3 Vanguard ETFs to Buy Hand Over Fist if the Stock Market Crashes in 2026

2026-02-18 09:05:00 ET

The markets have turned more nervous in 2026. What started out as a rotation out of tech and into more defensive and value-oriented areas of the market has turned into a steeper sell-off of any sector that could be negatively disrupted by artificial intelligence (AI).

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq-100 indexes haven't experienced larger pullbacks yet, but it's easy to see that happening if investor fear takes over. If that happens, investors might want to seek out areas of the market that could excel while U.S. stocks are correcting.

Here are three of the best Vanguard exchange-traded funds (ETFs) that could do particularly well if stocks head into a bear market or worse.

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