Any affordable stocks or ETFs to buy to hold with $1000?

Vanguard total world stock index ETF(Ticker symbol: VT)

A simple ETF which consists of companies from all around the world. This ETF have a low expense ratio of 0.08%pa only. It’s quite diversified which is good.

https://www.etf.com/VT

Hi Anon,

If you're just starting to invest, I'd suggest you go with a broad based index fund. Among the list, VOO fits into that, and is honestly the best in the list. The rest are individual stocks, so the risk is definitely higher.

Affordable is relative, but I think VOO is going to be a good investment to make in the long run. Personally, I think you should only focus on investing in ETFs like VOO first while still learning more about individual stocks. Then when you've learnt enough and have more capital, you can try stockpicking.

Hope this helps and all the best!

Regards,
thefrugalstudent