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Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio (VGRO : TSX)

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Global Equity Balanced

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FundGrade A+® Rating Recipient

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2024, 2023, 2022

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(06-13-2025) 		$38.17
Change
-$0.36 (-0.93%)
Open $38.35
Day Range $38.13 - $38.36
Volume 144,151

As at May 31, 2025

As at April 30, 2025

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Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio

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Fund Returns

Inception Return (January 25, 2018): 8.09%

Fund Returns
Row Heading Return Annualized Return
1 Mth 3 Mth 6 Mth YTD 1 Yr 2 Yr 3 Yr 4 Yr 5 Yr 6 Yr 7 Yr 8 Yr 9 Yr 10 Yr
Fund 4.13% -0.93% 0.60% 2.00% 13.71% 15.59% 11.51% 7.96% 10.55% 9.56% 8.55% - - -
Benchmark 3.76% -1.91% 0.97% 0.81% 13.00% 15.20% 12.40% 7.88% 9.38% 9.10% 8.37% 7.98% 8.93% 8.30%
Category Average 3.68% 0.60% 0.60% 1.69% 10.16% 12.29% 8.90% 5.49% 8.11% 7.11% 6.22% 5.82% 6.42% 5.59%
Category Rank 389 / 1,330 620 / 1,310 699 / 1,309 557 / 1,309 127 / 1,292 141 / 1,220 164 / 1,190 148 / 1,069 133 / 1,009 111 / 985 104 / 859 - - -
Quartile Ranking 2 2 3 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 - - -

Monthly Return

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Monthly Return
Return % Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec Jan Feb Mar Apr May
Fund 1.12% 3.42% 0.33% 2.45% 0.47% 4.66% -1.38% 3.43% -0.45% -2.87% -2.06% 4.13%
Benchmark 2.01% 3.06% -0.02% 2.38% 0.42% 3.57% 0.16% 3.26% -0.48% -3.00% -2.54% 3.76%

Best Monthly Return Since Inception

8.70% (April 2020)

Worst Monthly Return Since Inception

-10.62% (March 2020)

Calendar Return (%)

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Calendar Return
Return % 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 2024
Fund - - - - 17.66% 10.83% 14.97% -11.21% 14.86% 20.24%
Benchmark 17.03% 3.66% 11.99% 0.72% 16.29% 12.17% 11.33% -12.03% 15.07% 21.57%
Category Average 4.87% 4.92% 9.31% -5.49% 15.12% 8.09% 12.42% -11.85% 11.42% 15.99%
Quartile Ranking - - - - 1 2 1 2 1 1
Category Rank - - - - 161/ 920 304/ 1,005 212/ 1,054 549/ 1,151 156/ 1,200 197/ 1,283

Best Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

20.24% (2024)

Worst Calendar Return (Last 10 years)

-11.21% (2022)

Asset Allocation

Asset Allocation
Name Percent
US Equity 33.60
Canadian Equity 24.32
International Equity 20.21
Canadian Government Bonds 9.11
Foreign Government Bonds 5.24
Other 7.52

Sector Allocation

Sector Allocation
Name Percent
Fixed Income 20.00
Financial Services 17.56
Technology 16.70
Consumer Services 6.18
Energy 5.76
Other 33.80

Geographic Allocation

Geographic Allocation
Name Percent
North America 75.27
Europe 12.43
Asia 10.23
Africa and Middle East 0.67
Latin America 0.53
Other 0.87

Top Holdings

Top Holdings
Name Percent
Vanguard U.S. Total Market Index ETF (VUN) 35.15
Vanguard FTSE Canada All Cap Index ETF (VCN) 24.66
Vanguard FTSE Dev All Cap ex NA Index ETF (VIU) 14.44
Vanguard Canadian Aggregate Bond Index ETF (VAB) 11.83
Vanguard FTSE Emerging Mkts All Cap Idx ETF (VEE) 5.47
Vanguard Global ex-U.S. Agg Bond Ix ETF C$Hg (VBG) 4.23
Vanguard U.S. Aggregate Bond Idx ETF C$ Hgd (VBU) 4.22

Equity Style

Market capitalization is large. Equity style is growth.

Fixed Income Style

Average Duration: M. Average Credit Quality: H.
Period: 

Risk vs Return (3 Yr)

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Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio

Median

Other - Global Equity Balanced

3 Yr Annualized

Standard Deviation 10.96% 10.22% -
Beta 1.07% 1.04% -
Alpha -0.02% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.96% 0.95% -
Sharpe 0.69% 0.79% -
Sortino 1.30% 1.23% -
Treynor 0.07% 0.08% -
Tax Efficiency 92.27% 91.84% -
Volatility Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 Volatility rating is 5 on a scale of 1 to 10 -

Risk Rating

Rating 5 out of ten

Annualized Key Ratio Period Comparison

Key Ratio
Key Ratio 1 Yr 3 Yr 5 Yr 10 Yr
Standard Deviation 8.72% 10.96% 10.22% -
Beta 1.05% 1.07% 1.04% -
Alpha 0.00% -0.02% 0.01% -
Rsquared 0.93% 0.96% 0.95% -
Sharpe 1.11% 0.69% 0.79% -
Sortino 2.41% 1.30% 1.23% -
Treynor 0.09% 0.07% 0.08% -
Tax Efficiency 93.95% 92.27% 91.84% -

Fund Details

Start Date January 25, 2018
Instrument Type Exchange Traded Fund
Share Class Do-It-Yourself
Legal Status Trust
Sales Status Open
Currency CAD
Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Assets ($mil) -
52 Week High $39.06
52 Week Low $33.23
Annual Dividend $0.71
Annual Yield -
Index -
Shares Outstanding -
Registered Plan Eligible Yes

ETF Characteristics

Exposure 1x performance
Asset Class High -
Asset Class Medium -
Asset Class Low -
Leveraged -
Inverse -
Advisor Series -
Covered Call Strategy No

Investment Objectives

The Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio seeks to provide long-term capital growth by investing in equity and fixed income securities.

Investment Strategy

The Vanguard Growth ETF Portfolio seeks to achieve its investment objective by primarily investing in equity and fixed-income securities. The Vanguard ETF may do so either directly or indirectly through investment in one or more Underlying Funds.

Portfolio Management

Portfolio Manager

Vanguard Investments Canada Inc.
Sub-Advisor

Vanguard Global Advisers, LLC

Management and Organization

Fund Manager

Vanguard Investments Canada Inc.
Custodian

State Street Trust Company Canada
Registrar

State Street Trust Company Canada
Distributor

-

Fees

MER 0.24%
Management Fee 0.22%

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