Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF: The Cream Of The Crop

Michael Fitzsimmons
21.98K Followers

Summary

  • The Vanguard Mega Cap Growth fund gives investors exposure to the largest growth companies in the US market.
  • The fund has a 0.07% expense fee and a 10-year average annual return of 15.62%, beating the S&P 500 by 1%+.
  • The top 3 holdings are Apple, Microsoft, and Google: the cream-of-the-crop in the technology sector.
  • For investors looking to add a diversified group of mega-cap tech stocks to their portfolio, given the fund's YTD performance (-19.5%), now is a good time to initiate or add to an existing position in MGK.

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The Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:MGK) gives investors relatively concentrated exposure to the United States' largest and fastest-growing companies. The fund has not weathered the bear market very well and is down 19.5% year to date. However, MGK has rallied off

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Michael Fitzsimmons is a retired electronics engineer and avid investor. He advises investors to construct a well-diversified portfolio built on a core foundation of a high-quality low-cost S&P500 fund. For investors who can tolerate short-term risks, he advises an over-weight position in the technology sector, which he believes is still in the early stages of a long-term secular bull-market. For dividend income, and as a 4th generation oil & gas man, Fitzsimmons suggests investors consider a position in large O&G companies that provide strong dividend income and dividend growth. Fitzsimmons' articles on portfolio management recommend a top-down capital allocation approach that is aligned with each individual investor's personal situation (i.e. age, retired/working, risk tolerance, income, net worth, goals, etc) and might include allocations into investment categories such as the S&P500, technology, dividend income, sector ETFs, growth, speculative growth, gold, and cash.

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