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Both options are rooted in the same basic buy-and-hold philosophy, but one differs from the other in one way that's very important for the foreseeable future.
Should you take the market's small discount now, or hold out for a bigger one?
Both funds are built on the same market leaders. The difference is how much -- and what gets left out.
A Fed rate hike isn't necessarily a signal to sell stocks.
VOO and IVV charge the same fee and track the same index, yet the plumbing underneath each fund runs on completely different mechanics that can quietly favor one type of investor over another.
Investors holding the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF and related funds very much want history to repeat.
The Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF tracks the leading growth stocks on U.S. markets.
The Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF is a solid growth bet for buy-and-hold investors.
The Vanguard Russell 1000 Value ETF is better equipped to evolve in lock step with the modern market than the rigid Vanguard Morningstar Value ETF.
There's one Vanguard ETF that gets my top pick every time.
The S&P 500 is a great way to invest in Nvidia, but there are even better ETFs for growth investors.
Vanguard's S&P 500 ETF is still a solid long-term investment.
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.
To benefit from the compounding ability of owning the S&P 500 index, investors must keep some key information in mind.
VOO and VTI anchor millions of American retirement accounts, and most investors assume the two funds are nearly identical. For a retiree with a 20-year horizon, the choice between them adds up to a difference that compounds into real money.
We were wrong about SCHD, and the margin of error is impossible to ignore. Here is what actually flipped the script and what it means for every portfolio that followed our advice.
Small-cap investors have been disappointed for years. Here's why that trend might finally be ready to reverse.
<p>Small-caps lagged their large-cap peers for over a decade in an environment dominated by the Fed put, failing to manifest any long lasting outperformance. With so much now changed, can small-cap performance this year manage to establish a longer-term trend or will it too prove to just be a temporary rotation? Find out what the industry experts think in this episode of<em> ETF Zoo</em>. </p>
Market corrections are normal for the S&P 500 and should be expected. How you handle them can improve your returns over time.
The Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF is more value-oriented and diversified than the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF.
After years of disappointing performance, small-caps are roaring back to life.
One Vanguard fund has quietly outpaced both VOO and VTI this year without leverage or gimmicks, simply by pointing capital where most US investors refuse to look. The catch buried in the ten-year record complicates the story considerably.
Vanguard's own 10-year forecast for U.S. stocks is 4.2% to 6.2% a year. The record behind numbers like that is worth seeing whole.
The government seeds your newborn's investment account with what looks like a nearly free S&P 500 ETF, but the fund fee is the smallest number on the bill. The real costs are buried in decisions the account made for you before your child took a first breath.
Do as he says, not as he does. Here's why.
Is value mutual fund investing dead? But Colin McQueen of T. Rowe Price International Value Equity fund shows it's very much alive.
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