Is Buying a Single S&P 500 ETF Enough for Your Portfolio?
Owning the S&P 500 is one of the most popular ways to invest in stocks. You might need more than that.
Overview
Most people equate investing in "the market" with the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC). It's one of the best-known indexes in the world. The three biggest ETFs in the world are based on it. For a lot of people, it's pretty much the only thing they have in their portfolio.
But is it enough?
Details
Using an S&P 500 fund, such as the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO), is a logical and defensible choice to use as the core of your portfolio. It contains the largest, most successful, and most durable companies in the world.
Source
Originally published at www.fool.com.
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