Young people looking for investing guidance often find themselves receiving some version of the same advice: just buy index funds. And on its face, this is a pretty ...

The Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund ETF is focused on the faster-growing components of the S&P 500 index. Its sports a low fee, which means you keep most of its gains. It's heavily weighted in ...

If you’re a beginner investor, choosing between an ETF (Exchange-Traded Fund) and an index fund can feel overwhelming. Both options offer broad diversification, low fees, and long-term growth ...

Most of the largest active and index stock funds that outperformed their peers had greater exposure to tech. The best-performing large active name was the American Funds Fundamental Investors Fund.

Ask a beginner retail investor what they think best predicts whether a fund will outperform, and the answers tend to vary. Some point to the long-running dominance of U.S.-focused funds as evidence of ...

Each month, we check in on the performance of the largest US stock, bond, and active exchange-traded funds. The Morningstar US Market Index fell 0.03% during December and is up 17.35% over the past ...

It's hard to find something that investors love more than index funds. No wonder: These simple, automated investments give us a nearly perfect blend of attributes. Index funds offer up the ...

Fidelity Mid Cap Index Fund is a diversified domestic mid-cap equity strategy that seeks to closely track the returns and characteristics of the Russell Midcap Index. The fund finished the third ...

Warren Buffett recommends that non-professional investors periodically buy shares of an S&P 500 index fund. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF provides cheap and easy exposure to the most influential stocks in ...

Bond ETFs in the lineup deliver yields ranging from 3.29% to 4.77%. Among the most popular Vanguard ETFs are index funds that track the overall stock market and the S&P 500. Follow 24/7 Wall St. on ...

The U.S. stock market has become so concentrated that even broad index funds are no longer well diversified, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on ...

The fund finished the second quarter in line with the 8.53% advance of the Russell Midcap® Index. Stocks entered Q2 in a tailspin, as post-election optimism gave way to investor concern about the ...