Warren Buffett’s S&P 500 ETF Recommendation Could Yield 37% Returns by 2026
Warren Buffett, the legendary investor behind Berkshire Hathaway's 5,500,000% growth since 1965, continues to advocate for simplicity in investing. His repeated advice to retail investors: buy an S&P 500 index fund. Now, Evercore ISI analyst Julian Emanuel projects this unglamorous strategy could deliver 37% returns by late 2026.
The S&P 500 represents 80% of U.S. market capitalization across all sectors, making it a proxy for the broader economy. While Buffett's own Berkshire consistently outperforms with 20% annualized returns, he maintains that low-cost index investing remains the optimal approach for most investors.