United States Natural Gas Fund vs Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF — how do they compare? United States Natural Gas Fund trades at $10.4, while Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF trades at $58.85. The key difference: Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund ETF is trading nearer its 52-week high, United States Natural Gas Fund nearer its low. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| UNG | VWO | |
|---|---|---|
Sector | Commodities - Energy | — |
52-Week High | $16.90 | $61.24 |
52-Week Low | $10.15 | $49.54 |
Trailing returns across standard periods
UNG is a commodity ETF that tracks the daily price movements of natural gas futures. It primarily invests in front-month contracts at the Henry Hub, making it a highly volatile tool for short-term trading rather than long-term holding due to contango and roll costs.
Read more on UNG →The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the FTSE Emerging Markets All Cap China A Inclusion Index. It invests by sampling the index, meaning that it holds a broadly diversified collection of securities that, in the aggregate, approximates the index in terms of key characteristics.
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