I'm doing semi-regular updates on these portfolios and their performance. The following article focuses on portfolio and fund performance for 2023. Equities had an outstanding year last year, with the ...

If you like to keep things simple with your ETFs, then the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF could be for you. Here's why the SPDR fund could be the best dividend ETF for you -- and why some ...

A version of this article was published on morningstar.com in March 2014. Investing can seem like a daunting task. But low-cost index funds make it easy for investors to do better than they would with ...

This article was first published on NerdWallet.com. You know you need to save for retirement, and you know that generally means investing. The tough question is: Where should you invest your money?

Angelica Leicht is the senior editor for the Managing Your Money section for CBSNews.com, where she writes and edits articles on a range of personal finance topics. Angelica previously held editing ...

Harry Markowitz, the father of modern portfolio theory (MPT), recently passed away. In simple terms, modern portfolio theory attempts to provide a framework to select investments and properly balance ...

A basic three-fund portfolio includes a US equity index fund, an international-equity index fund, and a total bond market index fund. It can be an exchange-traded fund portfolio or a traditional index ...

Let’s walk through how to build a portfolio around them. What Are Index Funds & Why They’re Useful Before getting into the “how,” it helps to understand why many investors prefer index funds, ...

I'm doing semi-regular updates on these portfolios and their performance. The following article is the update for the first half of the year. Investment markets had a roaring start to the year, with ...

You know you need to save for retirement, and you know that generally means investing. The tough question is: Where should you invest your money? There are more than 8,000 mutual funds from which to ...