4 Reasons to Buy This Index Fund and Hold for a Lifetime
Just about every investor should be considering index funds for their long-term portfolio, because they're hard to beat. The S&P 500 index of 500 of America's biggest and best companies, for example, has outperformed most large-cap stock funds, many of which are run by highly trained financial professionals working hard to outperform the index. Over the past decade, for example, the S&P 500 bested 85% of all large-cap funds.A particularly convenient kind of index fund to invest in is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) -- a fund that trades like a stock. And a particularly promising ETF to consider is the Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEMKT: VUG), which tracks the performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index.Image source: Getty Images.Continue reading
Just about every investor should be considering index funds for their long-term portfolio, because they're hard to beat. The S&P 500 index of 500 of America's biggest and best companies, for example, has outperformed most large-cap stock funds, many of which are run by highly trained financial professionals working hard to outperform the index. Over the past decade, for example, the S&P 500 bested 85% of all large-cap funds.
A particularly convenient kind of index fund to invest in is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) -- a fund that trades like a stock. And a particularly promising ETF to consider is the Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEMKT: VUG), which tracks the performance of the CRSP US Large Cap Growth Index.
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