Prediction: After Beating the S&P 500 for the Last 15 Years, This Unstoppable Vanguard ETF Will Top the Market Again in 2026

2026-02-23 04:50:00 ET

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) , which is a highly diversified index featuring 500 companies from 11 different economic sectors, delivered a solid return of 16.4% in 2025. However, had you invested in the Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEMKT: VOOG) instead, you would have earned a much higher return of 21.4%.

The Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the performance of the S&P 500 Growth index, which exclusively holds 139 of the best-performing stocks from the regular S&P 500, and disregards the rest. Last year's performance was no fluke, because its unique portfolio composition has propelled the ETF to market-beating returns consistently since it was established in 2010.

Here's why I predict it will beat the S&P 500 yet again in 2026.

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