If you're saving and investing for retirement and you want to do well -- without having to become a stock market expert and top-notch analyst -- look to simple index funds. These track a particular ...

The number of complex investment strategies available to investors has never been greater. But most investors are probably still best served by a few simple, market-cap-weighted index funds. One of ...

The Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (VTEB) is a simple muni bond index ETF. VTEB's holdings have extremely low credit risk, moderate interest rate risk, and its dividends are tax-exempt. On the other ...

Investing is a fascinating world, deep with layers of knowledge and understanding that can sometimes be intimidating. But successful investing doesn't have to be complex; it can be simple, perhaps ...

It's not easy to beat the S&P 500 index. Most professional investors don't, even though they charge an arm and a leg for managing your money. Ironically, you don't need some fancy, complex trading ...

IEF invests in treasuries. Treasuries have low credit risk, moderate interest rate risk, and low yields. An overview of the fund follows. This idea was discussed in more depth with members of my ...

The table above tells you a lot. Clearly, the first fund, a simple S&P 500 index fund, has an impressive growth rate. But in large part, that's because there have been some boffo years recently. Over ...

Buying individual stocks can certainly be a smart way to go for investors with the time, knowledge, and desire to play an active role with their asset allocation. On the other hand, since most ...

The Vanguard Growth ETF primarily focuses on large-cap growth stocks. The fund's heavy technology weighting has helped it outperform the S&P 500. Long-term trends favor more of the same, but watch out ...