Now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund, it remains one of history's largest and most successful mutual funds. Once it was clear that the investing public had an appetite for such indexed funds ...

I evaluated each fund's historical performance ... sector diversification and the fund provider's reputation for index fund management. Much more than breaking news, our diverse reporting digs ...

Or, in the words of Vanguard Group founder John Bogle, the index fund pioneer: "Don't do something … stand there." As investors choose their preferred approach to gaining market access, history ...