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You Can Do Better Than the S&P 500. Buy This ETF Instead.

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The Vanguard Information Technology ETF ( NYSEMKT : VGT ) tends to beat the S&P 500's returns in the long haul.

It follows a market index reflecting all American stocks in the information technology sector.

The fund's focus on high-growth investment ideas can result in deeply negative returns.

Still, this might not be the fund for you if you can't afford the occasional price drop.

Consider when Nvidia made this list on April 15, 2005 ... if you invested $ 1,000 at the time of our recommendation, you’d have $ 743,952 ! The Stock Advisor service has more than quadrupled the return of S&P 500 since 2002

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