If you look for help building your portfolio, you'll probably read a lot about a "portfolio core," which just refers to the ...

Comparing index funds can help you align your investment goals, risk profile and financial strategy. Key aspects to consider include the cost of managing the fund, how closely it follows its benchmark ...

There are three basic ways to invest in the S&P 500 index, and the cheapest and easiest one is likely to be the best choice.

It's difficult to put an exact price tag on how much index funds have saved investors since their creation in 1975. But it's ...

Good investing is all about making good choices, and one of the first crossroads you’ll come to as an investor is choosing between individual stocks or index funds. In some scenarios, this decision ...

Index exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, let you own a broad swath or more specific slice of the market while paying very low fees. According to brokerage Fidelity, “There are two basic types of indexes: ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Brock covers personal finance and investing. Feeling lazy about your investments? There’s a solution for that, and ...

The right index funds can deliver strong returns over long periods of time while still allowing you to sleep at night. A combination of low-cost S&P 500, Russell 2000, and real estate index funds can ...

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 ...