Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF vs Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund — how do they compare? Vanguard Value Index Fund ETF trades at $218.65, while Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund trades at $160.31. Which is the better fit depends on your goals.
| VTV | XLV | |
|---|---|---|
52-Week High | $220.51 | $164.48 |
52-Week Low | $175.51 | $129.01 |
Trailing returns across standard periods
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The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Value Index, a broadly diversified index predominantly made up of value stocks of large US companies. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially 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.
Read more on VTV →In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies from the following industries: pharmaceuticals; health care equipment & supplies; health care providers & services; biotechnology; life sciences tools & services; and health care technology. The fund is non-diversified.
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