Comparing index funds can help you align your investment goals, risk profile and financial strategy. Key aspects to consider include the cost of managing the fund, how closely it follows its benchmark ...

India's index fund landscape changes dramatically when you compare 3-year, 5-year and 10-year performance charts. Smallcap ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Brock covers personal finance and investing. Vanguard offers two exchange-traded funds that can easily stand in as core ...

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and index funds both offer a straightforward way to diversify your investment portfolio. Both fund types can have low fees, though index funds often charge less. You may ...

If you're invested in the markets and haven't given the late John Bogle a tip of the cap, you should do so. That's because ...

S&P 500 index funds mirror the index's performance, ideal for steady, long-term investment. The Fidelity 500 Index has the lowest fees, potentially offering slightly better returns over time.

It’s easier to make a case for using fairly priced, proven active bond funds than it is for stock funds. That’s the upshot of recent research by Morningstar’s Eric Jacobson and Maciej Kowara. In “The ...

VMPLNew Delhi [India], November 27: To understand the market movements, investors study market indices such as the NIFTY 100, NIFTY 500, and other broad indices. These benchmarks help investors ...

Jack Bogle’s timeless investing principles highlight the power of low-cost index funds, keeping costs low, and limiting speculation to a small portion of your portfolio.

The Nifty 50 is a benchmark index that represents 50 of the largest and also liquid companies listed on the National Stock Exchange (NSE). These companies belong to various sectors, such as banking, ...

This article was written by Vikas Jain, Index Quant Research and Yingjin Gan, Head of Index Research at Bloomberg. Over the past few decades, index-linked (passive funds) have experienced substantial ...