Key Points S&P 500 index funds have proven to be solid long-term investments. The Schwab U.S. Dividend ETF offers a higher ...

Shares has partnered with commodity-focused asset manager Teucrium to file two new cryptocurrency index ETFs with the U.S.

Index investing came into vogue after Jack Bogle launched the first index fund, the Vanguard 500 Index Fund (ticker: VFINX), in 1976. "Index ETFs are outpacing them in both flows and popularity ...

Investing in an ETF that tracks the S&P 500 gives you exposure to 500 or so of the largest and best companies on the market, ...

Most ETFs are index funds that mimic a benchmark index. Index funds can also be mutual funds, which differ from ETFs in a few ways. Actively managed ETFs, which don’t follow an index, are ...

If the ETF has a lower expense ratio than a comparable index mutual fund by 0.1 percentage points, then it would still take an average holding time of 10 years for the ETF investor to recoup the ...

The difference between an ETF an index fund is not as insignificant as it might seem. It isn't just about performance, or which type had the best returns. Making the wrong choice could cost you ...

Am I better off choosing the bond ETF versus, say, the bond index fund or certainly the actively managed bond fund? Johnson: Well, I'll say the answer is, it depends. Benz: Okay.

The central reason is that many equity index funds and ETFs are tracking benchmarks that have very low turnover. The S&P 500, for example, changes roughly 20--or 4%--of its holdings per year.

While mutual funds pioneered index investing, they're facing steep competition from exchange-traded funds. Index investing came into vogue after Jack Bogle launched the first index fund, the ...

Index investing came into vogue after Jack Bogle launched the first index fund, the Vanguard 500 Index Fund (ticker: VFINX), in 1976. While mutual funds pioneered index investing, they' ...