When investors have too much exposure to a single asset—or even just a handful—broad-based market declines can cause them to ...

Index funds are mutual funds that seek only to mirror the performance of an underlying stock market index — not to outperform it. Millions of investors hold them in their portfolios because they ...

When it comes to long-term investing, the debate between index funds and mutual funds is a common one. Both investment ...

The market for index funds continues to grow, and aside from the sheer variety of choices now available to retail investors, one of the biggest benefits has been steadily decreasing fees. In August ...

Do you want to invest in the stock market, but want to avoid the hassle of researching or actively selecting stocks? If so, ...

Competition in the passive index fund space is intense. While active managers try to stand out with performance, strategy or brand reputation, index fund providers compete primarily on scale and fees.

Indexes have changed a lot over the past century. What was once state-of-the-art is now antiquated. The first indexes used information that was available, not what was best for building a portfolio.

With expense ratios of 0.03% to 0.13%, these exchange-traded funds offer diverse market exposure with less fee-driven drag on your returns.

While indexing offers an inexpensive way to beat most professionally managed funds over time and delivers instant ...

Shares Russell Top 200 Growth ETF targets very large companies with high price-to-book, sales growth and forecasted growth.

The best long-term mutual funds right now are the Vanguard 500 Index Fund, Fidelity Contrafund and T. Rowe Price Blue Chip Growth Fund. Long-term mutual funds are the financial version of "slow and ...