This exchange-traded fund (ETF) is designed to mirror the investment performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index. It provides investors with a straightforward avenue to gain exposure to a broad spectrum of America's leading growth-oriented enterprises. The fund operates on a passively managed basis, utilizing a full-replication methodology to meticulously track its benchmark index. For approximately 75% of its total holdings, the fund adheres to strict concentration guidelines: it is generally prohibited from purchasing more than 10% of the voting shares of any single issuer or allowing its investment in any one issuer to exceed 5% of its overall assets. However, these limits may be adjusted if necessary to closely match the composition of its target index, and they do not apply to securities issued by the U.S. government or its associated agencies.

NVIDIA Corporation

Apple Inc.

Microsoft Corporation

Alphabet Inc.

Amazon.com, Inc.

Broadcom Inc.

Meta Platforms, Inc.

Tesla, Inc.

Eli Lilly and Company

Technology

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Healthcare

Industrials

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Consumer Defensive

Real Estate

Basic Materials

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Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares

SPY is the best-recognized and oldest US listed ETF and typically tops rankings for largest AUM and greatest trading volume. The fund tracks the massively popular US index, the S&P 500. Few realize that S&P's index committee chooses 500 securities to represent the US large-cap space - not necessarily the 500 largest by market cap, which can lead to some omissions of single names. Still, the index offers outstanding exposure to the US large-cap space. It's important to note, SPY is a unit investment trust, an older but entirely viable structure. As a UIT, SPY must fully replicate its index (it probably would anyway) and forgo the small risk and reward of securities lending. It also can`t reinvest portfolio dividends between distributions, the resulting cash drag will slightly hurt performance in up markets and help in downtrends. SPY is a favored vanilla trading vehicle.

Micron Technology, Inc.

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	VUG	SPY
Basics
Name	Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares	State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust
Price	$92.42	$777.22
Category	Large Growth	Large Blend
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.09%
Assets	235,959,299	815,325,265
Beta	1.27	1.01
Dividends
Dividend	$0.3462	$7.58
Yield	0.37%	0.98%
Frequency	Quarterly	Quarterly
Payout ratio	12.10%	24.46%
Dividend CAGR (3y)	15.76%	5.22%
Dividend CAGR (5y)
Dividend CAGR (10y)
Total returns
YTD	12.49%	13.75%
1y	13.67%	16.24%
3y	26.47%	23.15%
5y	13.90%	13.64%
10y	18.09%	15.35%
1y volatility	19.37%	13.17%
3y volatility	16.85%	12.41%
Sharpe ratio	1.21	1.36
Sector breakdown
Communication services	14.53%	9.50%
Consumer discretionary	11.29%	9.31%
Consumer staples	1.33%	4.46%
Energy	0.30%	3.48%
Financials	4.22%	12.06%
Healthcare	4.62%	9.28%
Industrials	4.49%	7.75%
Materials	0.50%	–
Real estate	0.96%	1.80%
Technology	57.75%	38.69%
Utilities	–	1.98%
Cash & others	–	–

	VUG	SPY
Basics
Name	Vanguard Growth Index Fund ETF Shares	State Street® SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust
Price	$92.42	$777.22
Category	Large Growth	Large Blend
Expense ratio	0.03%	0.09%
Assets	235,959,299	815,325,265
Beta	1.27	1.01
Dividends
Dividend	$0.3462	$7.58
Yield	0.37%	0.98%
Frequency	Quarterly	Quarterly
Payout ratio	12.10%	24.46%
Dividend CAGR (3y)	15.76%	5.22%
Dividend CAGR (5y)
Dividend CAGR (10y)
Total returns
YTD	12.49%	13.75%
1y	13.67%	16.24%
3y	26.47%	23.15%
5y	13.90%	13.64%
10y	18.09%	15.35%
1y volatility	19.37%	13.17%
3y volatility	16.85%	12.41%
Sharpe ratio	1.21	1.36
Sector breakdown
Communication services	14.53%	9.50%
Consumer discretionary	11.29%	9.31%
Consumer staples	1.33%	4.46%
Energy	0.30%	3.48%
Financials	4.22%	12.06%
Healthcare	4.62%	9.28%
Industrials	4.49%	7.75%
Materials	0.50%	–
Real estate	0.96%	1.80%
Technology	57.75%	38.69%
Utilities	–	1.98%
Cash & others	–	–

NVDA	NVIDIA Corporation	13.63%
AAPL	Apple Inc.	12.49%
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	10.13%
GOOGL	Alphabet Inc.	5.34%
AMZN	Amazon.com, Inc.	4.76%
GOOG	Alphabet Inc.	4.21%
AVGO	Broadcom Inc.	4.11%
META	Meta Platforms, Inc.	3.39%
TSLA	Tesla, Inc.	2.79%
LLY	Eli Lilly and Company	2.65%
All holdings

NVDA	NVIDIA Corporation	8.61%
AAPL	Apple Inc.	7.24%
MSFT	Microsoft Corporation	5.81%
AMZN	Amazon.com, Inc.	3.68%
GOOGL	Alphabet Inc.	3.03%
AVGO	Broadcom Inc.	2.57%
META	Meta Platforms, Inc.	2.44%
GOOG	Alphabet Inc.	2.44%
MU	Micron Technology, Inc.	1.79%
TSLA	Tesla, Inc.	1.59%
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