Burned by the Stock Market? Consider These 3 ETFs Instead
If you were lucky enough to avoid any investment losses in a bullish 2021, then 2022 has changed your luck. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is now down more than 9% year-to-date, a move that played out without any warning. And it may well be moving even lower before all is said and done. It's an uncomfortable outcome for veteran investors, while newcomers to the market may be feeling a mix of horror and shellshock.
If that's mentally where you are at this point, don't sweat it. Market corrections and the occasional soured trade are nothing unusual, and certainly no reason to give up on investing. However, this may be the right time to suggest changing your tack. Exchange-traded funds (or ETFs) can help curb some of the volatility inherent to owning individual stocks, and these three ETFs in particular can offer even more stability.
It's a painfully obvious option, but the Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ETF (NYSEMKT: SPLV) will indeed limit the severity of the swings that might otherwise shake you out of a stock, or shake you out of the market altogether.
Source Fool.com
