Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Sees Inflows Despite Decline

Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF ( $VTI ) has fallen by 2.44% in the past week. It has experienced a 5-day net inflow of $1.07 billion.
This is due, in part, to market sentiment on some of the ETF’s largest holdings. For example:

• Nvidia Corporation remains the market’s favorite AI-chip play as investors focus on its March 16–19 GTC conference, where it is expected to showcase ecosystem advances, Groq-based inference technology and updates on its Vera Rubin platform rather than a full new GPU line. Despite fresh competition from AMD, Chinese entrant Lisuan and Amazon–Cerebras alliances, analysts keep a Strong Buy rating, with price targets around $273–$300 implying roughly 50% upside and confidence that AI data‑center demand is effectively “sold out” into 2026–2027.
• Apple Inc moved to ease regulatory pressure in a key market by cutting App Store commissions in mainland China, trimming standard rates to 25% and small‑developer fees to 12%, a shift that could save local app makers about $873 million a year and soften tensions with giants such as Tencent. Globally, Apple faces mixed demand signals and trades near historical valuation levels, leaving analysts at a Moderate Buy with average targets near $305 and debate over whether fee cuts and upcoming products can unlock stronger growth before fiscal 2027.
• Microsoft juggles legal, security and growth narratives as it prepares for an April fraud trial in which CEO Satya Nadella will testify over the OpenAI alliance, even as a now‑patched bug in its Authenticator app briefly knocked the stock. Long‑term, Wall Street remains upbeat on its AI and gaming roadmap, including a next‑generation Xbox built on custom AMD chips and deeper ecosystem integration, with a Strong Buy consensus and average price targets around $594 pointing to roughly 50% upside that positions the company as a leading blue‑chip AI beneficiary.