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Supporting an adult child drowning in 20% APR debt and an aging parent with mounting medical bills at the same time stretches most portfolios to the breaking point. Four ETFs can split that burden across income, tax relief, and growth without sacrificing your own retirement.
SpaceX is now publicly traded and sitting just outside the reach of the world's largest ETF, and the rulebook keeping it out raises real questions about what VOO holders should do while they wait.
The S&P 500 is a great way to invest in Nvidia, but there are even better ETFs for growth investors.
Investing in the S&P 500 is a great way to participate in the growth of the U.S. economy.
<p>Investors added $27.2 billion to ETFs last week, led by international equity and US bond funds.</p>
<p>Table below reflects daily flows on August 28, 2026 and asset totals as of that date.</p>
In 1976, Rocky was the sleeper movie hit of the year, America celebrated its bicentennial, and Vanguard launched the first index fund. The last event may not have made a huge impression at the moment—in fact Vanguard’s First Index Investment Trust was met with ridicule—but it ultimately sparked a financial revolution that has made investors billions of dollars. The First Index Investment Trust, which later became the came to life a year after John Bogle founded Vanguard.
Vanguard's S&P 500 ETF is still a solid long-term investment.
You can do quite well, sharing in the growth of most of the U.S. economy.
How does a total return of nearly 600% sound?
These ETFs both hold S&P 500 members but with very different allocations.
SPY built its reputation tracking the S&P 500 for over three decades, but a lesser-known rival now holds a structural and cost advantage that quietly compounds against long-term SPY holders every single year.
Two nearly identical Vanguard growth ETFs are posting returns that differ by five full percentage points this year, and the cheaper one is losing. The reason has nothing to do with fees.
Dividend ETFs spent a decade quietly losing ground to the S&P 500 for three very specific reasons. One of Vanguard's most overlooked funds may finally be turning that story on its head.
The combination of time and compound growth can cause a single investment to grow dramatically.
Pairing VOO with QQQM gives you two top performers. But is it the best idea from a portfolio construction standpoint?
Adding more funds to your portfolio doesn't automatically make it diversified.
The S&P 500 is far more selective than most investors realize, and the thousands of profitable companies it excludes have quietly been outpacing it in 2026. One under-the-radar ETF captures all of them at once, and its structure solves a problem most mid-cap and small-cap funds never address.
SGOV's expense ratio barely registers, but that 9-basis-point bargain hides a cost most investors never calculate until it is far too late to matter.
At 73, the IRS locks in your withdrawal date and the market picks the price, which means a bad year can force you to sell quality assets at the worst possible moment. Four ETFs can change that equation entirely.
Investors' dreaded enemy — inflation — is already hovering around 3.4%. That's the highest level in years. What's the solution?
A million-dollar VOO position looks like a retirement plan until you check the actual monthly deposit. What lands in the bank account reveals a gap that forces retirees into a choice most fund fact sheets never mention.
Past performance isn't guaranteed to repeat itself, but it's certainly apt to rhyme when the reasons for that performance remain the same.
This year's outperformance of the S&P 500 may only be the beginning.
A Berkshire-flavored ETF promises 15% annual income built on Buffett's name, but the fee structure and hidden upside caps tell a very different story than the fund's marketing does.
Two events before September could reshape VOO’s next quarter
Washington plans to funnel every child in America into a single default investment fund, and the difference between picking right and picking wrong quietly compounds across 18 years and 73 million accounts.
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