The Smartest Vanguard ETF to Buy With $500 Right Now
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is arguably the stock market's most important index. It tracks the 500 largest U.S. companies on the market, and it has become the benchmark for U.S. and international investors.While the S&P 500 itself is fairly broad in style, variations of the index lean toward specific investing styles. One of those is the S&P 500 Value Index, which focuses on the value companies within the S&P 500. Although it may not experience hypergrowth, it could be a great option as many begin to worry about the high valuations of many growth stocks.If you have $500 to invest and are already exposed to the broader market via an S&P 500 exchange-traded fund (ETF), now could be a good time to lean on more of the value stocks within the index by investing in the Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF (NYSEMKT: VOOV).Continue reading

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is arguably the stock market's most important index. It tracks the 500 largest U.S. companies on the market, and it has become the benchmark for U.S. and international investors.
While the S&P 500 itself is fairly broad in style, variations of the index lean toward specific investing styles. One of those is the S&P 500 Value Index, which focuses on the value companies within the S&P 500. Although it may not experience hypergrowth, it could be a great option as many begin to worry about the high valuations of many growth stocks.
If you have $500 to invest and are already exposed to the broader market via an S&P 500 exchange-traded fund (ETF), now could be a good time to lean on more of the value stocks within the index by investing in the Vanguard S&P 500 Value ETF (NYSEMKT: VOOV).