Since index funds consistently beat active management over the long run, they are often better for retirement savings success.

I’m often asked to recommend a simple index fund portfolio for people who are just getting started with passive investing and want to learn the basics. There are several good portfolios you can build ...

It's not easy to beat the S&P 500 index. Most professional investors don't, even though they charge an arm and a leg for managing your money. Ironically, you don't need some fancy, complex trading ...

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 ...

Hedge funds have historically underperformed the S&P 500. Wall Street prognosticators badly misread 2024. Rebalancing helps make index funds so reliable. In other words, if the index continues to rise ...

Warren Buffett's $1 million bet against hedge funds wasn't just about bragging rights—it was a challenge to Wall Street's high-fee investment strategies. Back in 2007, he bet that a simple S&P 500 ...

There are countless personal finance books, blogs and articles that offer advice on investing, savings, retirement and taxes. You could read all those books. Or, you can listen to this University of ...

In any given short-term period, a manager of an active portfolio may make bets which either outperform or underperform their relative benchmark. However, we are supposed to be long-term investors, ...

The Vanguard Growth ETF primarily focuses on large-cap growth stocks. The fund's heavy technology weighting has helped it outperform the S&P 500. Long-term trends favor more of the same, but watch out ...

It isn't over yet, but 2024 is on track to be a banner year for the stock market. The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) has had one of its best performances so far this century. Through Nov. 26, the ...

A simple S&P 500 index fund can be all you need to build up a hefty war chest for retirement. Each of these should serve you very well over the long term, in part due to their low fees. The SPDR ETF ...