If I Could Invest $500 in Just 1 ETF in September, Here's What I'd Buy

Published September 8, 2026 · Category: Finance

Overview

It's easy to get nervous about stock market news headlines. Some investors worry that the S&P 500 index is too expensive due to high valuations of artificial intelligence (AI) stocks.

I'm a long-term investor, so I keep buying stocks in a broadly diversified portfolio of U.S. companies no matter what today's news headlines might say. But as part of that long-term investing approach, I also believe in buying international stocks.

Details

The Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (NASDAQ: VXUS) is an ultra-low-cost way to buy more than 8,000 global stocks at once. If I had to put an extra $500 to work by buying stocks in September 2026, I would buy this global ETF.

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Originally published at www.fool.com.

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