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Yahoo
25-04-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
1 No-Brainer Vanguard ETF to Buy Right Now
Market turbulence has defined 2025's investment landscape as political brinkmanship over trade policy sent stocks on a wild ride. The initial shock of President Trump's aggressive tariff announcements triggered widespread selling, particularly in growth-oriented sectors with global supply chains and international revenue exposure. However, recent signals of moderation in the administration's approach have sparked a tentative recovery, creating what may be an exceptional buying opportunity for forward-thinking investors. With many premier growth companies still trading well below their recent highs despite improving fundamentals, the current market environment favors those willing to look beyond short-term volatility. Where to invest $1,000 right now? Our analyst team just revealed what they believe are the 10 best stocks to buy right now. Continue » One standout opportunity in this landscape is the Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEMKT: VUG), which has retreated 11% year to date (at the time of this writing) despite housing many of America's most innovative and financially sound enterprises. This temporary blip presents a compelling entry point in this top exchange-traded fund (ETF) for investors seeking exposure to high-quality growth companies through a time-tested, low-cost vehicle. The Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares offers investors broad exposure to U.S. large-cap growth companies at an industry-leading low cost. With an expense ratio of just 0.04%, this top Vanguard fund delivers remarkable value. Investors pay a mere 40 cents annually per $1,000 invested, compared to $7.70 for the average comparable growth fund charging the industry average of 0.77%. This ETF tracks the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index, which employs a quantitative methodology to identify companies with stronger growth characteristics based on factors including forward earnings growth, historical earnings growth, sales growth, and return on assets. The resulting portfolio contains 166 holdings across various sectors, with a heavy emphasis on technology, consumer discretionary, and communication services companies at the forefront of America's innovation economy. Despite the recent pullback, this fund's long-term performance tells a compelling story. Over the past 10 years, it has delivered an average annual return of 14.2%, outpacing the broader S&P 500's 12.4% average annual return during the same period. The fund has also been resilient to market shocks. Following the March 2020 pandemic crash, it recovered quickly, delivering exceptional returns through 2024 (see graph below). This pattern of robust recovery following market dislocations underscores the potential opportunity presented by the current pullback, particularly given the improving outlook on trade policy that initially triggered the sell-off in growth stocks. VUG data by YCharts. Several powerful trends should continue propelling this fund's underlying companies for decades to come. First, artificial intelligence (AI) represents perhaps the most transformative technology since the internet. The fund's significant exposure to AI leaders like Nvidia and Microsoft positions it to capture substantial value, as AI applications proliferate across industries, driving productivity gains and creating new business models. Second, the global economy is undergoing a digital makeover. Companies are increasingly investing in cloud infrastructure, cybersecurity, digital payments, and e-commerce capabilities, benefiting many of the fund's top holdings. The secular shift toward digital channels of all kinds bodes well for many of the high-powered tech companies that feature prominently in this growth ETF. Third, healthcare innovation is accelerating with breakthroughs in genomics, precision medicine, and drug development technologies. The fund's exposure to leading healthcare and life sciences companies offers investors participation in this critical growth vector that combines defensive characteristics with substantial innovation potential. While volatility may persist in the near term, the fundamental growth drivers for America's leading innovative companies remain intact. For investors with a 10-plus-year time horizon, the current discount on growth stocks provides a compelling entry point. The combination of the fund's rock-bottom expense ratio, diversified exposure to growth leaders, and Vanguard's excellent index tracking precision makes this ETF an exceptional choice for investors seeking long-term capital appreciation. As economic concerns about extreme trade policies begin to ease, growth stocks appear well positioned for a potential recovery. The Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares offers one of the most efficient ways to participate in this opportunity, providing broad exposure to America's innovation economy through a single, low-cost investment vehicle. For those looking to position portfolios for the next decade of technological and business evolution, this fund stands out as a truly no-brainer addition to a long-term investment strategy. Before you buy stock in Vanguard Index Funds - Vanguard Growth ETF, consider this: The Motley Fool Stock Advisor analyst team just identified what they believe are the for investors to buy now… and Vanguard Index Funds - Vanguard Growth ETF wasn't one of them. The 10 stocks that made the cut could produce monster returns in the coming years. Consider when Netflix made this list on December 17, 2004... