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 ...

For those of you that have read Benjamin Graham's Intelligent Investor, there are many things to take away from the book. In most articles that I see referencing the book, most takeaways have to do ...

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 ...

If you're saving and investing for retirement and you want to do well -- without having to become a stock market expert and top-notch analyst -- look to simple index funds. These track a particular ...

When it comes to financial industry innovations, few have persisted or gained as much acceptance as indexing. Its roots can be traced back to May 1896, when two financial reporters, Charles Dow and ...

The Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (VTEB) is a simple muni bond index ETF. VTEB's holdings have extremely low credit risk, moderate interest rate risk, and its dividends are tax-exempt. On the other ...

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 ...

There are many S&P 500 index funds to choose from, most with ultra-low fees. Each will have you invested, to a degree, in most of the U.S. economy. You can amass millions via simple index funds and ...

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) is one of the market's most popular exchange-traded funds (ETFs). It tracks the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) market index with pinpoint precision and minimal fees.

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 ...