A basic three-fund portfolio includes a US equity index fund, an international-equity index fund, and a total bond market index fund. It can be an exchange-traded fund portfolio or a traditional index ...

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You don't just want to invest in the ETF and forget it. Instead, you want to employ what is known as a dollar-cost averaging ...

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The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF keeps hitting new highs despite market jitters. Should you buy at these levels or wait for a ...

One S&P 500 please, hold the diversity, equity and inclusion. That is the proposed selling point of a new index fund launching Tuesday: The exchange-traded fund mirrors the S&P 500 but excludes 37 ...

When it comes to investing there are company specific themes to consider and also larger, industry wide themes. One of the biggest themes playing out right now is the increase in demand for ...

Q3 2025 update. The fund trailed the Russell 2000 Growth Index due to stock selection. Learn more about our outlook.

If you’re parking cash in a money market fund while waiting for recent market volatility to subside, you might be paying dearly for that safe spot. Many money market funds still carry high expense ...

The Touchstone Dividend Equity Fund (Class A Shares, Load Waived) outperformed its benchmark, the Russell 1000 Value Index ...