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it would be worth today
$1,620
+$620.17 profit1.62x31.9% a year
The same $1,000 in an S&P 500 index fund: $1,332
Its shares paid about $6.13 in dividends over the last 12 months.
Includes the fund’s 0.09% yearly fee, roughly $1.95 over this time.
Aftertax on the gain, you’d keep$1,527
US federal long-term rates: 15% for most people, 0% on lower incomes, 20% + 3.8% on high incomes. No state tax included; none inside a Roth IRA.
Growth Over Time
Performance Metrics
Total Invested
$1,000.00
Current Value
$1,620.17
Total Profit
$620.17
Multiplier
1.62x
CAGR
31.9%
Max Drawdown
-12.7%
Inflation-Adjusted
$1,590.35
Benchmark Comparison
How does $1,000.00 invested in 2025 compare across different asset classes?
| Asset | Value Today | Return |
|---|---|---|
| Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) | $1,620.17 | 1.62x |
| S&P 500 | $1,332.28 | 1.33x |
| Gold | $1,606.33 | 1.61x |
| Savings (2% APY) | $1,035.13 | 1.04x |
Dividends
Over the last 12 months, the 12.98 shares you'd own now paid about $6.13 in dividends. That's 0.6% of the $1,000 put in.
Price growth alone turned $1,000 into $1,607; reinvested dividends added the other $12.80, 2.1% of the gain.
Dividends from Yahoo Finance. Shares today assume every dividend was reinvested.
Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) charges a yearly fee of 0.09%. It’s already taken out of the fund’s price, so the results above include it; at today’s rate it came to roughly $1.95 on this investment. Source
Back in 2025
- In 2025, a gallon of gas averaged $3.10 and the new iPhone 17 Pro started at $1,099. eia.govapple.com
- During 2025 itself, Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) rose 22%, #43 of the 114 investments we track. The best was Robinhood (+192%); the worst was Polkadot (−73%). Full 2025 results →
$1,000 in Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT), year by year
Of the 114 investments we track that were available at the start of 2025, Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) ranks #21 by growth to today — just behind NVIDIA and ahead of Morgan Stanley. See the full 2025 ranking →
Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) started 2025 at its highest start-of-year price up to then, after rising 33% in 2024. It has been worth more than the $1,000 put in at every January since, and still is today. Today's $1,620 is more than it was worth at any January since. It has been ahead of the same $1,000 in the S&P 500 at every January since, and still is. At its lowest month-end, in Mar 2025, it was worth $873.46.
| When | Worth | Change | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of 2025 | $1,000 | — | $1,000 |
| Start of 2026 | $1,222 | +22% | $1,179 |
| Today | $1,620 | +33% | $1,332 |
Values at the start of each year (first trading day for stocks). The S&P 500 column includes reinvested dividends, like the stock values.
Historical Context
At the start of 2025, Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) was priced at $77.06 (adjusted for later splits and dividends). $1,000 would have bought about 12.98 shares. VGT holds US technology stocks.
Frequently Asked Questions
A $1,000 investment in Vanguard Tech ETF (VGT) at the start of 2025 would be worth approximately $1,620.17 today — a 1.62x return ($620.17 profit) over 1.7 years.
Methodology & Sources
Price data: Historical prices are the closing price on the first trading day of each year, adjusted for splits and dividends (so returns assume dividends were reinvested), from Yahoo Finance and MacroTrends. Current prices come from Yahoo Finance and refresh hourly; if that source is unavailable, the last saved price is used.
Calculation: Assumes a single purchase at the start of 2025 (or the first trading day, for companies that listed that year), held until today. No transaction fees, taxes, or slippage are included.
Benchmarks: The S&P 500 comparison uses the S&P 500 Total Return index (dividends reinvested, like an index fund) at the start of2025 and today. Gold uses the price per troy ounce. Savings account assumes a 2% APY compounded annually.
Inflation adjustment: Uses U.S. CPI-U annual averages from the Bureau of Labor Statistics. The 2026 CPI value is estimated.
Educational purposes only. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Not financial advice.
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