Charles Payne argues individual stocks may outperform index funds — if investors do the research. Learn how to spot strong picks and manage investment risk.

Index funds offer portfolio diversification and lower fees by tracking market indexes like the S&P 500. Choosing the right index fund involves considering the target market, investment goals, and ...

When it comes to investing your retirement or college funds for the long term, few principles are now as widely accepted as the merits of low-cost index funds. Most big investment firms have now ...

When you buy shares in an index fund — which is a selection of assets that track a certain index — you get the diversification of all those different stocks, right? Kind of. With the rise in ...

Matt has mostly been investing in index funds, with a bit of individual stock picking for fun. But he wanted to know—why does Ramsey's team favor mutual funds? Here's the basic breakdown they gave: ...

As of June 30, index-fund assets made up about 1/3 of the total fund assets in the U.S., according to fund tracker ...