Vanguard Growth ETF

VUG

Market cap $195B

If you're sitting on the sidelines watching Vanguard's top growth ETFs hover near all-time highs, you're not alone.

The Vanguard Growth ETF and Vanguard Mega Cap Growth ETF are cost-efficient ways to get exposure to a basket of growth stocks. Investors looking to target beaten-down software stocks may want to consider the iShares Expanded Tech Software Sector ETF.

The ETF has an impressive track record. It charges a paltry annual fee.

The S&P 500 has proven a great ETF to invest in that consistently outperforms actively managed funds. With growth stocks outperforming over the past decade, the Vanguard Growth ETF is also a top choice.

If you're building a portfolio that needs exposure to mid-cap companies with growth potential, you're choosing between two paths: buying a broad mid-cap fund and accepting whatever mix of value and growth you get, or isolating the growth segment specifically.

When you look at the most popular ETFs among retail investors, you'll find Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares ( NYSEARCA:VUG ) near the top of the list.

Volatility and dispersion are the likely key themes for 2026. The sky-high valuations and increasingly shaky economic/financial fundamentals support that view. At the same time, the market's "put mechanism," which has made the buy-the-dip strategy work since really the GFC, has not disappeared.

It seems that the tide has finally turned in a direction that favors income investors. The reliance on asset prices, earnings growth and valuation multiples going up has become questionable, to say the least. So, the question now is how to avoid the spillover of these risks (e.g., return unpredictability) into the income investing strategy.

The ETF industry has carried its record-breaking momentum from 2025 into the new year, surpassing $100 billion in net flows before the end of January.  By the end of the month, flows into U.S.

Tech and growth have been some of the best-performing market themes of the past few years. While valuations are stretched, AI momentum means the rally might not be over yet.