The number of complex investment strategies available to investors has never been greater. But most investors are probably still best served by a few simple, market-cap-weighted index funds. One of ...

The table above tells you a lot. Clearly, the first fund, a simple S&P 500 index fund, has an impressive growth rate. But in large part, that's because there have been some boffo years recently. Over ...

The Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (VTEB) is a simple muni bond index ETF. VTEB's holdings have extremely low credit risk, moderate interest rate risk, and its dividends are tax-exempt. On the other ...

Sector-based investing hasn't proven as useful as once anticipated. There's still one noteworthy exception though. The S&P 500 is ideally suited for most buy-and-hold investors, but it omits a ...

Investing in low-cost index funds such as XEQT and VFV should help Canadians build a $1 million portfolio over time. Building a $1 million retirement portfolio is achievable by investing in low-cost ...