Buy These 2 Vanguard ETFs for Long-Term Safety Amid the Market Crash

Through Wednesday's close, the S&P 500 was down nearly 11% in 2025, and the Nasdaq Composite has been on an even steeper fall -- crashing around 16% since January. And there may be more of a decline to come. If tariffs put a dent into corporate earnings in upcoming quarters and the economy falls into a recession, this may only be the early stage of a bigger crash.So, what should investors do? One good strategy involves looking for safety in exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which give you exposure to dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of different stocks and can be easily bought and sold through your favorite brokerage. ETFs let you invest in an entire index, or just the stock-market sectors you want.A couple of Vanguard funds that investors may want to consider adding to their portfolios today are the Vanguard Utilities Index Fund ETF (NYSEMKT: VPU) and the Vanguard Consumer Staples Index Fund ETF (NYSEMKT: VDC), two ETFs that focus on sectors with particular resistance to recessionary pressures. Whether you're looking at investments to hang on to for the long term or just for some safety in the short run, here's why these can be attractive funds to load up on right now.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool