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 ...

You don't want to get out of the stock market altogether, but now would be a good time to start playing a little defense.

The Vanguard Total International Stock ETF also features a low expense ratio of just 0.05% and a minimum investment of $1.

True to its name, the Vanguard Total International Stock ETF provides fast access to roughly 8,700 international stocks.

Index funds simplify investing by bundling hundreds or even thousands of stocks into a single investment vehicle, effectively creating diversified portfolios. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF returned 299% ...

Index ETFs track broad markets or niches, such as small-cap growth stocks. Because they simply reflect indexes without active management, fees tend to be low. These equity ETFs can offer ...

The S&P 500 includes the 500 largest U.S. companies. Its top stocks are Nvidia (7.95% of the fund's holdings), Microsoft (6.73%), Apple (6.60%), and Amazon (3.72%). Information technology stocks ...

Wait, what? Many index funds have a flaw. When it comes to investing your retirement or college funds for the long term, few principles are now as widely accepted as the merits of low-cost index funds ...

It’s easier to make a case for using fairly priced, proven active bond funds than it is for stock funds. That’s the upshot of recent research by Morningstar’s Eric Jacobson and Maciej Kowara. In “The ...

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) consistently outperforms supposedly "safer" alternatives like gold and dividend funds over the long term. Gold funds and dividend growth funds may look good during ...