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If You Invest $100 a Month in VGT Starting Today, Here's What History Says You Could Have in 20 Years

You wonʻt believe how much a $5,000 investment in the Vanguard Information Technology ETF would have generated over the past 20 years.

If You Invest $100 a Month in VGT Starting Today, Here's What History Says You Could Have in 20 Years

Published August 16, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

The Vanguard Information Technology ETF (NYSEMKT: VGT) invests in the sector that has driven the market for the past 25 years and may continue to do so over the next 25 years. Its returns over time have stacked up better than most technology ETFs, including the Invesco QQQ (NASDAQ: QQQ).

Over the last 10 years, the VGT has had an average annualized return of about 25% per year, beating the QQQʻs 20.8% average annualized return.

Details

If you go back 20 years, the Vanguard Information Technology ETF has posted a 21% average annualized return, compared to 19.5% for the QQQ. And due to its low 0.09% expense ratio, compared to the QQQʻs 0.18% fee, investors kept more of that return.

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Originally published at www.fool.com.

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