- Surveying Vanguard's lineup of ETFs, we see that value ETFs no longer provide a way to buy what most value investors would consider to be value stocks.
- A survey of Vanguard's growth ETFs suggests that large-cap growth ETFs contain healthier, better-managed companies though mid-cap and small-cap ETFs apparently do not.
- We compare how several large-cap growth ETFs' returns compare to that of their corresponding broad market large cap indexes over past decades including after the dot.com crash.
- We then take a long hard look at the stocks held by the best of breed Vanguard Growth ETF, especially the growth histories of its top 50 holdings.
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VUG: Best Of Vanguard's Style ETFs, But Top-Heavy With Slowing Earnings Growth Stocks