If you're saving and investing for retirement and you want to do well -- without having to become a stock market expert and top-notch analyst -- look to simple index funds. These track a particular ...

The number of complex investment strategies available to investors has never been greater. But most investors are probably still best served by a few simple, market-cap-weighted index funds. One of ...

One particular index did a great job taking a simple idea and making it a profitable reality.

Each of these should serve you very well over the long term, in part due to their low fees. The SPDR ETF has the highest expense ratio (annual fee) -- only 0.095%, meaning you'll pay just $9.50 per ...

The Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond ETF (VTEB) is a simple muni bond index ETF. VTEB's holdings have extremely low credit risk, moderate interest rate risk, and its dividends are tax-exempt. On the other ...

Investing is a fascinating world, deep with layers of knowledge and understanding that can sometimes be intimidating. But successful investing doesn't have to be complex; it can be simple, perhaps ...

SCYB is a simple high-yield corporate bond index ETF, tracking the ICE BofA US Cash Pay High Yield Constrained Index. Said index includes all dollar-denominated non-investment grade corporate bonds ...

The table above tells you a lot. Clearly, the first fund, a simple S&P 500 index fund, has an impressive growth rate. But in large part, that's because there have been some boffo years recently. Over ...

The Vanguard Growth ETF primarily focuses on large-cap growth stocks. The fund's heavy technology weighting has helped it outperform the S&P 500. Long-term trends favor more of the same, but watch out ...

It's not easy to beat the S&P 500 index. Most professional investors don't, even though they charge an arm and a leg for managing your money. Ironically, you don't need some fancy, complex trading ...