A Once-in-a-Decade Investment Opportunity: 1 Shocking Vanguard Index Fund to Buy for the AI Boom

The benchmark S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) returned 19% in the past year, while the utilities sector surged 33% as domestic electricity demand reached a record high in 2024. That shocking trend (bad pun intended) is likely to continue as artificial intelligence boosts data center power consumption.JPMorgan Chase strategists estimate electricity demand will increase at 2.5% annually over the next several years, growing more than three times faster than in the previous decade. Similarly, Goldman Sachs strategists expect electricity demand to accelerate "through the end of the decade to levels not seen in 20+ years."Investors can position themselves to benefit from that once-in-a-decade opportunity by owning shares of the Vanguard Utilities ETFs (NYSEMKT: VPU). Here are the important details.Continue readingWeiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool Weiter zum vollständigen Artikel bei MotleyFool