Long-term investors should center their portfolios around high-quality stocks. Gold and Bitcoin can be suitable alternatives to stocks for investors seeking an asset class less tied to the U.S.

The S&P 500's record concentration to a handful of stocks and a high overall valuation to earnings make a case for broadening your investment portfolio A high concentration to a small number of stocks ...

The S&P 500 rises more often than it falls, so optimism usually pays off. But the market can and does tumble. It has before, and it has always recovered. Consider dollar-cost averaging to build a ...

The S&P 500 index fund, a staple in many investment portfolios through popular ETFs like VOO and SPY, is increasingly perceived as riskier than during the internet bubble. This heightened risk is ...

Warren Buffett recommends that non-professional investors periodically buy shares of an S&P 500 index fund. The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF provides cheap and easy exposure to the most influential stocks in ...

The S&P 500 is the most widely followed American stock market index thanks to its diversified composition and consistent returns. The S&P 500 Growth index exclusively invests in 216 of the ...

Vanguard Extended Market ETF VXF tracks a total market index that excludes S&P 500 stocks. It’s a misfit in the mid-cap blend category, but it pairs well with a fund that tracks the S&P 500 index to ...