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2026-09-18 · NASDAQ

The S&P 500 Is 3% Below Its Record. Should You Buy Vanguard's Index Fund Now, or Wait for a Correction?

Key Points In a 2020 study, buying the S&P 500 at a record close returned an average of 14.6% over the next year. The S&P 500 has dropped at least 10% in nearly half of all calendar years since 1980. The Vanguard fund became the first ETF to surpass $1 trillion in assets earlier this year. 10 stocks we like better than Vanguard S&P 500 ETF › The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX:^GSPC) set its most recent record close on Aug. 13, finishing that session at 7,798.99. The index has slipped since then, and as of this writing, it sits about 3% below that mark. For anyone holding cash, the slide raises a fair question. Is a 3% discount reason enough to buy the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT:VOO) now? Or is the smarter move to wait for a deeper pullback?

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