Index funds aim to match a benchmark index, offering simple asset class exposure. Mutual funds strive to outperform indexes, involving higher management fees. Mutual funds may incur sales loads ...

Index fund giant Vanguard is taking a more active approach to managing money for ETF investors in the bond market.

Trump ally and former DOGE adviser James Fishback has launched an index fund that excludes S&P 500 companies with DEI hiring goals. Should you invest?

Index funds are popular thanks to their low fees and wider diversity of stock selections. ... and S&P SmallCap 600, creating a one-stop shop for almost the entire U.S. stock market. SPTM ...

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The universe of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds continues to grow. Here are some common pitfalls investors should be ...

Capital Group's target-date funds have posted the best returns, relative to their peers in each vintage, of any of the other target-date fund families highlighted here. For example, over each of ...

Vault’s Viewpoint on Index Funds vs. Mutual Funds. An index fund is a mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (ETF) that tracks the performance of a market index, like the S&P 500.; A mutual fund ...