7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold

From Friday's edition of U.S. News Invested, 7 top ETFs for your consideration during the wonderful autumn weekend.  

OCTOBER 14, 2022 Invested Advice, rankings and stock market news for investors.

Happy Friday, investors! Stocks roar out of an inflation data-driven funk, and third-quarter earnings season kicks off. Highlights of today's newsletter include our market insights plus these new articles: 7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold Is the 60/40 Portfolio Dead? The Ultimate Guide to Dividend Stocks TODAY'S FEATURED STORY 7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold The stock market has been throwing investors for a loop all year, thanks to a steady drumbeat of bad news about inflation, interest rates and economic growth. It can be hard to stomach short-term volatility, true, but that doesn't mean you should panic and abandon your long-term strategy on a whim. The following buy-and-hold exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are good examples of the kind of holdings that have a lot to offer investors over the years ahead – regardless of the short-term challenges brought by 2022: SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (ticker: SPLG). Many investors are more familiar with this fund's older sister, the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY) that was born back in 1993 and commands a mammoth $330 billion in assets under management. But that flagship fund also carries annual expenses of 0.095% – which may not sound like a lot, but is still three times the amount charged by the smaller SPLG fund. They are nearly identical index funds, benchmarked to the popular S&P 500 index of large-cap U.S. stocks. If you're a long-term, buy-and-hold investor, then SPLG will work just fine and charge you a bit less to access the same blue-chip stocks. iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR). Many folks with a long-term investing horizon gravitate toward smaller companies because of their upside potential. This roughly $60 billion iShares fund offers exposure to smaller companies that make up the S&P SmallCap 600 Index. The 600 components are all under about $8 billion in size, meaning you'll exclude the household names that make up the typical index fund and get exposure to more potential upside in smaller startups.   7 best long-term ETFs to buy and hold: SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (SPLG) iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF (IJR) Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT) iShares Core Dividend Growth ETF (DGRO) Invesco S&P 500 High Dividend Low Volatility ETF (SPHD) Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS) Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF (VCSH) Click here to continue reading.