Vanguard Growth Index Fund Admiral Shares (VIGAX): What Investors Should Know

Vanguard Growth Index Fund Admiral Shares (VIGAX): What Investors Should Know Austin Smith Tue, August 25, 2026 at 9:20 AM EDT 4 min read NVDA ^GSPC AAPL GOOG MSFT Quick Read VIGAX markets itself as a growth index fund, but just four stocks (NVIDIA, Apple, Alphabet, and Microsoft) consume 45% of assets. VUG mirrors VIGAX's identical portfolio at 0.03% with no minimum and delivers better tax efficiency in taxable accounts. VUG returned 404% over 10 years but dropped harder than the S&P 500 in 2022 when growth multiples compressed. Act now: the analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 AI stocks — and VIGAX didn't make the cut. Grab the names FREE today . Four stocks account for roughly 44.6% of Vanguard Growth Index Fund Admiral Shares (VIGAX). If you own this fund, you own a concentrated bet on NVIDIA, Apple, Alphabet, and Microsoft, wrapped in an index label. That is the story worth understanding before another dollar goes in. Andrew Angelov / Shutterstock.com VIGAX is the Admiral share class of Vanguard's large-cap growth index fund, tracking the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index. It is a passive mutual fund with an ETF twin, VUG, and an Investor share class, VIGRX. Because Admiral, Investor, and ETF shares hold the same portfolio, holdings and performance below are drawn from Vanguard's most recent VUG fact sheet dated June 5, 2026, and VUG's live price history as of August 24, 2026. A Growth Index That Is Really a Mega-Cap Tech Fund The index label understates …