Best Vanguard funds for beginning investors:
ETFs carry more flexibility; they trade like stocks and can be bought and sold throughout the day. Mutual fund shares price only once per day, at the end of the trading day, but may benefit from economies of scale. While Vanguard fees are low in many of its products, ETFs tend to be more tax-efficient.
4 Vanguard ETFs That Could Make You a Millionaire
If you only pay attention to returns, then QQQ is potentially a better option than VGT. The 10-year return from QQQ is 18.09% compared to VGT's 17.63%. ... More recently, though, VGT has performed better. VGT's three-year return is 21.43%, while QQQ's only comes to 18.11%.
Seven of the best Vanguard funds for retirement:
But there are also disadvantages to watch out for before placing an order to purchase an ETF. When it comes to diversification and dividends, the options may be more limited. And vehicles like ETFs that live by an index can also die by an index—with no nimble manager to shield performance from a downward move.
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF (VGSH)
Buffett recommends that 10% of his wife's portfolio go to short-term government bonds. Vanguard Funds has an ETF that does exactly that. The Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF invests in investment-grade U.S. government bonds with average maturities between one and three years.
Best Vanguard Funds for Aggressive Investors: Vanguard Explorer (VEXPX) Click to Enlarge If you want to turn up the growth potential and you want to go all-the-way aggressive, look no further than Vanguard Explorer (MUTF:VEXPX).
Vanguard Wellesley Income (VWINX): The portfolio is solidly conservative with an allocation that ranges between 35% and 40% stocks, around 60% bonds, and the remainder in around 5% cash. As for performance, Wellesley beats at least 90% of other conservative allocation funds for 3-, 5- and 10-year returns.
Best Overall: Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)
The best overall ETF comes from the largest mutual fund company: Vanguard. This ETF tracks the S&P 500 and charges an expense ratio of just 0.03%.
Overview
| QQQ | VGT | |
|---|---|---|
| Index | NASDAQ-100 Index | MSCI US Investable Market Information Technology 25/50 Index |
| Index Description | View Index | View Index |
| Expense Ratio | 0.20% | 0.10% |
| Issuer | Invesco | Vanguard |
The QQQ still has the potential to deliver outstanding returns over time. But it's much more suited for investors with a high risk tolerance. Given that it's nearly 50% weighted in the tech sector and that 10 stocks account for more than half of the fund's investments, it's not exactly a diversified portfolio.
Top 54 Technology Equities ETFs
| Symbol | ETF Name | Dividend Date |
|---|---|---|
| XLK | Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund | 2021-03-22 |
| IYW | iShares U.S. Technology ETF | 2021-03-25 |
| SOXX | iShares PHLX Semiconductor ETF | 2021-03-25 |
| SKYY | First Trust ISE Cloud Computing Index Fund | 2021-03-25 |
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