VT was created on 2008-06-24 by Vanguard. The fund's investment portfolio concentrates primarily on total market equity. The ETF currently has 42157.97m in AUM and 9775 holdings. The fund tracks a market cap-weighted index of global stocks covering 98% of the domestic and emerging market capitalization.
This ETF is one of the broadest equity products on the market, offering exposure to global equity markets, including the U.S., ex-U.S. developed markets, and emerging economies. As such, VT can potentially be a one stop shop for equity exposure to those building a long-term portfolio, though the balance between the three asset classes mentioned above may require some fine tuning based on return objectives and risk tolerances