5 ETFs to Buy and Hold for the Next 10 Years

3. Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSE:VTI)

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSE:VTI) is a passively managed exchange traded fund that employs an index-sampling strategy, and seeks to track the performance of the CRSP US Total Market Index. As of December 31, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSE:VTI)’s average annual 1-year returns were similar to its benchmark, coming in at 25.72%. 

Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSE:VTI)’s portfolio holds a diversified basket of 4,136 stocks, with total net assets amounting to $1.3 trillion as of January 31. NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), an American semiconductor and chip maker, is a notable underlying security in the ETF’s portfolio. 

​​NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) is extremely popular among institutional investors. The fourth quarter database of Insider Monkey shows that 110 hedge funds held long positions in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), up from 83 funds in the quarter earlier. Millennium Management owned a prominent position in NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA), with 3.8 million shares worth $1.14 billion. 

Here is what Saturna Capital Amana Funds has to say about NVIDIA Corporation (NASDAQ:NVDA) in its Q4 2021 investor letter:

“Concerning the stock market, we avoid short-term predictions. But what of the next decade? A theme since the start of the pandemic has been getting bigger. Nvidia carved out a strong business, but we do not view its position as unassailable given evolving markets and capable competitors.”