VIG
etf66ModerateVanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF
Dividend Growth
Snapshot
Tracks US companies with a record of growing dividends. Tilts toward quality and stability rather than high current yield.
Long-Term Total Return
Decade-scale view, dividends reinvested, vs. the S&P 500.
Growth of $10,000 invested at the start of the period, total return (price + reinvested dividends). Illustrative.
Risk Profile
Balanced growth with manageable swings.
2–5 Year Outlook
Hypothetical bear / base / bull scenarios — not a prediction.
Hypothetical 5-year scenarios for $10,000 invested today.
| Scenario | Annualized | Total return | $10,000 → |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bull 17%/yr total return | +17.1%/yr | +120% | $22,018 |
| Base 12%/yr total return (≈ long-run trend) | +11.5%/yr | +72% | $17,234 |
| Bear 5%/yr total return | +4.5%/yr | +25% | $12,462 |
Projected from the fund's long-run total-return trend, widened by its volatility.
Technical Indicators
Objective price signals — moving averages, RSI, 52-week range — to interpret, not act on.
Illustrative daily prices (last ~9 months) with 50- and 200-day moving averages.
- Below its 200-day moving average — in a longer-term downtrend.
- RSI 33 — neutral (neither overbought nor oversold).
- 26% below its 52-week high.
- MACD is below its signal line (negative momentum).
Technical indicators are objective descriptions of price behavior, not signals to act on. They are computed from illustrative sample prices and say nothing about a company's value. Not investment advice.
Fund Facts
- Expense ratio
- 0.05%Lower compounds to more wealth over decades
- 30-day yield
- 1.7%
- Holdings
- 340
- Turnover
- 15%Proxy for tax efficiency
- Tracking error
- 0.10%
- Structure
- Passive indexFund age 19y
Sector Exposure
- Technology24%
- Financials19%
- Health Care15%
- Industrials13%
- Consumer Staples11%
- Other18%
Geographic Exposure
- United States100%
Moat Analysis
Dividend-growth screen captures durable, profitable companies; the quality tilt has historically delivered solid risk-adjusted returns.
Risk Factors
What could impair the long-term thesis.
- Lower current yield than high-dividend funds
- US-only
- Factor underperformance in some regimes
Hypothetical Growth
What a past investment would be worth today.
Hypothetical growth calculator
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Forward Scenario Modeler
Project a starting investment across multi-decade horizons.
Forward scenario modeler
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Data as of 2025-12-31. Illustrative sample data for research & education — not live market data, and not a recommendation to buy or sell VIG.