3 Reasons the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Could Be Your Best Investment Right Now

Most investors hope to outperform the S&P 500 over the long run. But according to SPIVA Scorecards, a whopping 89.5% of all professionally managed funds actually underperformed the benchmark index over the past 10 years. That's why Vanguard's founder, John Bogle, who launched the first public index fund for simply tracking the S&P 500 in 1976, thought it was smarter to match the market instead of trying to beat it.The S&P 500 has generated an average annual return of about 10% since its inception in 1957. A $10,000 investment in the original Vanguard S&P 500 Index Fund (NASDAQMUTFUND: VFIAX) with reinvested dividends would be worth $2.23 million today. But like other mutual funds, that index fund could only be bought or sold once a day.Image source: Getty Images.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool