OriginaveMSCI US IMI Information Technology 25/50 Index
What the MSCI US IMI Information Technology 25/50 Index is, where it lives officially, and how its ride has looked over the years.
What does the MSCI US IMI Information Technology 25/50 Index track?
Every US information-technology company that is realistically buyable — large, mid and small caps classified as tech by the GICS industry standard, a few hundred names dominated by the giants at the top.
The 25/50 in the name is a diversification rule from the US tax code (no holding above 25%, the big holdings capped at 50% combined), not a strategy. This is a sector bet, not a broad-market fund: when tech sneezes, it catches pneumonia.
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VGT since 2004
The chart shows the dividend-adjusted share price of VGT, the ETF tracking this index — not the raw index level. The shape of the ride is the same.
VGT returns by year (USD)
| Year | Total return |
|---|---|
| 2026 (so far) | +27.13% |
| 2025 | +21.77% |
| 2024 | +29.30% |
| 2023 | +52.66% |
| 2022 | -29.70% |
| 2021 | +30.45% |
| 2020 | +46.04% |
| 2019 | +48.62% |
| 2018 | +2.46% |
| 2017 | +37.08% |
| 2016 | +13.77% |
| 2015 | +5.05% |
| 2014 | +16.69% |
| 2013 | +30.97% |
| 2012 | +13.96% |
| 2011 | +0.54% |
| 2010 | +12.78% |
| 2009 | +61.89% |
| 2008 | -42.82% |
| 2007 | +14.78% |
| 2006 | +8.85% |
| 2005 | +3.00% |
| 2004 | -2.86% |
Calendar-year total returns of VGT in USD, dividends reinvested — the ETF tracking this index, not the raw index level.