Will This ETF Hit the $1 Trillion Mark First?

2026-03-04 12:22:00 ET

Many investors have adopted a passive investing approach that incorporates heavy allocations to exchange-traded funds . By using ETFs, investors can easily build a portfolio that has a ton of diversification , because each ETF has an underlying portfolio of dozens, hundreds, or even thousands of different stocks.

In previous articles in this Voyager Portfolio series, you learned about the history of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ETF (NYSEMKT: SPY) and how its performance has helped to make many investors rich. But despite the many milestones that this ETF has already achieved, one that still eludes it is reaching the $1 trillion mark in assets under management. This third and final article on the SPDR S&P 500 ETF looks at what it would take for the fund to surpass this historic mark and whether it's likely to be the first to do so.

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