For millions of investors, buying the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) has become the default way of “owning the market.” This is reinforced by the fact that VOO’s assets under management have…
Earnings season is about to put AI spending under the microscope, and picking the wrong stock could cost you. Two ETFs let you play the upside across dozens of the biggest names…
The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) has recently surpassed $1 trillion in assets under management, becoming the first ETF to achieve such a milestone. In doing so, it shows just how dominant…
Target-date funds have long been a popular way for individuals to invest for retirement. This is understandable: choose a fund with the year closest to your expected retirement date, make regular contributions,…
Investors holding Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) own a slice of the cheapest, largest cap-weighted index fund on the market, and it has been doing its job. VOO is up 10.25% year-to-date…
July is shaping up as a pivotal month for index investors. The S&P 500 has cooled a bit, with Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) down 1.36% since its year-to-date high on June…
You’re approaching retirement and have $300,000 parked in a savings account or a checking account earning close to nothing, while your bank’s own website advertises a 1.65% average on a 12-month CD.…
You bought Schwab U.S. Dividend Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:SCHD) because the sticker price looked unbeatable: 6 basis points, a rounding error. But the fee is the cheapest part of this ETF. The expensive…
The Invesco QQQ Trust (NASDAQ:QQQ) and the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO) both get pitched as reasonable core holdings, but they are not interchangeable. VOO owns the entire large-cap U.S. earnings stream.…
For a 28-year-old funding a Roth IRA at $7,000 a year, the choice between three S&P 500 ETFs comes down to a single basis point and a share price that fits a…
The pitch is simple: monthly checks from blue-chip stocks. The reality is quieter. Holders of JPMorgan Equity Premium Income ETF (NYSEARCA:JEPI) have watched a raging bull market pass them by while an…
The Treasury Department just handed one obscure ticker a windfall no marketing budget could buy. The State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (SPYM) was named the default investment vehicle for Trump…
If you want plain vanilla S&P 500 exposure, two funds dominate the shortlist: SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:SPLG) and Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEARCA:VOO). They hold the same 500 companies in…
It’s quoted all the time, but I can’t stand adjusted EBITDA: earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, with management often adding back an even longer list of “one-time” expenses. The problem…
SPY is the ticker every trader knows and the fund most retail investors default to when they want “the S&P 500.” That default has a price. Two nearly identical ETFs charge a…
