VPU: Vanguard Utilities ETF - For The New Age Of Clean Energy

Summary

• Over the past year of the 2022 bear-market, the Vanguard Utilities ETF has delivered a total return of +4.9% and has outperformed the S&P 500 by 19%+.
• That fact obviously points out the benefit of holding a well-diversified portfolio - including defensive sectors such as utilities, consumer staples, and healthcare, for example.
• Yet the VPU ETF also has an admirable 9.86% average annual return over 10 years. Meantime, the ETF appears to be positioned well for the new age of renewable power.
• The VPU ETF has an expense fee of 0.10% and has a TTM yield of 2.94%.

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As you know, navigating bear markets is a much more pleasant experience for investors who had built a well-diversified portfolio that included allocation to relatively defensive sectors such as consumer staples, healthcare, and financials - all of which tend to do better than the broad

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