5 Best Vanguard Stocks to Buy Now

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1. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL)

% of Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) as of 9/30: 5.86%

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 128

As the biggest tech company of all, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) accounts for 5.86% of the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) as of 9/30. As a result, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) ranks #1 on our list of 11 Best Vanguard Stocks to Buy Now.

Like other tech companies, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) faces headwinds with the company expecting the strong dollar to negatively affect the company’s international earnings in Q1.

For Q4, however, Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) performed pretty well. For the quarter, the company reported EPS of $1.29 on sales of $90.1 billion versus the consensus of $1.17 on sales of $88.9 billion for the fourth quarter. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) also returned over $29 billion in capital back to shareholders.


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