Rather than picking individual stocks, many investors simply buy an S&P 500 index fund to give them diversified exposure to ...

The Vanguard 500 ETF ( VOO -0.97%) is a great option for being a core portfolio holding for nearly all investors. The ETF tracks the popular S&P 500 index, which is made up of the 500 largest ...

Like any investment, index funds have advantages, such as lower fees, as well as disadvantages. Read on to see if this ...

When you buy shares in an index fund -- which is a selection of assets that track a certain index -- you get the ...

If you don't want to spend hours researching individual investments, another option is to buy index funds — baskets of stocks or bonds that track broad-market indexes like the S&P 500.

Investing can seem intimidating: What if you make a bad choice and lose money? or what about a lack of access to quality investing advice? At the end of the day, however, that fear can be holding ...

The CRSP U.S. Mid Cap Index comprises stocks that fall within about the 80th percentile of U.S. stock market capitalization.

Below, we outline the top equity, bond, fixed income, commodities, and currency ETFs that generated the highest returns over the last month. We have excluded leveraged and inverse ETFs, as well as ...