Similar Posts
How to Choose an Index Fund
It’s easy to become a hyperfocused investor. With so much investment information available, you can spend all your time chasing advisor suggestions, scrolling through financial articles, and screening mountains of performance data to find the most perfect investments.Not everyone can, or wants to, invest like that. For investors who desire a more hands-off option that…
VGT – Vanguard Information Technology ETF – ETF Stock Quote
Vanguard Information Technology Index Fd earns an Average Process Pillar rating.Morningstar’s algorithmically assigned Passive Process ratings are first formulated by comparing the historical efficacy of passive investments relative to active peers. This peer-level score is then adjusted based on the fund’s individual characteristics such as: its ability to diversify risk and represent the category’s opportunity…
4 Top-Performing Mid-Cap Blend Funds
Large-cap stocks have dominated in recent years, leaving the average mid-cap blend fund trailing the broader market. However, a few mid-cap blend funds have kept up, including the Vanguard US Momentum Factor ETF VFMO.To screen for the top-performing funds in this category, we looked for those with the best returns over the last one-, three-,…
8 Top-Performing Large-Blend Funds
Large-blend funds offer investors broad exposure to the stock market, combining the largest growth, blend, and value companies. To screen for the top-performing funds in this category, we looked for Morningstar Medalist funds with the best returns over the last one-, three-, and five-year periods. Eight large-blend funds made it through the screen. Notably, in…
Most mutual funds don’t beat the market
By Mark Hulbert The S&P 500 is a high bar for fund managers. The Dow? Not as much. An actively managed fund will always underperform an index comprised of the stocks from which the fund selects. Did your mutual fund beat the market last year? The answer isn’t clear, since it depends on how you…
How to Invest Money
You could lose money by investing in a money market fund. An investment in a money market fund is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency. Before investing, always read a money market fund’s prospectus for policies specific to that fund. Past performance is no guarantee of…