VHT
Vanguard Health Care ETF
📎 Investment Objective
The Vanguard Health Care ETF seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Health Care 25/50 Index, which measures the investment return of health care stocks in the U.S. equity market.
Overview
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Investment Summary
📎 Investment Objective
The Vanguard Health Care ETF seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Health Care 25/50 Index, which measures the investment return of health care stocks in the U.S. equity market.
🎯 Investment Strategy
The ETF employs a passively managed, full-replication approach to track the index, investing in all or substantially all of the stocks in the index in roughly the same proportions as the index.
✨ Key Features
- Provides broad exposure to the U.S. healthcare sector, including pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and medical device companies
- Diversified portfolio with holdings across different healthcare sub-industries
- Low expense ratio of 0.00% makes it a cost-effective way to gain healthcare sector exposure
- Tracks a market-cap-weighted index, providing exposure proportional to the size of the underlying companies
⚠️ Primary Risks
- Sector-specific risk: As a sector-focused fund, it is subject to risks inherent to the healthcare industry, such as regulatory changes, patent expirations, and pricing pressures
- Market risk: The value of the fund's holdings can fluctuate with overall stock market movements
- Concentration risk: The fund's performance is heavily tied to the healthcare sector, which may underperform the broader market at times
- Tracking error risk: The fund may not perfectly track its underlying index due to factors such as fund expenses and cash flows
👤 Best For
The Vanguard Health Care ETF may be suitable for investors seeking long-term exposure to the U.S. healthcare sector as part of a diversified portfolio. It can be particularly appealing to investors with a higher risk tolerance who are looking for a cost-effective way to gain broad healthcare sector exposure.