The S&P 500 Has Returned About 11% Annually Since 1958. Here's the ETF I'd Trust for the Next 30 Years.

In 1996, these were the S&P 500's (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) largest holdings by market cap: Coca-Cola: $130.6 billion ExxonMobil: $121.7 billion Intel: $107.6 billion Microsoft: $99.4 billion General Electric: $97.4 billion Merck: $86.4 billion International Business Machines: $73.5 billion Procter & Gamble: $72.5 billion Johnson & Johnson: $66.3 billion Walmart: $52.2 billion 30 years later, all of these companies remain well-known names in the current economy. But it's fair to say that they don't at all resemble what the index looks like today. Microsoft is the only "Magnificent 7" stock still in the Top 10. Apple was in the midst of a corporate crisis until Steve Jobs eventually returned to the company.