What is a bond fund? A bond fund pools investor money to buy a mix of bonds. Learn how they work and their pros and cons.

Portfolio diversification is important, and the Vanguard FTSE Europe ETF is currently the best-performing Vanguard index fund ...

In this kind of environment, the one lever index fund managers still have to compete is price. All else being equal, if an ...

This article explores the top reasons why the IWM ETF has crashed this year, and whether the Russell 2000 index will rebound.

The latest tally shows that 65% of actively managed U.S. large-capitalization mutual funds fell short of the benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 stock index in 2024. That’s worse than the 60% of funds ...

They typically charge lower fees than actively managed funds. Historically, passively managed index funds have outperformed actively managed funds over the long term. If you participate in an ...

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 ...

For mutual fund investors, especially SIP participants, XIRR offers a more precise measure of returns than CAGR. It accounts ...