The S&P 500 will likely continue its growth in 2026. But after three years of robust gains, diversification will be crucial.

Ask a beginner retail investor what they think best predicts whether a fund will outperform, and the answers tend to vary. Some point to the long-running dominance of U.S.-focused funds as evidence ...

SWTSX finds itself in the Schwab Funds family, based out of San Francisco, CA. Schwab Total Stock Market Index made its debut in June of 1999, and since then, SWTSX has accumulated about $25.80 ...

The best mutual funds will capitalize on new trends expected to emerge in the new year, all while offering low costs and ...

Index funds allow investors to own the market without trying to time it. ・They are designed to mirror major market benchmarks ...

Shelton is based in Denver, CO, and is the manager of NASDX. Since Shelton Nasdaq-100 Index Direct made its debut in April of 2000, NASDX has garnered more than $1.62 billion in assets. The fund's ...

The stock market roared back to life after a poor showing in the first quarter. American Funds Fundamental Investors Fund and American Funds Investment Company of America landed in the top 10% of ...

The stock market continued to rise in the third quarter, with index funds outperforming and a more mixed bag for active funds. The JPMorgan Large Cap Growth Fund ranked highest among the largest ...

Investors and retirement savers who want to own broad swaths of the stock and bond markets often face a choice: Do they want to buy time-honored mutual funds, or upstart exchange-traded funds? If ...

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