A basic three-fund portfolio includes a US equity index fund, an international-equity index fund, and a total bond market index fund. It can be an exchange-traded fund portfolio or a traditional index ...

The Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund ETF is the largest and one of the least expensive passive real estate ETFs out there. VNQ invests in the publicly traded U.S. real estate space by having robust ...

Many investors are in permanent procrastination mode when it comes to their IRAs. According to research from Vanguard, investors frequently rush in their contributions before the mid-April deadline ...

Index funds are investment vehicles designed to track a benchmark index. Their objective is to replicate the overall performance of the index they follow. When an investor places money into an index ...