Income-based investors, such as retirees, often avoid high growth investments for (2) reasons: Capital risk due to market volatility Lack of income production The S&P 500 is a perfect example of…
The Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEARCA:VUG) trades near $86 after a brutal five-day stretch that lopped 4.5% off the price. Year to date, VUG is up 6.2%, currently trailing the S&P 500’s 8.4%…
Value stocks are having their moment again, and Vanguard Mega Cap Value Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:MGV) is the cleanest way to own that rotation without overpaying for it. MGV returned 28%…
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) is the default S&P 500 vehicle for millions of investors, and for good reason. It tracks the index at a 0.03% expense ratio, holds $978.40B in assets, and…
The choice between Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) and Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (NYSEARCA:VTI) is the most common allocation decision in U.S. equity investing, and it looks like a coin flip…
A $10,000 position in Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF (NYSEARCA:FTEC) on the last trading day of 2025 was worth about $12,480 by the close on June 8, 2026, a gain that…
Three of the largest U.S. equity index funds on the market look like clones at first glance. Vanguard 500 Index Fund ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO), iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:IVV), and Schwab U.S.…
The quality factor tends to earn its keep when investors start worrying about balance sheets again, and the Invesco S&P 500 Quality ETF (NYSEARCA:SPHQ) is making that case in real time. SPHQ…
Replacing $19,000 in annual passive income from a $350,000 portfolio requires a blended yield of roughly 5.4%. That figure is nearly impossible to reach using only large-cap U.S. stocks, where the S&P…
Few investors command more credibility than Warren Buffett. During the six decades he ran Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE:BRK-A | NYSE:BRK-B), shareholders enjoyed a cumulative return of roughly 6,099,294%, a 19.9% compound annual growth…
Rich Duprey The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) has been a quiet beneficiary of the 2026 rally, trading near $689 and up 10% year to date after a 31% twelve-month run. VOO remains the…
On a recent episode of Ramsey Everyday Millionaires titled “How Do I Invest When the News Keeps Shaking the Market?”, a caller named Sally explained that she had $300,000 in cash and…
The iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:IVV) and Vanguard’s S&P 500 fund are the two most commonly recommended core holdings in American retirement accounts, and the honest verdict is that picking between…
While American investors have spent the last decade celebrating the Magnificent Seven and paying premium multiples for U.S. growth, a quiet category of overseas stocks has been compounding in the shadows. The…
If you are choosing between Vanguard 500 Index Fund ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) and iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:IVV), the index is the same. Both track the S&P 500. Both charge 0.03% in…
