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 ...

Wall Street Giant S&P Just Launched a Top 50 Crypto Index – What Happens Next?

S&P Global, the company behind the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average, has launched its first hybrid benchmark ...

New benchmark tracking both public and private markets in 1 index the first of its kind, says Morningstar — what it means for investors of all types

F inancial services firm Morningstar has launched a new benchmark — which it says is the first of its kind — that tracks 100 of the top public and private market companies in one index.

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 ...

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 ...