The S&P 500 Index had a difficult performance in June this year, slipping by about 1.1%. It ended the month at 7,500, up by 18% from its lowest level this year, and a few points below the all-time high of 7,613.
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) carries a significantly lower expense ratio of 0.03% compared to 0.09% for the State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY). Both funds track the S&P 500 Index and maintain nearly identical risk profiles, with matching 1.00 beta scores and similar historical drawdowns.
The S&P 500 Index has come under pressure in the past few days, moving from the year-to-date high of $7,620 to the current $7,354. This retreat continued amid the rising jitters that the AI boom is ending.
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) just became the first exchange-traded fund in history to cross one trillion dollars in assets, a milestone State Street had penciled in as one of its headline 2026 predictions.
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) is the largest ETF on the U.S.
The cheapest fund on the shelf still has a price tag. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) charges almost nothing, brags about it constantly, and just crossed $1 trillion in assets.
At the 24% bracket, a high-yield dividend portfolio bleeds thousands to the IRS every year.
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) sells itself on one number: a 0.03% expense ratio.
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF made stock market history as the first ETF to hit $1 trillion in assets, offering diversified exposure to 500 of the largest U.S. companies.
The S&P 500 Index and its top ETFs, like State Street's SPY, Vanguard's VOO, and BlackRock's IVV jumped for two consecutive days. It jumped to $7,430, up modestly from this month's low of $7,240.
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) is the default S&P 500 vehicle for millions of investors, and for good reason.
The choice between Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) and Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) is the most common allocation decision in U.S.