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About Vanguard Information Tech ETF
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Inception date
Jan 26, 2004
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Qualified dividends
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
The Vanguard Group, Inc.
Distributor
Vanguard Marketing Corp.
The fund passively provides diverse exposure to information technology stocks in the US, yet it still reflects the concentrated nature of the space. It represents the market well, including more small- and micro-caps than most of the other broad tech sector funds. Definitions of tech differ from fund to fund: the fund includes credit card firms but excludes telecoms. Gaming and internet services companies are also excluded, following a GICS revision in 2018. In all, the fund offers broad, plain-vanilla exposure to the US technology market. The fund diversifies its holdings by applying limits on regulated investment companies using the MSCI 25/50 methodology. The index is rebalanced on a quarterly basis.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Electronic Technology
Technology Services
Stocks99.62%
Electronic Technology54.60%
Technology Services42.04%
Producer Manufacturing2.49%
Distribution Services0.32%
Transportation0.10%
Commercial Services0.04%
Process Industries0.03%
Finance0.00%
Consumer Services0.00%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.38%
Cash0.38%
Stock breakdown by region
North America97.87%
Europe2.11%
Middle East0.02%
Asia0.00%
Latin America0.00%
Africa0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history