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Mooringstar might be of interest to you. Morningstar
I would look at how 10,000 grows over the last 10 years for each of the funds.
The fund that was best the last 10 years may not be the best for the next 10 years so better to pick one and start investing. Nothing wrong with picking two funds if you want.
The IVV is not a true S&P 500 fund. IVV is 90% S&P 500, and 10% actively managed.
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The investment seeks to track the investment results of the S&P 500® (the "underlying index"), which measures the performance of the large-capitalization sector of the U.S. equity market. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index. It may invest the remainder of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in the underlying index, but which the advisor believes will help the fund track the underlying index.
In contrast, SPY is a true S&P 500 fund.
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The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the S&P 500® Index. The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by holding a portfolio of the common stocks that are included in the index (the “Portfolioâ€), with the weight of each stock in the Portfolio substantially corresponding to the weight of such stock in the index
Ditto for VOO:
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The investment seeks to track the performance of a benchmark index that measures the investment return of large-capitalization stocks. The fund employs an indexing investment approach designed to track the performance of the Standard & Poor's 500 Index, a widely recognized benchmark of U.S. stock market performance that is dominated by the stocks of large U.S. companies. The advisor attempts to replicate the target index by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets in the stocks that make up the index, holding each stock in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the index.
It goes one way-at least if we're answering the actual question. The OP asked,
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Originally Posted by C24L
What is the best S&P 500 index fund,everybody?
IVV may or may not be "better", but it's apparently not a true S&P 500 index fund, nor does it try to be (based on that prospectus). I'll admit I didn't know that until it got pointed out here. It's probably still good enough-but not what the OP was asking about.
Which is to say IVV is not an S&P 500 fund, and it incurs more risk.
hardly anymore risk to be concerned about . i always use ivv over spy . the difference is pretty consistent .
in fact here is the difference between ivv and spy
ytd year ivv 11.47 , spy 11.47
1 year ivv 16.55 , spy 16.48
3 year ivv 10.04 spy 9.07
5 year ivv 15.00 spy 14.93
10 year ivv 7.13 , spy 7.08
15 year ivv 9.57 , spy 9.54
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