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VUG · Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF
Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in VUG with dividends reinvested grew to $217,477, 22.65% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -31.54%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested
How VUG held up in past market crashes
VUG has been through 4 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 51.4% in the 2008 financial crisis, when the S&P 500 fell 56.5%. It took 2.3 years from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | VUG deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 financial crisis | -51.4% | -56.5% | Oct 2007 to Mar 2009 | 2.3 years |
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -22.7% | -20.2% | Sep 2018 to Dec 2018 | 4 months |
| 2020 COVID crash | -31.8% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | 3 months |
| 2022 bear market | -34.8% | -25.4% | Jan 2022 to Oct 2022 | 15 months |
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 VUG
Vanguard Morningstar Growth ETF is an exchange-traded fund that seeks to provide broad exposure to large-cap U.S. growth stocks. The fund is designed to track a market-cap-weighted growth index, giving investors diversified access to companies that typically emphasize earnings and revenue expansion rather than value characteristics.
Fund description from our market-data provider.
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