Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF

VTI

Market cap $582B

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.

This fund holds not only big companies, but small and mid-sized ones, too. It's a strategy that works -- the fund's performance record is solid.

Building an investment portfolio that can fund your retirement requires you to pick assets that can withstand the market's ups and downs.

The best ETFs are diversified, ultra-cheap, and built for long-term wealth creation. Even if you have little money to start, you can kickstart your portfolio with any of these high-quality core ETFs.

It's easier than ever to construct a well-diversified, ultra-low-cost portfolio with just a few good ETFs. A simple mix of the total U.S. stock market, dividend stocks, and investment-grade bonds give you pretty much everything you need.

Vanguard Total Stock Market (VTI) excedes the criteria for an outstanding fund. Like some other Vanguard ETFs, VTI closely follows an index with a long history of success.

You don't need large sums of money to begin constructing a quality, diversified portfolio. Vanguard specializes in broad, low-cost index funds that are made for long-term buy-and-hold investors.

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index ETF essentially owns all the stocks in the U.S. market. The massive diversification in this ETF means you'll never outperform the market.

Target-date funds gradually shift more resources from stocks to bonds over time. These funds aim to reduce an investor's risk as they get closer to the target retirement year.

Investors often overthink when it comes to building a long-term investment portfolio.