Year: 2024

Two years after China introduced a pilot private pension scheme to address the challenges of its rapidly ageing population, the programme will be pushed out nationwide with the addition of 85 index funds. The individual pension account programme was initially rolled out in November 2022 across 36 cities including Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Shenzhen. Investors […]

(Photo Illustration by Pavlo Gonchar/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images) SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images The S&P 500 index, which is a proxy for large-cap U.S. equities, has seen a record rally, fueled by the AI boom and GLP-1 momentum. Since bottoming on October 13, 2022 at an intra-day low of 3,491.58, the benchmark index has […]

Building an investment portfolio is a personal experience: What suits one investor may be ill-fitting for another. Factors such as risk tolerance and time horizon influence how an investor constructs a portfolio, as do things like the amount of money involved, the types of financial accounts at hand, and the investor’s level of experience and […]

The Indian mutual fund industry has been witnessing a surge in the number of new fund offers (NFOs) in the past few months. This rise in the NFOs is backed by increasing investor participation, and the introduction of products tailored to specific investment themes and strategies. Index Fund Corner Sponsored Scheme Name 1-Year Return Invest […]

Over many decades, the stock market has averaged annual returns of close to 10%. That’s pretty good! (Of course, over shorter periods, it can average much more — or less.) It makes good sense for most investors to park much, if not most, of their moola in one or more simple, low-fee index funds, such […]

LUXEMBOURG – Amundi Index Solutions, a leading investment company, has informed its shareholders of the upcoming annual dividend payments for a selection of its distribution shares. The dividends are scheduled to be paid on Monday, December 13, 2024, following the ex-date of today, Tuesday, December 10, 2024. The company has provided a detailed table outlining […]

After 11 interest-rate increases by the Federal Reserve since the start of 2022, Fed policy has shifted. The Federal Reserve has cut interest rates twice in 2024, with many market watchers expecting a cut in December, too. As a result, investors may think it’s time to go further out on the yield curve and extend […]

Want to skip to the answer? Benzinga reader’s top picks for best brokers for index funds are Interactive Brokers and Frec. The commission wars are over and the retail investor is one of the few parties who can claim a total win. While brokers can make plenty of money in other ways from various services […]

Brennan and Erin Schlagbaum switched from index funds to ETFs in October 2024. Vanguard’s new automatic ETF investing prompted the conversion. The ETFs they switched to have a slightly lower expense ratio and may be more tax-efficient. Brennan and Erin Schlagbaum built a seven-figure net worth by investing primarily in three Vanguard index funds. For […]

United States regulators are soliciting comments on securities exchange NYSE Arca’s request to list a Bitwise exchange-traded fund (ETF) holding both Bitcoin (BTC) and Ether (ETH), according to a Dec. 10 filing. On Nov. 26, Bitwise and NYSE submitted filings to list the ETF to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The filing said that […]