The short answer to "what is an index fund" is that it provides low-cost, broad-based exposure to the stock market. But is it ...

An index fund can only be as good as the index it tracks. While these benchmarks are usually transparent and rules-based, they are not all equal. Nuances in construction can cause performance to ...

On August 28, the S&P 500’s price-to-earnings ratio reached a towering reading of nearly 30, the actual number that day was a ...

"It's not the heat. It's the humidity." Sound familiar? I think we're all guilty of saying that at some point between June and September. The heat index isn't just some made-up number to inflate ...