Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF is an exchange-traded share class of Vanguard Consumer Discretionary Index Fund. It employs investment approach designed to track the performance of the Morgan Stanley Capital International United States Investable Market Consumer Discretionary Index, an Index of stocks of large, medium, and small United States companies in the consumer discretionary sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). Its manufacturing segment includes industries, such as automotive, household durable goods, textiles and apparels, and leisure equipment. The service segment includes hotels, restaurants and other leisure facilities, media production and services, and consumer retailing. The fund attempts to replicate the target index by investing all of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index. The Vanguard Group, Inc. serves as the investment.
Stock Performance Snapshot
Dividend
Vanguard Consumer Discretionary ETF has a low dividend yield of 0.72%, indicating limited returns from dividends. If you invested $1000 you would be paid $7.20 a year in dividends (based on the last 12 months).
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Sector Exposure
Gains access to companies tied to consumer spending trends, which can drive growth in good times — though performance can fall sharply during downturns.
Broad U.S. Holdings
Provides diversified exposure across large, mid and smaller U.S. consumer names, helping reduce single-stock risk while still reflecting sector concentration.
Cyclical Sensitivity
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