Index funds are mutual funds that seek only to mirror the performance of an underlying stock market index — not to outperform it. Millions of investors hold them in their portfolios because they ...

Vanguard index funds tracking European and international stocks have performed very well this year as the U.S. has made major ...

The fund seeks a favorable long-term total return, mainly through capital appreciation. It invests primarily in a portfolio of stocks that track the overall U.S. equity markets based on the Russell ...

You don't want to get out of the stock market altogether, but now would be a good time to start playing a little defense.

Vanguard is best known for being one of the most fee-friendly fund managers thanks to its unique cooperative structure. Shareholders of Vanguard's mutual funds are effectively the owners of ...

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Also called Spiders, they are designed to track the S&P 500, so they give investors a way to invest in the overall market. They were created after the 1987 Black Monday crash to offer a safer way to ...