4 ETFs Worth Loading Up on and Holding for the Long Haul
2026-06-28 05:25:00 ET
With more than 4,400 exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in the U.S. for investors to choose from (12,400 globally), the marketplace has become increasingly muddled. The heavyweights are still the heavyweights, but there's a lot of noise from leveraged single-stock ETFs, ultra-high-yield products, and a slew of increasingly niche options.
It's a good idea to review why fundamentally driven, diversified core holdings remain the best for anchoring your portfolio. Two things generally matter for an ETF to be considered a solid long-term holding .
First, the expense ratio matters because lower fees mean the investor keeps more money. Thankfully, this is easy in today's ETF marketplace. Super-low expense ratios are fairly common among the biggest and most liquid broad-market funds.
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