Trade negotiations, questions tied to monetary policy, and geopolitical events were some of the factors impacting the market.

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

But if you're starting a portfolio or need to overhaul your core, Fidelity's index funds are built for that job, too. Your ...

For easy access to index funds, Charles Schwab offers a popular S&P 500 fund with no minimum investment and a very low ...

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Discover the top index fund for your portfolio to simplify investing! Learn index fund basics, what to look for, and funds for growth, bonds, & international stocks. Tropical Storm Melissa update as ...

Boring can be beautiful—and, it turns out, bountiful. That’s certainly the case when it comes to investors’ long-term returns on mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. What I’m talking about is one ...

A trading floor at index-fund pioneer Vanguard in 2019. (Ryan Collerd for WSJ) As of June 30, index-fund assets made up about 1/3 of the total fund assets in the U.S., according to fund tracker ...

Index ETFs track broad markets or niches, such as small-cap growth stocks. Because they simply reflect indexes without active management, fees tend to be low. These equity ETFs can offer ...

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 ...

A faith-based investment firm partnered with S&P Dow Jones Indices to create a new index and exchange traded fund (ETF) that will cater to evangelical Christian investors. Bountiful Financial and S&P ...