# Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

9 Hacker News commenters recommended Vanguard S&P 500 ETF and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 7 of 13 months.

**Verdict:** Recommended as a simple way to own 500 large US companies and keep adding over time. Critics say it is not very diversified compared with funds like VT.

## Why people recommend it

- Holding for the long term (3 comments): "if you buy stock responsibly (for example, DCA VOO/&QQQ), there's a high chance you'll eventually bounce back" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49179265)) "wouldn't the better strategy be to just keep adding to VOO?" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46695703)) "the best investment for any individual is VOO held forever" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47442096))
- Funded retirement and college (2 comments): "That strategy is on track to put two kids through college." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50250646)) "has allowed a lot of people to retire early" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47406578))
- Preferred over riskier options (2 comments): "concluded VOO is better for my risk-adjusted ROI outlook and time horizon" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334109)) "while going with the tried&true makes some sense" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48364767))

## Alternatives hackers recommend

- [S&P 500 index fund](https://hackerapproved.com/p/s-p-500-index.md): 28 recommend
- [Invesco QQQ Trust](https://hackerapproved.com/p/qqq.md): 11 recommend
- [Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vanguard-total-stock-market-etf.md): 11 recommend
- [Vanguard S&P 500 ETF](https://hackerapproved.com/p/voo.md): 10 recommend
- [Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vanguard-total-stock-market-index-fund.md): 7 recommend

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Vanguard S&P 500 ETF", https://hackerapproved.com/p/vanguard-s-p-500-etf/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).