VNQ
etf50ModerateVanguard Real Estate ETF
US Real Estate (REITs)
Snapshot
Tracks US real-estate investment trusts across property types. Adds an income-oriented, inflation-linked diversifier.
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 11%/yr total return | +11.3%/yr | +71% | $17,095 |
| Base 6%/yr total return (≈ long-run trend) | +6.0%/yr | +34% | $13,382 |
| Bear -1%/yr total return | -0.6%/yr | -3% | $9,679 |
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.
- Trading above its 50- and 200-day moving averages — a textbook uptrend.
- RSI 57 — neutral (neither overbought nor oversold).
- 4% below its 52-week high.
- MACD is above its signal line (positive 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
- 0.13%Lower compounds to more wealth over decades
- 30-day yield
- 3.8%
- Holdings
- 160
- Turnover
- 7%Proxy for tax efficiency
- Tracking error
- 0.10%
- Structure
- Passive indexFund age 21y
Sector Exposure
- Specialized REITs38%
- Residential14%
- Industrial12%
- Retail11%
- Health Care9%
- Other16%
Geographic Exposure
- United States100%
Moat Analysis
Diversification and income from real assets that historically track inflation over long periods; a complement to stocks and bonds.
Risk Factors
What could impair the long-term thesis.
- Interest-rate sensitivity
- Property-cycle and sector shifts (e.g. office)
- Lower long-run growth than equities
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 VNQ.