The Smartest Vanguard ETF to Buy With $500 Right Now
What’s the smartest way to invest $500 right now? Check out a robust Vanguard ETF focused on strong dividends and deep-discount stock valuations. Classic exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are almost always a good investment. Your money will probably grow over time if invested in the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA 0.06%) or the […]
The Best Dow Jones ETF to Buy in ##YEAR#
The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust (DIA -0.42%) is the only ETF that replicates the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average, also known as DJIA or the Dow. The Dow includes 30 premium domestic stocks and is considered a primary benchmark of the U.S. financial markets. Let’s explore the key characteristics of […]
Prediction: These 2 Overlooked ETFs Will Beat the S&P 500 Over the Next 10 Years
The S&P 500 could be in for a course correction while these two market segments look poised to keep climbing. The S&P 500 has had an incredible run over the last two years. From the start of 2023 through the end of 2024, the benchmark stock index produced a total return of 58%. The bulk […]
1 No-Brainer High Dividend Index Fund to Buy Right Now for Less Than $100
After a tremendous performance in 2021 as the world gradually normalized from the COVID-19 pandemic, the real estate sector has been a major laggard in the years since. In the 2022 bear market where the S&P 500 produced a total return of negative-18%, the real estate sector’s performance was eight percentage points worse. It then […]
Top Index Funds: Rs 5 lakh lump sum investment in 3 schemes has grown to at least Rs 12.3 lakh in 5 years; see list
Index Funds: Do you know about index mutual funds (also known as ‘index funds’)? Index mutual funds are open-ended equity funds aimed at replicating index returns. These are passive funds where money managers allocate the funds to the same securities and in the same proportion as in the market indices. In this article, let’s look at […]
Best Short-Term Bond Funds in January 2025
Bond prices have been volatile in recent years as the Federal Reserve hiked interest rates to combat high inflation, but with rate cuts underway, investors may still be able to take advantage of attractive yields in short-term bonds. Here’s what you should know about short-term bond funds and some of the best ones to consider […]
Best Value ETFs: Top Funds That Hold Bargain-Priced Stocks
Value investing has proven to be one of the most successful investing strategies over the long term. Many of the world’s top investors, including the legendary Warren Buffett, have used the value approach to generate outstanding returns over time. In recent years, however, value stocks have drastically trailed growth stocks as low interest rates propelled […]
Learn From This Fund Manager's Bold Admission
Richard Toh is someone for whom 2025 couldn’t come soon enough. Toh is CIO at the Singapore-based hedge-fund firm Kenrich Partners. Let’s just say, 2024 was a disastrous year. Not for him, of course — he’s a hedge fund manager and earns hefty fees regardless of how well or badly he performs. But it was certainly […]
How the Largest US ETFs Performed in 2024
Each month, we check how the largest US stock, bond, and active exchange-traded funds have performed. The Morningstar US Market Index fell 2.94% during December and is up 24.09% over the past year. The Morningstar US Core Bond Index fell 1.59% last month and is up 1.36% over the past year. In the global markets, […]
How the Largest Bond Funds Did in 2024
For the most widely held bond funds in 2024, taking on riskier bonds was a winning strategy. Meanwhile, funds focused on longer-term, interest-rate-sensitive securities got hammered. The $172 billion PIMCO Income Fund PIMIX performed best of any of the largest active or index bond funds with its 5.4% return in 2024. PIMCO Income is the […]
