The S&P 500 ( ^GSPC +0.67% ) index is made up of 500 companies from 11 different sectors of the economy. Information technology is the largest sector, because it's home to three of the world's most valuable companies: Nvidia ( NVDA 0.65% ) , Microsoft , and Apple , which have become artificial intelligence (AI) juggernauts in their own unique ways.

The S&P 500 has delivered a total return of 17.8% this year, but had you invested in the Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF ( VOOG +0.38% ) instead, you would be sitting on a return of 22.7%. This exchange-traded fund (ETF) tracks the performance of the S&P 500 Growth index, which exclusively holds 216 of the best-performing growth stocks from the regular S&P 500.

The outperformance of the Vanguard ETF in 2025 isn't a on

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