Meet the Spectacular Vanguard Index Fund Crushing the S&P 500 Already in 2026
2026-02-13 08:35:00 ET
The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is one of the most widely followed stock market indexes. It hosts a diversified group of 500 of America's largest publicly listed companies, and its top holdings include all of the trillion-dollar giants leading the artificial intelligence (AI) revolution.
Then there is the Russell 2000 index, which is home to approximately 2,000 of the smallest companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges. Many of these companies are benefiting from a series of political and economic tailwinds right now, propelling the index to an 8% return in 2026 already. It's crushing the S&P 500, which has gained just 1.4% so far this year.
The Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (NASDAQ: VTWO) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the performance of the index by holding the same stocks and maintaining similar weightings. Here's why its early momentum in 2026 could persist for the rest of the year.
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