If you've been an investor for any length of time at all, then you've almost certainly been advised to start (and maybe even finish) with index funds like the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF. This fund is of course simply meant to mirror the performance of the S&P 500.

If you're new to investing and don't have a lot of money to get started, don't fret. The best place for new investors to begin is often with exchange-traded funds (ETFs), which will give investors instant diversification through a portfolio of stock holdings.

In this piece, we’ll check in on some of the more underrated exchange-traded fund (ETF) products that may be worth looking into as the great bull market runs for another year. Undoubtedly, it can pay dividends to go beyond index funds,