The Stock Market Is Doing Something It Hasn't Done in Over a Half-Century, and It Could Signal a Big Move in 2026

The S&P 500 is a benchmark index that many investors treat as a stand-in for the broader stock market. The index now includes ...

S&P 500 Index: What It’s for and Why It’s Important in Investing

The S&P 500 (Standard & Poor's 500 Index) is a market-cap weighted index of 500 major U.S. companies—an essential benchmark ...

Morningstar launches benchmark tracking both public and private markets in 1 index — here’s what it means for investors

Financial services firm Morningstar has launched a new benchmark — which it says is the first of its kind — that tracks 100 ...

Powering the Future: A Modern Benchmark for a Multi-Polar World

Over the past 20 years, the global energy market has transformed due to three key forces: the U.S. shale revolution, Europe’s ...

Does bigger deviation from index help a mutual fund deliver higher returns than benchmark consistently?

Fund managers are feted for taking bold bets and deviating from benchmark index in pursuit of outperformance. But is ‘active ...