2 ETFs That Are Good Bets to Beat the S&P 500 in 2026

The S&P 500 index is widely considered to be the benchmark for the entire U.S. stock market. The index holds the stocks of about 500 of the largest companies in the U.S. and is diversified across sectors.It is a market capitalization (market cap)-weighted index, which means that the larger a company is by market cap (its share price multiplied by its shares outstanding), the larger the percentage of the index it becomes. As such, how the stock of a large company like Nvidia performs is going to impact the index's performance much more than a smaller company.This Darwinian mechanism of survival of the fittest has propelled the S&P 500 to strong returns over the years, with the index producing an average annual return of over 14.6% the past 10 years. Meanwhile, only about 14% of actively managed funds have been able to top the S&P 500 over this period. Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool