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VTWO · Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF
Over the last 15 years (2011-09 to 2026-09), $10,000 invested in VTWO with dividends reinvested grew to $47,790, 10.93% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -32.17%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-09 to 2026-09 · dividends reinvested
How VTWO held up in past market crashes
VTWO has been through 3 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 40.9% in the 2020 COVID crash, when the S&P 500 fell 34.1%. It took 8 months from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | VTWO deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -26.2% | -20.2% | Sep 2018 to Dec 2018 | 23 months |
| 2020 COVID crash | -40.9% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | 8 months |
| 2022 bear market | -27.0% | -25.4% | Jan 2022 to Jun 2022 | 2.3 years |
Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.
About VTWO
Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF is a passively managed exchange-traded fund designed to track the Russell 2000 Index, a benchmark for U.S. small-cap stocks. The fund provides broad exposure to a diversified range of smaller domestic companies across sectors such as industrials, technology, health care, financials, and consumer-related businesses. By holding a large basket of stocks in roughly the same weights as the index, it offers investors a single-fund way to access the small-cap segment of the U.S. equity market. Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF is used by market participants seeking core small-cap equity exposure within a low-cost index structure, and it plays a common role in portfolios that aim to represent the breadth of the U.S. small-company market.
Put VTWO to the test
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