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $561,046!* Or when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005... if you invested $1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you'd have $606,106!* Now, it's worth noting Stock Advisor's total average return is 811% — a market-crushing outperformance compared to 153% for the S&P 500. Don't miss out on the latest top 10 list, available when you join . See the 10 stocks » *Stock Advisor returns as of April 21, 2025 George Budwell has positions in Microsoft and Nvidia. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Microsoft, Nvidia, and Vanguard Index Funds-Vanguard Growth ETF. The Motley Fool recommends the following options: long January 2026 $395 calls on Microsoft and short January 2026 $405 calls on Microsoft. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy. 1 No-Brainer Vanguard ETF to Buy Right Now was originally published by The Motley Fool
Associated Press
08-04-2025
- Business
- Associated Press
Praxis Launches Two Active Equity ETFs—PRXG and PRXV—for the ‘Heart of Your Portfolio'
Praxis Investment Management ™, Inc., a company of Everence ® and a leading faith-based investment manager, today launched its first two exchange-traded funds (ETFs)— Praxis Impact Large Cap Growth ETF (PRXG) and Praxis Impact Large Cap Value ETF (PRXV). Both funds began trading on the NYSE today. 'Our new active ETFs are designed to meet the demand of faith-based investors,' said Chad Horning, President of Praxis Funds ™. 'Investors want competitive, values-driven investment options and they want to talk with their financial advisors about investing with their faith in mind, and these products facilitate that conversation.' PRXG and PRXV deploy quantitative equity strategies similar to those used in the Praxis Growth Index Fund (MMDEX) and the Praxis Value Index Fund (MVIIX). 'All Praxis funds embody our stewardship investing core values and use our ImpactX framework to create real-world impact,' said Benjamin Bailey, Vice President of Investments. ' Research shows that investors want advisors who understand and engage with their faith-based investing preferences. Our new ETFs provide practical solutions for advisors looking for lower cost, liquid, tax-efficient, values-driven investment options to serve these clients.' The funds seek capital appreciation and performance similar to the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index and CRSP US Large Cap Value Index respectively. Praxis applies equity screens consistent with its core values and utilizes optimization techniques to attempt to limit benchmark tracking error. The funds are meant to serve as core allocations—'the heart of your portfolio'— as described in the marketing campaign launching today. Bailey will head the team managing PRXG and PRXV. Bailey has over 20 years of investment management experience and has managed Praxis portfolios since 2005. The expense ratios for both funds are 0.36%. Learn more about the Praxis ETFs at Since 1994, Praxis has offered investment products designed to meet practical needs for everyday investors seeking to steward their assets consistent with their desire to promote positive social and environmental impacts. Praxis brings a faith-based approach to ETFs, mutual funds, multi-fund portfolio solutions and money market accounts. Based in Goshen, Indiana, Praxis is a company of Everence Financial. Learn more at CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index: Represents the Growth Style for companies covering top 85% of cumulative capitalization of CRSP US Total Market. It is not possible to invest in an index. CRSP US Large Cap Value Index: Represents the Value Style for companies covering top 85% of cumulative capitalization of CRSP US Total Market. It is not possible to invest in an index. An investor should consider the investment objectives, risks, and charges and expenses of the fund carefully before investing. A prospectus and a summary prospectus which contains this and other information about the fund may be obtained by visiting The prospectus and the summary prospectus should be read carefully before investing. Investing involves risk. Principal loss is possible. ETFs are subject to additional risks that do not apply to conventional mutual funds, including the risks that the market price of an ETF's shares may trade at a premium or discount to its net asset value, an active secondary trading market may not develop or be maintained, or trading may be halted by the exchange in which they trade, which may impact an ETF's ability to sell its shares. Shares of any ETF are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the ETF. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns. Talia Dunyak Lowe Group +1 414 376 7934 SOURCE: Praxis Investment Management Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 04/08/2025 09:15 AM/DISC: 04/08/2025 09:15 AM
