The VT ETF Might Be Smarter Than the S&P 500 Right Now | VOO SPY VT

The S&P 500 is down 3.0% year-to-date in 2026 while Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (VT) is down less than 1.0% over the same period. VT has outperformed the S&P 500 by roughly ~200 basis points YTD, indicating relative resilience of the global broad-market ETF versus U.S. large-cap. This is a factual index-level update with limited immediate market-moving implications.

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The S&P 500 is down 3.0% year-to-date in 2026 while Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF Shares (VT) is down less than 1.0% over the same period. VT has outperformed the S&P 500 by roughly ~200 basis points YTD, indicating relative resilience of the global broad-market ETF versus U.S. large-cap. This is a factual index-level update with limited immediate market-moving implications.