For those new to investing or seasoned investors who like to keep things as simple and inexpensive as possible, an index fund could be your best friend. It's fair for beginning investors to ask "What ...

Stock Market Basics: When we think of investing, four common terms often come up - shares, bonds, mutual funds, and ETFs. Each of these options works differently, carries its own level of risk, and ...

The fund tracks the entire U.S. stock market with ultra-low 0.03% annual fees, making it one of the cheapest ways to own American equities. Top holdings mirror today's market leaders with Nvidia at ...

There’s no doubt that the 400 richest Americans are coming off a very good 12 months — but over the last decade, they would have done even better had they invested in a broad-market index fund. This ...

If the dismal past performance of mutual funds hadn’t already convinced you of how difficult it is to beat the stock market, ...

The stock market continued to rise in the third quarter, with index funds outperforming and a more mixed bag for active funds. The JPMorgan Large Cap Growth Fund ranked highest among the largest ...

A trading floor at index-fund pioneer Vanguard in 2019. (Ryan Collerd for WSJ) As of June 30, index-fund assets made up about 1/3 of the total fund assets in the U.S., according to fund tracker ...

You can make a strong argument that buying the S&P 500 index is a good choice today, but maybe you should consider some value ...

What we can learn from the Forbes list of the 400 richest Americans Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are both on Forbes 400 list for 2025. There's no doubt that the 400 richest Americans are coming off a ...