Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares (VTI): Graham Stephan Remains Bullish

We just covered the Graham Stephan Stock Portfolio: Top 11 Stocks and Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSE:VTI) ranks 8th on this list.

Graham Stephan is a big proponent of investing in funds like Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSE:VTI). He believes they lower the risk profile of the portfolio. The Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the CRSP US Total Market Index, which represents 100% of the investable US stock market. The Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund usually invests at least 80% of net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes, in the stocks that make up the target index.

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The top holdings in the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSE:VTI) include giants like NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), and Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), among others. These stocks are also very popular among hedge funds. The top holdings in the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund are concentrated in the technology, financial services, and communication services sectors. These three make up for 33.5%, 11.9%, and 10.3% of the total portfolio. The fund has $2.2 trillion in net assets with a year-to-date daily total return of around 8.4%.

While we acknowledge the risk and potential of VTI as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than VTI and that has 10,000% upside potential, check out our report about this cheapest AI stock.

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