3 Reasons Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Is a Must-Buy for Long-Term Investors

Nobody really knows what the stock market might do in 2025. The current bull market is getting long in the tooth, but these upswings do tend to stick around for several years. The market as a whole looks overvalued, suggesting that a price correction might be coming soon. At the same time, master investor Warren Buffett is buying stocks again after keeping cash on the sidelines for most of 2024. So the next year could keep the bull run going, or swing lower for a while, or perhaps do the Macarena with wild swings in every direction.So the market's near-term future is as unpredictable as always. But one thing is as sure as sunburns in Florida: markets gain value in the long run. It's fun to pick individual stocks, but safer to stick with a diversified index fund. Here are three reasons why every long-term investor should have a broad market- tracker in their portfolio.Sure, you'll see deep market dips every now and then. The dot-com bubble popped more than 20 years ago. The overheated housing market ran into the subprime mortgage meltdown in 2008. Each market disaster spells the end of many businesses and their stocks may go to zero.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool