VTI or VOO is a choice that truly doesn’t matter. But the year is now 2026, and the S&P 500 is a long-outdated investment for buy & hold purposes.

u/Kashmir79 · Reddit — r/Bogleheads · January 02, 2026 at 02:00 · ⬆ 16 pts  | View on Reddit ↗
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Commenter recommends choosing VTI over VOO for those needing direction due to total market diversification.

VTI — LONG The author argues that if an investor truly needs direction choosing between VTI and VOO, they should go with VTI because it is the more diversified modern total market index, which Jack Bogle considers the fulfillment of the indexing concept, while VOO is a sampling index from 1957 with an arbitrary 500 stocks. No specific risk or time horizon is stated.

go with the more diversified modern total market index that Jack Bogle considers the fulfillment of the indexing concept instead of a going with sampling index from 1957 with an arbitrary 500 stocks.

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Prefer VTI over VOO for total market diversification
The author argues that if an investor truly needs direction choosing between VTI and VOO, they should go with VTI because it is the more diversified modern total market index, which Jack Bogle considers the fulfillment of the indexing concept, while VOO is a sampling index from 1957 with an arbitrary 500 stocks. No specific risk or time horizon is stated.
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