The VIX spiked above 52 in early April 2026 before pulling back to roughly 19 by mid-April, and by mid-July it had settled near 16, signaling a return to relative calm. Four…
The S&P 500 has long been an accepted benchmark of US industrial health status, and has been a consistent winner, delivering annual gains to investors for decades. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF…
The March CPI report dropped at 8:30 a.m. ET Friday, and S&P 500 (CGSPC) futures are barely moving as the markets digest how much the Iran conflict has pushed up consumer prices.…
Most U.S. investors have spent the last decade watching domestic equities outperform nearly everything else. That run has left international developed markets trading at a steep discount to U.S. stocks, and iShares…
The JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSE:JEPI) has become one of the most popular retirement income funds in the market, and the appeal is easy to understand. An 8.57% yield paid monthly,…
Throughout 2025, the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSE: VOO) has performed well over the past 12 months at +29%, but Q1 2026 has been a struggle: at the time of this writing,…
Vanguard S&P 500 Growth Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VOOG) offers a yield of just 0.46%, a byproduct of owning growth companies rather than a reason to own the fund, and investors evaluating…
Most index investors own the S&P 500 and think they own “the market.” They don’t. The S&P 500 covers roughly 500 of the largest U.S. companies, leaving out several thousand mid-, small-,…
The word “conservative” gets attached to a lot of funds that don’t quite earn it. Vanguard Mega Cap Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:MGC) holds roughly 230 of the largest US companies, charges…
Retirees and income-focused investors have long used Vanguard Value ETF (NYSEARCA:VTV) as a core portfolio anchor, drawn to its dividend income, lower volatility relative to growth funds, and near-zero cost structure. When…
Most investors holding Vanguard 500 Index Fund ETF Shares (NYSEARCA:VOO) don’t think of it as a bet on technology. But with 32.2% of the fund sitting in the Information Technology sector, and…
There’s an old saying in investing that your portfolio is like a bar of soap. The more you handle it, the smaller it gets. Between bid-ask spreads, commissions, and taxes on realized…
A 1.5% yield sounds unimpressive until you realize the dividend check doubles roughly every seven years. That is the premise behind the Vanguard Dividend Appreciation ETF (NYSEARCA:VIG): skip the high-yield traps and…
For the past three years, owning the S&P 500 through a fund like the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSE:VOO) was the obvious choice as mega-cap technology companies drove the bulk of the…
The S&P 500 is down on the year through late March, but surprisingly, small caps are not. This divergence, while not dramatic in size, reflects something more meaningful happening underneath the surface…
