Prediction: This Unstoppable Vanguard ETF Will Beat the S&P 500 Yet Again in 2025
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index is made up of 500 of the highest-quality companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges. To qualify for inclusion, companies must have a market capitalization of at least $20.5 billion, and they must be profitable over the most recent 12-month period. But then there is the S&P 500 Growth index, which exclusively holds 208 of the best-performing growth stocks from the regular S&P 500. Last year, it delivered a return of 36.1%, which crushed the 25% gain in the S&P 500 (including dividends). The Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEMKT: VOOG) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the performance of the Growth index, and it has beaten the S&P 500 every year, on average, since it was established in 2010. Here's why I predict it will outperform again in 2025.Continue reading

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) index is made up of 500 of the highest-quality companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges. To qualify for inclusion, companies must have a market capitalization of at least $20.5 billion, and they must be profitable over the most recent 12-month period.
But then there is the S&P 500 Growth index, which exclusively holds 208 of the best-performing growth stocks from the regular S&P 500. Last year, it delivered a return of 36.1%, which crushed the 25% gain in the S&P 500 (including dividends).
The Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEMKT: VOOG) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the performance of the Growth index, and it has beaten the S&P 500 every year, on average, since it was established in 2010. Here's why I predict it will outperform again in 2025.