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Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund ETF Shares
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Best way to start investing? App or managed account?
What are your thoughts on this Roth IRA portfolio breakdown?
What to allocate to a traditional IRA vs. keep in taxable account?
Seeking Feedback on my Long-Term Investment Portfolio - ETFs Dominant
First time maxing out Roth contribution. Give me a super basic, set it and forget it, distribution
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Am I missing something? What is the benefit of international diversification when ETFs like VXUS significantly underperform ETFs like VOO? Diversification just for the sake of diversification?
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Help in allocating funds into these ETFs from Vanguard
Can someone critique my portfolio early on going forward?
Comparison is the thief of joy but how am I doing?
28yo, Is selling all my VGT and buying VT timing the market/performance chasing?
Which Portfolio Mix? Will big tech continue being King?
Use "Trailing Stop Orders" to protect portfolio during a crash
Is it wild to throw all your money into AAPL and MSFT?
I wonder if Crowdfunding Real Estate investment pays better than ETFs like SCHD, OMPL, QQQ and other
[M25] International Student in the US - How to prepare to move assets overseas
Is there an international ex-US ETF that tracks technology similar to how VGT tracks in US?
Which one of the following ETFs are identical and redundant?
Is it better to invest in multiple ETFs or stick to 1?
How best to reinvest cash from dividends earned in my Traditional and Roth IRA
i primarily buy ETF but would like to add stocks to my portfolio
[QQQ vs VGT ] 30K to invest in rollover roth - confused about dividends being taxed ?
Why do people hold QQQ instead of other tech ETFs as a core holding?
Why do people hold QQQ instead of other tech ETFs as a core holding?
I am putting $1000 a month into this portfolio is it good?
On the whole, is there much argument for the market being anything but pre-COVID levels minus inflation?
Most stocks popular here are priced they were a year ago. If you were willing to buy then, why not now?
I feel like conventional wisdom is wrong, and that it’s better to buy shares of companies you believe in than sector etfs.
I feel like conventional wisdom is wrong- it’s better to buy stocks of companies you believe in than it is to go with industry indexes.
Most of my stock picks fit into VGT, but buying an ETF feels so lame. Does anyone else have any struggles with this?
Should I move an old employer's 401k into a rollover IRA? What are the implications of doing so?
Is it silly to hold both QQQ and FTEC (or VGT) at the same time?
Currently investing in high growth stocks in my Roth IRA. Is this a bad idea?
Hoping to do better this year than last... Review portfolio
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VTI was doing so poorly it was below the S&P for the last 2 years in a 10-year backtesting against S$P. VOO matched the S&P. I had VTI for a long time but after accepting it's an underperformer in the long run I dumped it all for a slightly better (aka a WAY better) ETF. I even stopped suggesting VOO/VTI to people, and will suggest SPMO/VGT (80/20) from now on until I find a better suggestion. I dumped all my VTI this past week because of this. Reinvested, and hardly any capital gains tax to worry about because after 5 years it had barely any real profit to worry about.
For an ETF with heavy tech exposure try VGT(Vanguard Growth Technology etf) it's a bit more risk than VOO but gains have outpaced the S&P so far. VOO is fantastic too. People also love Berkshire Hathaway because it tends to hold steady when the rest of the market tanks, keeping you from losing too much at once.
Mutual funds and EFT's have been great, in particular VGT, VFIAX, VPU, VIGAX and others. Nothing spectacular, just an average 12% annualized gain.
Stability and reduced volatility for bonds. Also gives a reserve of stable assets on hand in the event of a bear market for opportune investing. That being said I’m probably gonna reduce bonds to 10%, sell QQQ, and drop REITs entirely to up my VTI/VXUS commitment and tilt into tech and healthcare with VGT and VHT when I do my next allocation in a week. I think the info I used to build my initial portfolio was dated and more geared toward people closer to retirement who want more income and stability rather than growth.
Sell 40% of the VOO, wait for the next crash, then go 50% of that 40% into SMH, the rest VGT. Don't worry about the crash, mango has a few more left in him before he croaks (from whatever means).
Liking XE, may dip in further on it. Also VGT split, will grab some more. ROKT for the SpaceX ipo should pop a little. Brkb, been watching it slide, thinking of entering on it while it's down.
I ran some benchmarks and I think I’m gonna update my portfolio to this: VTI 50% VXUS 25% BND 10% VGT 15% When compared to the benchmark of Berkshire Hathaway over the last 3 years it has had a Sharpe of 1.12 compared to BRK’s .66 and a CAGR of 18.5% compared to BRK’s 14%. It also has a Sortino ratio of 2.03 compared to BRK’s 1.06 and a Calmar Ratio of 1.81 to BRK’s 1.4. So it seems to outperform BRK.A in nearly every metric from a risk to growth perspective. I noticed my REIT percentage was pulling down growth and I don’t need high dividend payout at this stage and I don’t like the tax drag so I’m dumping this as well as QQQ. I’m also dropping BND to 10% which exposes me to more risk from tech exposure but also lets me have more growth over the long term.
Everywhere I saw it recommended it was treated as if it was a tech fund. I might sell QQQ and swap to VGT though after some research. Any thoughts on REIT? When I run benchmark testing, the portfolio appears to grow better without it
VTI already holds the QQQ stocks at meaningful names. Adding 10% QQQ on top means those mega caps become a larger part of your portfolio. Here’s a breakdown of your idea: https://insightfol.io/en/portfolios/report/20cfa93195/ . If you want that tech tilt, why QQQ specifically over a real sector ETF like VGT?
It’s a low cost ETF that lets you own a small piece of the 500 biggest U.S. companies all at once. basically baskets of stocks you can buy like a single stock. VOOG is also good and is more growth heavy, it has outperformed VOO since its start but is more volatile. I use Questrade to invest and regularly put my money into VOO, VOOG and some VGT but that’s tech heavy and more volatile. VOO is safest but all diversified and you will do amazing
After the 1st million, the next one comes much faster; and soon enough, the portfolio would grow more per yr than my annual salary. But one thing I would tell myself is that to just keep it simple & boring and invest in sp500 and skip the individual stocks (maybe some mix of QQQM if wanting to be aggressive). Early on, I invested some in individual stocks as well as thematic funds/etfs. But after 5 yrs, when averaging everything together, it underperforms the index. Of course, we're all tempted by big hitters. And for every big hit, there are multiple misses that just drag down the average. For me, when I first started out 6-7yrs ago, I did a mix of sp500/VGT and around 5yrs ago, added Intel, SMH, BMY, LMT, RTX, PPA, XAR. SMH turned out to be a good one, it more than 4x since then. But the rest of them was just lagging. I bought Intel 5 yrs ago at around 50s, and held through the red for 5 yrs, and only turned green very recently. I realized it a few yrs ago, and since then I just added new money to VOO/QQQM, while keeping the individual stocks so now those individual stocks are just about less than 5% of the portfolio. Might be interesting to have a small percentage for "fun" stocks, but should limit it. To win with individual stocks, need to: 1. pick the correct stock 2. have correct entry 3. have correct exit Considering those 3 and the tax consequences in taxable account, I feel like it's just not worth it. At the beginning, I also set some automatic weekly contribution to SP500 & International, but noticed that International was just dead money, so I stopped. But now I'm resuming my international contribution hoping for it to reach about 5-10% of my portfolio (it's around 2% right now).
Now look at VGT. My one true love.
People always say “it’s incredibly hard to outperform SPY.” Been doing it for years. Literally just straight up for 8 years now. Over that time I’ve bought and sold NVDA - still holding SOFI HOOD AMD - still holding INTC - still holding TSLA BTC And even though VOO / VGT makes up like 80% of my portfolio, I’ve essentially doubled the markets gains just by making the right plays. It’s easy.
SPMO. VGT. VOO if you're timid and want safety. P.S. Nothing says you need an expensive car. Get a used, reliable, cheap, mode of transportation. Bus and train tickets add up fast over the weeks and months.
Vanguard just split VUG, VOOG, MGK, VGT, VO. Good time to buy more of those ETFs
sell QQQ, buy VGT or VUG or XLK. if you have big pending gains in QQQ, congratulations on your victory. take your prize. if you absolutely positively cannot sell your QQQ, buy puts on it.
I enjoyed the quick ride back up on IGV this week, but sold yesterday and pivoted to VGT after the Vanguard split. So far so good.
You don't believe in US stock market more? I would not be that heavy in VXUS and move more into VTI. But what do I know you have way more money than me lmao Aggression? Look into SPMO, QQQM, SMH, VGT
If you're intent on getting started, 80% in SPMO and 20% in VGT. I used to say VOO/VTI, but barely beats S&P and VTI hasn't even matched it for a while, so I've changed my mind in recent years. I also put my money where my mouth is and dumped VTI for VGT and SPMO.
wtf VGT was like 800 yesterday how is it crashing to 100 not front page news?
I started with about 3k invested and have added a lot over the years. Mostly just ETFs, with a couple lucky stocks that offset my unlucky stocks. As a newbie, probably avoid investing in individual companies as you really need to do research to mitigate risk. Etfs and index funds are lower risk than say, your own portfolio of 5 stocks you picked, but even among ETFs there are low and high risk funds. Probably should open a Vanguard account and do some research on their ETFs. They have a lot of good info on the site to help you. Be sure to look at the companies represented in the ETFs because a lot of them overlap. Id start if putting 25 to 50 percent of what you have in Vanguard ETFs since your timeline is very long. VGT (the Vanguard tech company ETF) just did a split so the shares are now $100 per instead of $700 per. I think 3 of their ETFs split to make it cheaper for people to get in since theyve done so we'll over the years and the price became prohibitive for retail investors (average Joe didnt want to pay $700 for one share of VGT, now that $700 gets them 7 shares).
QQQM. SPMO. SMH. IWY. VGT. VOO. You have time, no need to be timid.
VOO and VGT. That is it. I also have in VFH tho.
Vanguard had a few of their ETFs undergo a split today, making them more affordable as whole shares. VGT (tech heavy) VOOG, and a few others.
You sound like someone who has a good head on his shoulders. Your rookie mistakes are totally understandable given your age. If you learn from your mistakes and just stick to VOO QQQ VGT etc. and you will do just fine.
Do you actually think we'll see an area of growth in the foreseeable future in which tech isn't a fundamental component? I do think the AI bubble might pop, and growth might slow for a time, but tech will always be the future. I'm boring, so I just do regular buys of VGT and leave it at that.
Looks like VOOG and VGT split. That’s kinda nice. People say “you can buy fractional, it doesn’t matter” but it’s just not the same. And some brokers don’t even let you.
Looks like VOOG and VGT split. That’s kinda nice. People say “you can buy fractional, it doesn’t matter” but it’s just not the same. And some brokers don’t even let you.
Reminder that VGT, VOOG, and some other Vanguard funds split today. In case you’re wondering why some ETFs are showing -80% on yahoo finance.
Nothing actually dropped, Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT) just did a split. Price goes down, share count goes up, total value stays the same. It just looks scary until your broker finishes updating the numbers.
VGT split, doofily feeling rich with 8× more VGT shares
Do what I did and just go all in on QQQ or VGT and contribute your own money monthly.
Sure or maybe VGT, or add a Mag 7 ETF to pick up the names you mentioned. Honestly, there are so many ETFs tracking so many indexes/sectors these days your options are pretty expansive.
I disagree Look at the leadership of Palantr The jews I work with hate the left and view AI is a tool to control media and speech Buy VGT and ARCC
I'm 28 years old with $51k in my 401k (9% contribution rate w/ 6% match + 3% non-elect contribution from employer), $15k in a Vanguard Mutual Fund that my grandfather started for me years ago, opened a Roth IRA 2 weeks ago (maxed out 2025 contribution) with $5k in FXAIX & $2k in FNILX, and brokerage acct with $2k in SCHD I have a good amount of extra income to invest every month and, initially, I was thinking I would just dump into SCHD so that when I'm ready to retire I have those dividends on top of my IRA and 401k. But it just hit me that I could use my brokerage acct to dump into VOO and maybe a bit in VGT and then when the time comes move everything to SCHD or something similar. Opinions?
