{
  "id": 15631799,
  "title": "Warren Buffett Loves This Low-Cost Vanguard Fund. If You Invest Just $200 Each Month, History Says It Will Be Worth This Much in 30 Years.",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/warren-buffett-loves-this-low-cost-vanguard-fund-if-you-invest-just",
  "topic": "finance",
  "section": "Finance & Markets",
  "published": "2026-10-19T17:15:00.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Motley Fool",
    "slug": "motley-fool",
    "url": "https://www.fool.com/investing/2026/10/19/warren-buffett-loves-this-low-cost-vanguard-fund-i/?source=iedfolrf0000001"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Warren Buffett, widely recognized as the Oracle of Omaha, has turned Berkshire Hathaway into one of the world's most valuable companies. Over the past five decades, Berkshire Hathaway's stock delivered an impressive compounded annual return of 19.7%, dwarfing the S&P 500's return of 10.5% (including dividends).\n\nIn a 2013 letter, Buffett revealed his investment strategy for his wife's inheritance: a low-cost Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO). This fund aims to replicate the performance of the S&P 500 index, giving investors exposure to hundreds of top-performing companies with a single investment. By investing in VOO, Buffett's investment strategy is simplified: instead of trying to pick individual stocks, investors can direct their funds towards a diversified basket of high-quality businesses.\n\nVOO boasts a low annual expense ratio of just 0.03%, meaning investors pay only $3 per $10,000 invested annually. This cost-effectiveness allows investors to maximize their gains. Most importantly, VOO's passive approach eliminates the need for constant stock research or attempting to predict market outperformance. Instead, investors can simply contribute consistently and let their investments grow over time.\n\nTo illustrate this strategy, consider investing $1,000 initially and adding $200 monthly for 30 years. This results in a total investment of $73,000. Assuming a consistent 10% annual return, compounded over time, the investment would grow to approximately $430,000. This demonstrates the power of investing in a diversified, low-cost index fund and the potential for substantial long-term wealth building.",
  "summary": "Warren Buffett may be known for picking individual stocks, but he also loves investing in low-cost ETFs.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}