Bailard Inc. Increases Stock Position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF $VOO

Bailard Inc. boosted its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) by 2.1% during the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 100,487 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 2,042 shares during the period. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF accounts for 1.3% of Bailard Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 16th biggest position. Bailard Inc.’s holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF were worth $61,536,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of VOO. Quaker Wealth Management LLC lifted its holdings in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 248.4% in the 2nd quarter. Quaker Wealth Management LLC now owns 46 shares of the company’s stock worth $26,000 after buying an additional 77 shares during the period. Front Row Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 900.0% in the second quarter. Front Row Advisors LLC now owns 50 shares of the company’s stock worth $28,000 after acquiring an additional 45 shares during the period. Bernard Wealth Management Corp. purchased a new stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF in the second quarter worth $30,000. Corundum Trust Company INC bought a new stake in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF in the third quarter valued at $37,000. Finally, Bay Harbor Wealth Management LLC increased its position in Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 800.0% during the 2nd quarter. Bay Harbor Wealth Management LLC now owns 72 shares of the company’s stock valued at $41,000 after purchasing an additional 64 shares during the period.

More Vanguard S&P 500 ETF News

Here are the key news stories impacting Vanguard S&P 500 ETF this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Retail/buy-the-dip interest: The Fool recommends VOO as a smart Vanguard ETF to buy with $500, highlighting its simplicity and long-term appeal for individual investors, which can support inflows into VOO. The Smartest Vanguard ETF to Buy With $500 Right Now
• Positive Sentiment: Long-term thesis support: A separate Fool feature reiterates broad ETF-driven wealth creation themes, reinforcing buy-and-hold demand for broad-market ETFs like VOO. If History Repeats, This Unstoppable ETF Can Make You a Millionaire
• Neutral Sentiment: Ratings comparison vs. Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI): An MSN piece compares ratings for VOO and VTI — useful for allocation decisions but not an immediate catalyst. Ratings comparison between Vanguard S&P 500 ETF and Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF
• Neutral Sentiment: Weekly catalysts overview: Invezz lists earnings, geopolitics and Fed/ macro data as the key catalysts for the S&P 500 and ETFs like VOO this week — items to watch but not single-day drivers by themselves. Top catalysts for S&P 500 Index and its ETFs like VOO, SPY this week
• Neutral Sentiment: Market psychology: Schaeffer notes major indices sitting at psychologically significant round numbers (e.g., Dow near 50,000), which can amplify short-term volatility but doesn’t change VOO’s underlying exposure. Dow, S&P 500 Stare Up at Psychologically Significant Levels
• Negative Sentiment: Tariff escalation and futures slide: Benzinga reports U.S. futures fell after reports of escalating tariff threats (political/geopolitical risk), which is pressuring index ETFs including VOO. Stock Market Today: S&P 500, Nasdaq Futures Plunge As Trump Escalates Tariff Threats—Alibaba, United Airlines, Netflix In Focus
• Negative Sentiment: Early-session downside forecasts: FXEmpire’s forecasts indicate the Nasdaq, S&P 500 and Dow were positioned to drop early in the session, reflecting broad weakness that pulls VOO down with the index. NASDAQ Index, S&P 500 and Dow Jones Forecasts – US Indices Look to Drop Early
• Negative Sentiment: Premarket weakness & recent electronic-session falls: TipRanks noted VOO was down in premarket trade, and an earlier FXEmpire note flagged overnight index weakness after trade-agreement tensions — both point to near-term selling pressure. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF VOO Daily Update, 1-20-2026 NASDAQ Index, S&P 500 and Dow Jones Forecasts – US Indices Fall in Electronic Overnight Trading

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Trading Down 2.0%

Shares of NYSEARCA VOO opened at $623.15 on Wednesday. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $627.05 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $609.24. Vanguard S&P 500 ETF has a 12 month low of $442.80 and a 12 month high of $640.16. The firm has a market capitalization of $833.91 billion, a PE ratio of 24.97 and a beta of 1.00.

Vanguard S&P 500 ETF Profile

Vanguard 500 Index Fund (the Fund) is an open-end investment company, or mutual fund. The Fund offers four classes of shares: Investor Shares, Admiral Shares, Signal Shares, and Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) Shares. The Fund seeks to track the investment performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index, an unmanaged benchmark representing the United States large-capitalization stocks. The Fund employs a passive management-or indexing-investment approach designed to track the performance of the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index.