Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

VTI

Market cap $545B

Exchange-traded fund (ETF) investing removes the guesswork from portfolio construction. Rather than researching dozens of companies and hoping your picks outperform, ETFs deliver instant diversification across hundreds or thousands of stocks with a single purchase.

Small-cap stocks, represented by iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF, are valued near a cyclical bottom relative to large-cap funds such as Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares. IJR historically offered a compelling size premium and competitive growth compared to mega-cap-heavy indices like VTI and QQQ. The size premium turned negative around 2019 and has stayed negative since then.

Vanguard has built a business with the long-term investor in mind. Investors in its funds aren't just clients, but part owners of the company.

Retiring a millionaire is often the broad goal that many investors have, but getting there takes money, time, and a lot of discipline. Thankfully, exchange-traded funds make it easy to invest by charging low management fees and offering a broad range of investment strategies.

The Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI 0.38%) is one of the most diversified exchange-traded funds (ETFs) money can buy. It tracks the performance of the CRSP U.S. Total Market Index, which invests in all 3,508 companies listed on American stock exchanges, so it's a complete portfolio on its own.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) tracks the S&P 500, focusing on 500 large-cap U.S. stocks, while Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) covers over 3,600 stocks across all market caps.

Some of the largest index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the world track the S&P 500. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO -0.02%) has a staggering $1.37 trillion in net assets.

The US stock market is highly concentrated, with technology and tech-related stocks now comprising about 55% of total market cap. This concentration justifies higher valuation multiples for SPY, as tech companies have stronger margins and more stable earnings than defensive sectors. There is a stark divergence in performance between speculative tech ETFs like ARKK and CHAT versus defensive dividend ETFs such as SCHD and VNQ.

This article provides an update on the monthly moving averages we track for the S&P 500 and the Ivy Portfolio after the close of the last business day of the month. The Ivy Portfolio The Ivy Portfolio is based on the asset allocation strategy used by endowment funds from Harvard and Yale.

U.S. Q2 GDP grows at fastest pace in two years, fueled by consumer spending and business investment, boosting ETF opportunities.