Anonymous

27 Mar 2020

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What’s the difference between investing in a S&P 500 index fund vs a S&P 500 ETF?

What's the difference between the 2, and which is better?

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Brendan Wong

22 Mar 2020

Economics Undergraduate at Nanyang Technological University

I'd recommend investing in an S&P 500 ETF! To my knowledge, ETFs have a lower expense ratio (e.g. VOO has an annual expense ratio of only 0.04%). Also, since ETFs are bought and sold like stocks, it's more liquid than Index Funds which are only bought/sold after the market closes. There's a more in-depth article here if you want to know more: https://www.fool.com/investing/2016/08/26/etf-v...

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