Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (VT)
Global Stocks ETF
Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (VT) is a Global Stocks ETF from Vanguard. As of October 23, 2026, VT closed at $155.90. It charges a 0.06% expense ratio, or $6 a year per $10,000 invested. Including dividends it returned +13.7% over the past year and +10.0% a year over five years.
- Assets under management: $101.2 billion
- Dividend yield: 1.55%
- Annualized return since 2008: 8.7%
- Worst peak-to-trough drop: -50%
VT price chart
1Y price change: +11.8% (price only; total returns below include dividends)
| Total return | 1M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y | 5Y | 10Y | MAX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VT | -2.2% | +11.5% | +13.7% | +22.1% | +10.0% | +12.3% | +8.7% |
Dividends reinvested. 3Y and longer are annualized; MAX is annualized since 2008.
VT key facts
- Expense ratio
- 0.06%
- $6/yr per $10K
- Assets (AUM)
- $101.2B
- Dividend yield
- 1.55%
- Annualized return
- 8.7%
- since 2008
- Volatility
- 20%
- annualized
- Max drawdown
- -50%
- 52-week range
- $133.65 – $162.71
- Fund family
- Vanguard
VT dividend
- Dividend yield
- 1.55%
- Annual dividend
- $2.41
- Years of increases
- 5
- 5-yr dividend growth
- -1.0%
- per year
- Payments per year
- 4
Regular dividends per share by calendar year; special dividends excluded. Current year omitted until complete.
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|---|---|---|---|
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VT ETF FAQ
What is VT's expense ratio?
VT has an expense ratio of 0.06%: $6 a year on a $10,000 investment.
What is VT's dividend yield?
VT yields 1.55% based on its trailing distributions of $2.41 per share.
What is VT's historical return?
With dividends reinvested, VT returned +13.7% over one year, +10.0% a year over five years, +12.3% a year over ten years through October 23, 2026.
How much can VT fall?
VT's largest peak-to-trough decline since 2008 was -50%. Past drawdowns don't cap future ones.
Sources: fund data and prices from Yahoo Finance (delayed); FI Handbook calculations. Last close October 23, 2026.