Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Tops $1 Trillion in Assets as Bull Market Draws $50 Billion
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Updated · The Motley Fool · Jun 14
Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Tops $1 Trillion in Assets as Bull Market Draws $50 Billion
3 articles · Updated · The Motley Fool · Jun 14
Summary
$1 trillion in assets made Vanguard's VOO the first ETF to cross that threshold, extending a three-year asset surge tied to the S&P 500 rally.
$386 billion of VOO's assets arrived over the past three years, including about $50 billion in the last month as the S&P 500 climbed 17% since April 1 to 7,430.
March 2026 was the last period of notable outflows, when the Iran war and a market drop briefly interrupted inflows before the index recovered and hit a June 2 record 7,620.
Valuation risk is now the main warning sign: the Shiller CAPE ratio stands at 41, its highest since 1999 and above October 2021 levels that preceded the 2022 bear market.
The report says investors may want to temper new VOO buying and diversify into defensive dividend ETFs such as DHS, which gained 8% in 2022 and is up 13% this year.