This 16% Difference Could Make the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Outperform the S&P 500 During a Stock Market Sell-Off
Index funds are effective tools for putting money to work in the stock market without needing to build an investment thesis around a particular company. There are many different ways to quantify the broader stock market. Indexes like the S&P 500 (^GSPC 0.05%), Nasdaq Composite (^IXIC +0.13%), Dow Jones Industrial Average (^DJI 0.65%), or Russell…