This Unstoppable Vanguard ETF Is Beating the S&P 500, the Nasdaq-100, and the Dow Jones in 2026
2026-03-31 05:59:00 ET
The U.S. stock market is off to a difficult start to 2026. Ongoing geopolitical tensions in the Middle East have sent the price of oil soaring, which is creating economic instability and clouding the earnings picture for corporate America. As a result, the S&P 500 , the Nasdaq-100 , and the Dow Jones Industrial Average have each suffered year-to-date declines of more than 5% so far.
However, another index is bucking the losses to trade flat for the year. The Russell 2000 is home to approximately 2,000 of the smallest companies listed on U.S. stock exchanges, many of which operate exclusively in America, so they are somewhat insulated from global conflicts.
The Vanguard Russell 2000 ETF (NASDAQ: VTWO) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the performance of the index by holding the same stocks and maintaining similar weightings. Here's why it could continue outperforming the major stock market indexes.
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