Warren Buffett has frequently recommended that non-professional investors periodically buy shares of an S&P 500 index fund. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF offers easy exposure to many of the most ...

Among the global indices, the Nasdaq has exhibited a strong performance in 2025, clocking 22.1% absolute returns (as of 9 December 2025). The US-based Nasdaq is the second-largest stock exchange in ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Gordon Scott has been an active investor and technical analyst or 20+ years. He is a Chartered Market Technician ...

Index funds track market indexes, automating investments and saving on fees. Vanguard offers low-cost index funds that cover various sectors and global stocks. Investors can start with ETFs or mutual ...

Stocks jumped Thursday, snapping a recent losing streak after an encouraging readout on inflation. The Nasdaq composite led gains, rising 1.4%. The Dow edged up 0.1%, while the S&P 500 advanced 0.8%, ...

Stocks: Real-time U.S. stock quotes reflect trades reported through Nasdaq only; comprehensive quotes and volume reflect trading in all markets and are delayed at least 15 minutes. International stock ...

The Daily News Sentiment Index is a high frequency measure of economic sentiment based on lexical analysis of economics-related news articles. The index is described in Buckman, Shapiro, Sudhof, and ...

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 of ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

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