The stock market continued to rise in the third quarter, with index funds outperforming and a more mixed bag for active funds. The JPMorgan Large Cap Growth Fund ranked highest among the largest ...

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The stock market roared back to life after a poor showing in the first quarter. American Funds Fundamental Investors Fund and American Funds Investment Company of America landed in the top 10% of ...

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) consistently outperforms supposedly "safer" alternatives like gold and dividend funds over the long term. Gold funds and dividend growth funds may look good during ...

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The U.S. stock market has become so concentrated that even broad index funds are no longer well diversified, our columnist says. By Jeff Sommer Jeff Sommer writes Strategies, a weekly column on ...

International stocks trade at 16.2-times earnings versus 28-times for U.S. stocks due to lower margins, slower growth, and structural challenges. The fund's 27% rally in 2025 reflects weakening dollar ...

Explore the exciting world of Vanguard Total World Stock Index Fund ETF (NYSEMKT: VT) with our contributing expert analysts in this Motley Fool Scoreboard episode. Check out the video below to gain ...

As we can clearly see, the portfolio of the Cohen & Steers Limited Duration Preferred and Income Fund consists primarily of preferred stocks, which is very similar to the composition of the index ...

If you own U.S. stocks, you’ve likely questioned whether international diversification still makes sense. American equities have dominated for years, and many investors wonder if adding ex-U.S.

By the end of the quarter, the portfolio was most overweight to the information technology and healthcare sectors and most underweight to energy and industrials.