U.S. Investing

Learn the latest to help you profit from investing in U.S.-based assets, such as stocks, funds and options.

Vanguard Offers Value Exchange-Traded Fund

VTV pursues a large-cap value investing approach that tracks the performance of an index that measures the investment...

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Holiday Online Shopping Leads to Big Wins

Last week, we closed the books on November, and it was clearly a winning month for stocks, with...

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How to Beat the Traditional S&P 500 Index

As well as S&P 500 index funds have done in in the past 40 years, one group of...

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Vanguard ETF Seeks Growth in Large-Cap Stocks

The Vanguard Growth ETF (VUG) focuses on a growth investment strategy for investors who are willing to accept...

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Be Thankful for the Benefits of ETFs

Why am I so thankful for ETFs? Here’s a short list of my favorite reasons why we all...

Winter’s Cold Weather Offers Investment Opportunity

During the last few days, we’ve experienced arctic chills with roughly half the country covered in snow. There...

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Vanguard Fund Follows Stocks with Dividend Yield

VIG, a low-expense-ratio Vanguard ETF, tracks the performance of an index that measures the investment return of common...

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How Google’s Branching out Could Harm Core Investors

Google made headlines with news that it’s spending more than $1 billion to lease an old NASA hangar...

Why the Nasdaq Stock Index is Nearing Dotcom-Era Highs

Back in the 1990s, the technology-dominated Nasdaq was best known for minting millionaires. Today, the Nasdaq is the...

ObamaCare Supporter Thinks You’re Stupid

MIT Economics Professor Jonathan Gruber has been called the “architect” of ObamaCare for his role in helping create...