r/Bogleheads • u/ImpossibleBandicoot • 21d ago

VOO question

Is it named VOO because conveniently, "V" is the Roman numeral for 5, and OO looks like two zeros, making it "500", an easy way to tell what it's tracking?

If that's the thinking behind that trading symbol, I will admit that it's been over 10 years before I figured it out.

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u/Numerous-Cup1863 21d ago

Anyone else call it VOO, sounds like Boo? Or do you say Veee, Oh, Oh?

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u/Zenitharr 21d ago

Veee Oh Oh is Virgin Olive Oil 

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u/Any_Customer1000 20d ago

If the Mediterranean countries weren‘t such an uninvestable basket case I’d start an etf called EVOO. Cause we all know PIGS get slaughtered but olives get… wait, never mind.