Should You Buy the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF With the Stock Market at All-Time Highs? History Offers a Clear Answer

The S&P 500 is a stock market index made up of 500 companies from 11 different sectors of the economy. It's currently trading at a record high thanks to a year-to-date gain of 17%, which is far better than its average annual return of 10.5% since it was established in 1957.Accelerated returns have been common over the last few years, as powerful tech trends like artificial intelligence (AI) create significant amounts of value for some of the largest companies in the index.The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the performance of the S&P 500 by investing in the same stocks and maintaining similar weightings. Should investors buy it with the index at an all-time high? History offers a clear answer.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool