Learn the basics of index funds with Vincent Chan! Understand how they work, focusing on the S&P 500 and essential investing principles.

Wondering how FXAIX and VOO stack up? You aren’t alone. To help, here is an explanation of the key differences between the ...

The market is trading near all-time highs, which suggests that now is a terrible time to buy the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF. Or is it? The S&P 500 index is meant to be a collection of companies that are ...

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 ...

R-squared is a statistical measure that shows how similar a mutual fund’s performance is to its benchmark, such as the NSE Nifty50 or the BSE Sensex.

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 ...

The fund finished the second quarter roughly in line with the 8.50% advance of the Russell 2000 Index. Stocks entered Q2 in a tailspin, as post-election optimism gave way to investor concern about the ...

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 ...

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 ...