The S&P 500 index SPX made new all-time closing and intraday highs this week on two consecutive days. Even though market internals have not been strong, the old adage that "the SPX chart is the most ...

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF is hovering around an all-time high at the time of this writing -- up 8.5% year to date and a ...

Safe-haven commodities, such as gold, silver, and occasionally platinum, serve as financial anchors. Their low tie to ...

Like most Vanguard ETFs, the Vanguard International High Dividend Yield ETF has a 0.17% expense ratio, which isn't the cheapest in the Vanguard universe, but it is well below the industry average, ...

The Cboe Volatility Index, which measures the expected 30-day volatility for the S&P 500—and dubbed Wall Street’s fear gauge—just fell to its lowest since December. A similar index for global ...

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Large Cap Blend segment of the US equity market, the Invesco S&P 500 Low Volatility ...

Designed to provide broad exposure to the Style Box - Large Cap Value category of the market, the Franklin U.S. Low Volatility High Dividend Index ETF (LVHD) is a smart beta exchange traded fund ...

Founded in May 1975 by legendary investor John C. Bogle, the Vanguard Group has grown into one of the world’s leading investment management firms. Headquartered in Malvern, PA, Vanguard manages ...

There’s a sweet spot along the yield curve for bonds, offering higher yield when adjusted for the risk of holding longer ...

When FIIs (Foreign Institutional Investors) and DIIs (Domestic institutional investors both decide to invest in a stock, that ...

For much of the past two decades, we've bemoaned the fortunes of the US-based traditional asset managers, noting that they would face significant secular headwinds (from aging baby boomers to the ...

The surging popularity of cheap tracker funds has fuelled the rise of BlackRock and Vanguard, which dominate that market.