Get a fast introduction to index funds and learn how these popular investing vehicles can help balance your portfolio.

Commodity ETFs simplify investing in metals, energy, and agriculture without physical ownership. Some commodity ETFs avoid K-1 tax forms, streamlining tax filing for investors. Using commodity ETFs ...

In this article, I’ll focus mainly on indexes based on commodity futures, as well as funds and exchange-traded funds that focus on commodities. Another note: I covered gold in another edition of ...

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 ...

The year 2025 is shaping up to be a mixed bag for commodity markets. While global commodity prices are largely expected to fall due to a sluggish economic outlook and a resurgent U.S. dollar, certain ...

NEW YORK -- The list of culprits to blame for $4 gas and $125 oil keeps getting longer. Oil-thirsty China and India get most of the blame. The declining U.S. dollar, tight supplies, geopolitics and ...

Keep it simple and play the long game — that’s the advice of India’s wealth experts when it comes to prospering during the current market volatility. Over the past decade, Indian investors have ...

This transcript was prepared by a transcription service. This version may not be in its final form and may be updated. J.R. Whalen: Here's Your Money Briefing for Thursday, January 2nd. I'm J.R.

Srivastava: Index funds are no different than your actively managed funds from an investment horizon perspective, so the ...

Global resources and commodity investments have been an excellent way to diversify broader stock and fixed income portfolios, hedge against inflation and gain access to the key secular trends powering ...

Exxon Mobil Corporation (NYSE:XOM) is one of the world’s largest publicly traded international energy companies. The company’s operations span the entire value chain, from upstream oil and gas ...