# $5,000 in VGT, 10 years later

> A decade of tech dominance turned a modest VGT stake into a small fortune, and three stocks did much of the lifting.
- Title: $5,000 in VGT, 10 years later · Yahoo Finance | Shortify
- Summary: A decade of tech dominance turned a modest VGT stake into a small fortune, and three stocks did much of the lifting. VGT's decade was extraordinary and…
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- Source: Yahoo Finance — https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/youd-invested-5-000-vgt-160700906.html
- Published: 2026-09-13T16:07:00+00:00
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## Tech ran the decade
Information technology was the best performing sector of the past ten years, and tech ETFs like Vanguard's VGT rode the whole wave.

> Over the past decade, information technology (tech) has easily been the highest-performing sector in the stock market.
## $5,000 became $41,820
VGT climbed 736% over ten years. A $5,000 stake would sit at $41,820 today, or $45,150 once you count reinvested dividends.

> With dividends, it would be worth $45,150.
## Most gains came late
VGT launched in January 2004, but the bulk of its lifetime return arrived in the last ten years, averaging 23.7% a year.

> VGT has been around since January 2004, but most of its all-time returns have come in the past decade.
## Three waves, one fund
The run was not a single story. Smart hardware gave way to cloud computing, which gave way to the AI boom that sent tech stocks flying.

> It went from smart hardware to cloud computing to the artificial intelligence boom.
## Three stocks, 44% of it
As of July, Nvidia, Apple and Microsoft made up over 44% of the fund. VGT moves when they move, and those weights shift with market caps.

> VGT is very top-heavy, but that has worked in its favor over the past few years.
## Don't expect a repeat
Another 736% decade is a stretch. The more reasonable bet is that VGT beats the broad market as big tech keeps growing in importance.

> If you feel as if you missed the bus, don't fret.
## Key takeaway

VGT's decade was extraordinary and unlikely to repeat, but big tech's weight still gives it a good shot at beating the market.