7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold

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Good morning, investors. Markets end up mixed after an up-and-down day of trading. Highlights of today's newsletter include our market insights plus these new articles: 7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold 6 Best Airline Stocks to Buy This Year 7 of the Best Charles Schwab Mutual Funds Sweep Accounts: What They Are and How to Open One TODAY'S FEATURED STORY 7 Best Long-Term ETFs to Buy and Hold Picking individual stocks is extremely difficult. That's a rough truth about investing that many of us don't learn until we've made some costly errors. That goes for both pros and novices. Investment research firm Morningstar estimates that for the 10-year period that ended in December 2023, less than one in four "active" funds topped the average of their "passive" rivals that simply follow a fixed benchmark like the S&P 500. Sure, you may catch lightning in a bottle if your luck and timing are superb, but, particularly in the long run, overtrading and trying to outguess the market can be a losing strategy. The better approach for most investors is to build a diversified portfolio of the best long-term exchange-traded funds to buy and hold for years to come. The following seven ETFs are all great foundational holdings for long-term, buy-and-hold portfolios. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (ticker: VOO) Assets: $435 billion Expense ratio: 0.03%, or $3 annually on every $10,000 invested The S&P 500 index of the largest U.S. companies is perhaps the world's most widely followed benchmark of stocks. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF provides simple, cost-effective exposure to these 500 leading companies. Click here to continue reading.   ETF ASSETS UNDER MANAGEMENT EXPENSE RATIO 10-YEAR ANNUALIZED RETURN Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (ticker: VOO) $435 billion 0.03% 12.9% Schwab U.S. Small-Cap ETF (SCHA) $17 billion 0.04% 7.8% iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF (IJH) $85 billion 0.05% 9.9% Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) $259 billion 0.20% 18.6% Vanguard High Dividend Yield ETF (VYM) $55 billion 0.06% 10.1% Vanguard Total International Stock ETF (VXUS) $69 billion 0.08% 4.5% Vanguard Total World Stock ETF (VT) $35 billion 0.07% 8.8%