10 Fastest Growing Mutual Funds in 2025

7. Vanguard 500 Index Fund (NASDAQ:VFIAX)

Ten year Gain: 13.28%

Year to Date Gain: 4.11%

Vanguard 500 Index Fund (NASDAQ:VFIAX) is a mutual fund tailored for investors seeking broad stock market exposure. The fund primarily tracks the performance of the S&P 500 by investing in some of the index’s most significant holdings. Therefore, it is a highly diversified mutual fund based on its holdings in technology consumer cyclical financials, healthcare and industrial sectors.

The mutual fund employs an indexing investment approach. It also tries to replicate the target index performance by investing in all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index. It also holds each stock for approximately the same proportion as the index. Vanguard 500 Index Fund (NASDAQ:VFIAX) has consistently outperformed the S&P 500. Over the past 10 years, it has generated a total return of 13.28% compared to 11.99% for the index over the same period. The fund is also up by 4.11% for the year.