The S&P 500's 10% average return beats market timing risks. Find out why corporate earnings growth and inflation protection make staying invested the best move.

Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) can be a more straightforward option for many people. Each ETF contains a variety of stocks, traded together as a group under a single ticker. Some ETFs follow major ...

In short, if you put $1,000 into an S&P 500 index fund every month and achieved a 9.5% annualized return, you'd end up with about $1.8 million after 30 years.

The yield on the 10-year Treasury BX ... Tech stocks - which have driven Wall Street gains in recent years - sending the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite toward what may be their biggest one-day ...

In any given year ... since 1965, the S&P 500 has produced total returns as high as 38% or as low as negative 37%. But over long periods, the S&P 500 has produced 9%-10% annualized returns ...

Learn about the January Effect and how a strong start to the year could indicate a positive market performance for 2025.

The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 is the best performer but more risk-averse investors may prefer the more broadly diversified S&P ...

Investors react to the Federal Reserve's policy decision and Chairman Jerome Powell's press conference, as well as results ...

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is the most closely followed benchmark to gauge the performance of the overall stock market. In the past decade, it has produced a total return of nearly 254%. But ...

The U.S. stock market has reached a ludicrous situation where just seven stocks account for one-third of the entire S&P 500 index. Most people investing in an index with the number "500" in it ...

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) and the Vanguard S&P 500 Growth ETF (NYSEMKT: VOOG) are two excellent ETFs to invest ...