# Vanguard S&P 500 ETF

Hacker Approved page: https://hackerapproved.com/p/voo/

18 people recommended Vanguard S&P 500 ETF in Hacker News comments, 1 had mixed feelings and 2 criticized it, November 2025 to October 2026. It was recommended in 9 of 12 months, in 19 threads. It does not meet the Hacker Approved badge rule.

These are opinions from Hacker News comments, not financial advice.

**Verdict:** People recommend VOO as a low-effort way to hold a broad basket of US stocks over a long period.

Summary written by Claude from 10 comments.

## Why people recommend it

- Simple buy and hold (3 comments in the sample): "The most profitable (and effort efficient way) is to routinely invest in a broad basket of stocks over a long period. Ie Voo and Hold." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46391465)) "start putting $100/mo in VOO and save what little money you have for your future" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46105827)) "As long as you're <40 you SHOULD always buy SPY or VOO, even at the very top." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48364644))
- Good for cautious investors (2 comments in the sample): "If you are risk adverse, just park it in VOO or SCHD." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46820473)) "Buy $5M of VOO and $5M of VTEB or BND." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46607562))
- Broad exposure to US stocks (1 comment in the sample): "a mixed VOO-VTI-VWO strategy" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47278838))
- Core holding for savings (1 comment in the sample): "it is hard to say that you shouldn't have a big chunk of your savings in something like $QQQ or $VOO" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48009516))

## Other index funds people recommend

- [S&P 500 index fund](https://hackerapproved.com/p/s-p-500-index/): 23 recommend, 5 mixed, 13 criticize
- [Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vanguard-total-stock-market-etf/): 17 recommend, 0 mixed, 4 criticize
- [Invesco QQQ Trust](https://hackerapproved.com/p/qqq/): 10 recommend, 1 mixed, 10 criticize
- [Vanguard Total World Stock ETF](https://hackerapproved.com/p/vanguard-total-world-stock-etf/): 9 recommend, 2 mixed, 2 criticize

## The badge

A product earns the Hacker Approved badge when at least 10 people recommend it, recommenders outnumber critics at least 2 to 1 (mixed feelings count toward neither side), it was recommended in at least 4 of the 12 months and in at least 5 different threads, and no single thread supplies more than half of the people who recommend it. Health and money products are never badged.

## Cite as

Hacker Approved, "Vanguard S&P 500 ETF", https://hackerapproved.com/p/voo/ (18 recommend, 1 mixed, 2 criticize; Hacker News comments, November 2025 to October 2026).

Counts updated 2 Nov 2026, with data through October 31, 2026.