My man just look into ETFs and save yourself the heartache. You want tech? Buy ETFs like VGT. You want broad market exposure? Buy VOO
30 years of those contributions at 10% would grow to about $6million. Assuming you stay 100% in stocks and don’t sell (especially during crashes) you’re on a great track. Do keep in mind that $6 million in 30 years will only be worth a fraction of what is it worth today. Personally, I’d be in something aggressive in both accounts like VGT.
i’m buying lots of VGT this week
is it time to sell CCs yet? I can do it on AMZN, VGT, SPY and NVDA
I’ve beaten S&P but it’s just because I was lucky enough that I picked VGT 10 years ago lol. I almost picked VDC instead. Nowadays I’ve just switched to VT
Stick to that 40/40/20 split but rebalance once a year. If $VGT$ moons, sell some to buy $SCHD$.
I agree on holding off on SCHD, but VOO should be a winner. Don't know much about VGT
VOO (SP500) has near 70 year history with over 10% annual rate of return with dividends reinvested. But of course it's not going to be 10% compounded each year (like bank interest); you are going to get lots of ups and downs. At 10%, you're looking at doubles roughly every 7 years. VGT will have higher potential gain, but more volatility than VOO. Unless you want distributions immediately in 21 years, I'd probably hold off on SCHD for now. You can rebalance into later for distributions. SCHD past 10 years performance is about 150% gain and 150% increase in distributions (or 40 cents to over $1.00/share).
Just put 10-20% of your take home pay into VOO + VGT until you figure out how to lose money.
VGT or VUG or XLK are good approximations of QQQ.
Just stop buying it and buy VGT instead.
I personally like VGT. It’s has concentrated exposure to NVDA, MSFT, AAPL. VUG is good too. They are both considered more aggressive than VOO, VTI but still much much safer than individual stocks, options, leverage, etc.
Does anyone know if VGT (which tracks an MSCI index) will be affected? I'm thinking of switching out my QQQ for VGT.
So you investing all hot tech stocks and want to continue to perform this well consistently? Probably not possible as this is high risk. Last few years for tech have been great, but that does not mean it will be the case moving forward. It seems to me you want safer, and that might mean more diversification. If you invested in a tech ETF, something like VGT, where professionals balance and attempt to have some diversity, would you feel more comfortable, or are you trying to play it more of a VTI situation and very same and diversified over many sectors? My take is your gut is right, it is good at this moment to be safe. Take your gains, set aside money for taxes. Diversify across industries and assets until the world is on better footing, which may be 3-4 years, but you'll still be making respectable returns in VTI, possibly with some bonds mixed in just in case. Depends on your age on if you touch bonds or not though!
What possible excuse is there for not being in VGT?
If your after Tech stocks VGT tracks the MSCI Information Technology index. It has out performed QQQ the last 5 years.
Would this also ETFs like VGT in that case?
After reading what everyone has said I think I have decided to go with VOO and some VGT because I think the technology is going to keep going up.
Buy VGT. Good dip and there will be a 8:1 stock split in April.
MSFT is a smart buy or you can invest in an ETF such as VGT which holds MSFT in it's holdings.
This looks more complicated than it should be. In general, young people should invest 100% in a total stock market fund, either total US or total global. The best ETFs are: * [Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF](https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/etfs/profile/vti) (VTI) - total US stock market * [Vanguard Total World Stock ETF](https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/etfs/profile/vt) (VT) - total global stock market Choose either one or the other, depending on your views on owning the US only or the US + international. If your heart is set on a growth tilt, I would choose one (or a mixture) of these three ETFs: * [Invesco S&P 500® Momentum ETF](https://www.invesco.com/us/en/financial-products/etfs/invesco-sp-500-momentum-etf.html) (SPMO) - A bet on large-cap momentum. * [Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF](https://www.invesco.com/us/en/financial-products/etfs/invesco-nasdaq-100-etf.html) (QQQM) - A bet on growth. * [Vanguard Information Technology ETF](https://investor.vanguard.com/investment-products/etfs/profile/vgt) (VGT) - A bet on technology.
Rate my Roth switch * 50% VGT 20% MSFT 10% MU 10% NBIS 10% ASTS
If you are young, just throw this into SPY. If you like technology get VGT. Don’t buy individual stocks unless you want to actively manage them.
Peak was Jan 28th, I'm down 9.2% in 2 months. I'm almost all index funds too - VFIAX, VTI, VGT
No one warned you about being too tech heavy? I sold off my QQQM and VGT and got VXUS and AVDV. Both have have given positive returnss since I bought them in January. I'm 50% VOO and everything else international. VXUS is up ~5.9% YTD through March 10 vs. VOO/VTI essentially flat. Over the past year, VXUS returned ~32% vs. VTI's 22%. The structural reason: VXUS has 15.6% in tech vs. VTI's 34%. When value sectors — financials, industrials, materials — rotate back, VXUS has room to outperform. That rotation started in late 2024 and accelerated through 2025. AVDV is up 9.71% YTD vs. VXUS's 4.88%, with a Sharpe ratio of 3.18 vs. 1.95 for VXUS over the trailing 12 months. My small-cap value tilt is paying off big time.
If you look at VGT - Vanguards IT index ETF - it’s only down 11% to around $681 in the past 3 months. About a year ago on “Liberation Day” (or whatever the illegal tariffs/taxes were kicked off) VGT was under $480. There’s plenty of room for tech firms to get dunked on further.
I would invest half now and DCA the rest over the next few months. I would go VOO, VGT, IDVO, IAU with a break down of 40%, 30%, 20%, and 10%. Give you decent coverage of the markets. The single stocks you want to buy are already large portion of VOO and VGT
Yes. I know people have said VOO which I agree with. Would also consider VGT tech has sold off heavily and valuations are low. Dollar cost average
Maybe go SOXX, XLT, VGT?
Amazing discount on all them. I've been buying a lot of VGT.
JUST FTEC, VGT, VTI, 8k across these.
I’m a LT investor. Don’t do any trading so I don’t ever sell my positions and only add onto them. I have mainly ETFs, a couple of mutual funds, AMZN and META in my portfolio. I had been wanting to buy real estate for a while so I had a large sum of cash in my HYSA. Changed my mind about real estate and so last year during the tariff saga, I lump summed about half of the funds into VOO and VGT (at a price of about $480ish for both funds). But then things turned around and stocks soared to ATHs. Been holding onto the rest of that cash waiting for the right time to get in and I finally started going in today. Got some VOO today at $585 and will continue to DCA next week if the dip continues. I know that I cannot time the bottom but something feels good about buying at a discount. Looking to get more VOO, SMH and META. Maybe finally get some NVDA too. We’ll see.
I bought VGT, AMZN, BRKB, SMH and SOFI. Little nibbles. Ive been buying the past two weeks. More as it falls. I prefer that because I won't time the bottom well. Running out of dry powder, however. Ill buy more next week.
Yeah, QQQ has a lot more overlap with VOO than VGT does and VGT gives you exposure to smaller tech companies that aren’t in either fund.
If you’re already investing in VOO/VTI having FTEC or VGT is better than QQQ
Since VGT doesn’t have tsla, google, meta or amazon, you actually get more exposure to big tech with QQQ. It’s almost a better tech index than the actual tech index.
You might be right, but chart them and they look petty much the same. VGT is down a bit more this year or the comeback will probably be a bit more in a percentage basis.
Except QQQ isn’t a tech fund. FTEC or VGT are much better
Hi, please take a look at direct indexing approach and also PTF, returns similar to QQQ/VGT.
Vanguard announced share splits on five ETFs. * **Vanguard Growth ETF** (VUG) will be split 6:1 * **Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF** (MGK) will be split 5:1 * **Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF** (VOOG) will be split 6:1 * **Vanguard Mid-Cap ETF** (VO) will be split 4:1 * **Vanguard Information Technology ETF** (VGT) will be split 8:1 The record date for the splits will be April 17, 2026.
I’ve repositioned but what’s the point of asking Reddit? You will receive one of the following responses. 1. Bogleheaders - if they have high income and are old they should be wealthy. They have also become more zealous to believe they can be old ass boomers and still rally behind 100% VOO if not some QQQ or VGT. But they think you are timing the market and it’s impossible to time the market. Sometimes it’s younger folks who got burned early on and also want to stick to this doctrine. 2. Fellow gambler - they also don’t mind timing the market and know all wsb jargons and memes. Maybe they are losing maybe they are winning. You will never really know, but probably losing. I agree with the cry wolf and bearish sentiment. Just not your duration of 3 years yet. That’s pretty significant doom and gloom. I don’t mind timing the market for meta events and I have beat the market for a decade except for 22 which was when I was passively investing but in active stocks lol (stopped making trades, didn’t rebalance). I imagine the market will go up even before Trump finishes his term. My favorite is when you tell people you already went cash they are like - pfffft you did all that and the market is only -5%? Well lol the whole point of timing the market correctly is to be early and on point on the risk off, not risk off when everyone is -20%! The more on point your exit plan and timing is the more buffer you have on your re-entry plan. If you wait til -20% on the exit plan your margins of success go negative.
So VGT is down 3% in the last week. Are you going to sell and buy in the same month? Do you know the tax implications of that? How do you actually plan to act on these things you’re talking about
The S&P has already fallen 4% in the past month. VGT is down 3% in the past week. Anybody with a brain saw it coming. Buying ETFs low is about the easiest freaking way to beat the S&P. What is wrong with you all? This isn't rocket science.
VOO + VGT ETF and forget about it
This blend is actually quite aggressive for a 15-20 year horizon. While the cost efficiency is excellent, you are essentially double-dipping VOO with VTV and VGT. This creates a concentrated bet on one sector that will likely fall harder during a market correction compared to a simpler approach. I usually use the portfolio cross-referencing on trylattice to spot this kind of diworsification and check stock filings for better geographic balance. A simpler 70 percent VTI and 30 percent VXUS split would give you similar growth potential with way less maintenance and better diversification.
I get the sentiment, the massive jumps or dumps based on a single tweet are incredibly frustrating, but like said, Index funds. I'm about 45% VFIAX, 45% VTI, 5% VGT and the other 5% is a few random single stocks. My timeline isn't that great, I'd like to retire in 10 years and not where I'd like to be, but doing alright in the grand scheme, I guess. I do wish I'd have started investing in my early 20's, I will say that
I'm up 110% just on VGT, VONG, and VCR since just 2024 and about 300% since 2011. Maybe just stop gambling?
So… you want to overweight large cap value (VTV) while also overweighting large cap tech (VGT) and then overweight small and mid cap growth? What on earth is your justification for this mix of funds?
Depends what you're invested in. Broad market tech VGT is down 12ish percent.
I had my chance. I did not move all of my VGT/XLK/QQQ into HDV. Only a measely 10% of it. And then I got complacent.
The overlap between VOO and QQQM is real but if you’re aiming for a tech tilt it’s an option to go with (maybe think about replacing QQQ with VGT which is a dedicated tech ETF). I ran your tickers through here https://www.insightfol.io/en/portfolios/report/4a4290e855/ see if that’s the tech exposure you were looking for
QQQM isn't 100% growth or tech (it's only 60% tech). If you want pure growth then buy a growth ETF (VUG, SCHG). If you want pure tech then buy a tech ETF (VGT, XLK). If I were selecting an ETF to buy one of the requirements would NOT be, "all stocks in this ETF must be traded on the NASDAQ exchange."