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Remember that 401k investments aren’t pure equity portfolios. They mix in fixed income, so having a balanced portfolio isn’t going to return as much as the s&p. You’re balancing risk with returns for more consistent return over time and protection in down markets. None of the retirement target date funds will be 100% equity.
Switch to a low fee index fund (eg, VOO for SP500).
They are manging your portfolio within the mandate that you selected. Most likely you do not have a "US stock total return" strategy for your 401k, so the S&P500 is not the right benchmark. The portfolio will be diversified by assets and geographically. Let's say you have a high risk stategy, that may mean let's say a 80/20 allocation, and the 2024 morningstar benchmark is around +13.5% for the US. Historically an 80/20 portfolio has 13% stdev, vs. the 17% stdev of the S&P500
Why would you let vanguard manage it?
If youre under 40, probably worth going all equity. Whole point is to maximize return while you have time to recover
I pick my own funds. I'm currently 100% in equities, specifically with broad index funds like VTWAX, VTSAX, or VFIAX. Because I am many, many years from retirement. Once I am closer to retirement, I will start putting my contributions in bond funds instead, to bring my overall portfolio balance to an appropriate balance of equities and bonds.
If you don't want to bother with this manual rebalancing stuff, then just pick a target date fund. You'll have a little bit of bond exposure earlier, but by and large it still a fantastic pick and has extremely low fees compared to the actively managed funds. I do not recommend people use actively manage funds whether at vanguard or elsewhere.
When did you put in the money? If you are dollar cost averaging across the year you won’t see the full return