in Security Prices (CRSP) U.S. Large Cap Growth Index, a broadly diversified index that mainly consists of stocks of large U.S. companies. The fund’s MER is just 0.10%.

The $37.5-billion Vanguard Growth ETF’s top holdings are Apple, IBM, Google, Coca-Cola, Philip Morris International, Oracle, Amazon.com, Comcast, Qualcomm and Walt Disney Co.

The fund’s breakdown by industry is as follows: Technology (25.6%), Consumer Services (20.3%), Industrials (12.1%), Financials (11.9%), Consumer Goods (10.6%), Health Care (10.0%), Oil and Gas (7.1%), Materials (1.6%), Telecommunication Services (0.4%) and Utilities (0.4%).

Vanguard Growth ETF is a buy.

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