1 No-Brainer Vanguard Sector ETF to Buy Right Now for Less Than $500

With less than two months left in 2025, it's safe to say this will go down as another year in which growth stocks sharply outperformed value counterparts. Those are the breaks when investors are fawning over glamour names, including the "Magnificent Seven."Here's the tale of the tape. An investor who bought a basic value fund, say one tracking the S&P 500 Value Index, at the start of the year might be satisfied with the roughly 11% returns generated by that fund. That satisfaction is likely to evaporate upon learning that a plain-vanilla fund tracking the S&P 500 Growth index is up more than 24% year to date.That growth/value chasm underscores the importance of being choosy regarding direct allocations to specific value sectors. Fortunately, the Vanguard Financials ETF (NYSEMKT: VFH) indulges that selectivity, and it could be a solid idea for cash-constrained investors looking to diversify their growth-heavy portfolios.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool