Meet the Critical Artificial Intelligence (AI) Chip Stock Your S&P 500 ETF Doesn't Include (but Every Tech Portfolio Needs)

One of the most popular ways to invest in the stock market today is to buy a simple S&P 500 exchange-traded fund (ETF). The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO), for example, added $117.4 billion in net new assets last year, shattering the previous single-year record for inflows into a single ETF of $51 billion.The attraction is straightforward. The S&P 500 represents a diverse range of the biggest companies in the market. And since the index is the most often used benchmark for the stock market's performance, index investors don't need to worry about underperforming "the market."Over the last few years, the S&P 500's returns have been driven by a handful of spectacular stocks benefiting from growing spending and excitement around artificial intelligence (AI). If you own the Vanguard ETF or any other S&P 500 index fund, you own a good chunk of names like Nvidia, Microsoft, Alphabet, and others leading AI forward.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool