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Vanguard Health Care ETF

VHT
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Jan 26, 2004
Expense Ratio
0.10%
Type
US Equities
Fund Owner
Vanguard
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$41,416,351
AUM
$16,478,437,626
Associated Index
MSCI US Investable Market Healthcare 25/50 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus
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Top 10 Holdings

LLY
Lilly(Eli) & Co
7.83%
UNH
Unitedhealth Group Inc
7.77%
JNJ
Johnson & Johnson
6.82%
MRK
Merck & Co Inc
4.84%
ABBV
Abbvie Inc
4.54%
TMO
Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc.
3.76%
PFE
Pfizer Inc.
3.50%
DHR
Danaher Corp.
3.25%
ABT
Abbott Laboratories
3.13%
AMGN
AMGEN Inc.
2.40%
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What is VHT?

Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the health care sector. Passively managed using a full-replication strategy when possible and a sampling strategy if regulatory constraints dictate. Includes stocks of companies involved in providing medical or health care products services technology or equipment.

ETFs related toVHT

ETFs correlated to VHT include FHLC, IYH, XLV

VHT
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Health Care ETF
FHLC
Fidelity Covington Trust - Fidelity MSCI Health Care Index ETF
IYH
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares U.S. Healthcare ETF
XLV
SSgA Active Trust - Health Care Select Sector SPDR
CURE
Direxion Shares ETF Trust - Direxion Daily Healthcare Bull 3X Shares
IXJ
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares Global Healthcare ETF
RSPH
Invesco Capital Management LLC - Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Health Care ETF
PINK
Simplify Exchange Traded Funds - Simplify Health Care ETF
FXH
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III - First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX Fund
FTCS
First Trust Exchange-Traded Fund III - First Trust Capital Strength ETF
USMV
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF

What is ETF correlation?

Correlation is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two ETFs. It quantifies the degree to which prices of the two ETFs typically move together.

Here, correlation is measured over the past year with the Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearon’s r), which ranges from -1 to 1.

Using ETF correlations in portfolio and strategy construction

ETF correlations can help you create investing strategies and portfolios. Use them to:

  • •Build a diversified portfolio from uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETFs with the aim of minimizing portfolio risk.
  • •Compare correlated or related ETFs to find one with a lower expense ratio or higher trading volume.
  • •Create an investing strategy that hedges an ETF with an uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETF.

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FAQ

VHT is a US Equities ETF. Seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of stocks in the health care sector. Passively managed using a full-replication strategy when possible and a sampling strategy if regulatory constraints dictate. Includes stocks of companies involved in providing medical or health care products services technology or equipment.

VHT tracks the MSCI US Investable Market Healthcare 25/50 Index.

No, VHT is not actively managed. It is passively managed. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.

Yes, VHT is passively managed. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested.

The 1-month return on VHT is -0.014%. This is the percent change in the value of VHT over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on VHT is -0.0122%. This is the percent change in the value of VHT over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of VHT for the past year is 0.1386%. Standard deviation is the typical amount that the daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

ETFs similar to VHT include XLI, XLY, and XLE.

ETFs correlated to VHT include FHLC, IYH, and XLV.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to VHT include DXD, DOG, and SDOW.

Disclaimers

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