Buying individual stocks can certainly be a smart way to go for investors with the time, knowledge, and desire to play an active role with their asset allocation. On the other hand, since most ...

Sector-based investing hasn't proven as useful as once anticipated. There's still one noteworthy exception though. The S&P 500 is ideally suited for most buy-and-hold investors, but it omits a ...

The Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (NYSEARCA:VTEB) is a simple muni bond index ETF. VTEB's holdings have extremely low credit risk, moderate interest rate risk, and its dividends are tax-exempt. On the ...

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) is one of the market's most popular exchange-traded funds (ETFs). It tracks the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) market index with pinpoint precision and minimal fees.

BILS invests in 3-12 month T-bills, slightly longer maturities than average. Rates are generally a bit higher than for shorter maturity t-bills, risk and volatility not that much higher. BILS seems ...

Large companies may be more stable, but smaller companies have proven to offer greater growth opportunities to investors. Contrary to a common assumption, the Invesco QQQ Trust isn’t an investment in ...

Do you want to have a million dollars by retirement? Most of us probably think that would be great -- though some think a ...

Each of these funds tracks a different index. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF, for example, tracks the S&P 500 index of 500 of America's biggest companies. The Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF tracks the Dow ...