The yield of the S&P 500 is around its lowest level in 25 years, with well-known index funds like the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF ( VOO 0.52%) and the SPDR S&P 500 ETF yielding just 1.2%. Here are three ways to generate more dividend income from stocks than passively investing in the S&P 500.
Low cost S&P 500 index funds are fantastic investment vehicles but they are not without risks. We discuss these risks and how to best think about them.
Warren Buffett is one of the most popular, quotable investors in the world. The billionaire CEO of Berkshire Hathaway has a legendary investment track record, trouncing the return of the S&P
Warren Buffet once bet $1 million that a simple S&P 500 index fund would outperform a basket of hedge funds—and he was right!
Berkshire Hathaway B (BRK.B) closed the most recent trading day at $472.35, moving +0.66% from the previous trading session. This change outpaced the S&P 500's 0.53% gain on the day. Elsewhere, the Dow gained 0.
How does the US stock market stack up against its UK counterpart and how does their recent performance compare?
This week's action in the stock market has made clear that the S&P 500 has become a riskier play - despite its status as the benchmark for U.S. large-cap stocks - because it has become a highly concentrated growth index. But there is an easy way to cut this risk while still holding large-cap growth stocks in a low-cost index fund.
SCHK has nearly matched the five-year return of the Vanguard Large-Cap ETF ( VV ), at 14.9%. But not to be outdone, the Fidelity Enhanced Large Cap Core ETF ( FELC) has delivered an annualized 15.7% return over the past five years.
Stock market breadth held up well in Monday morning trading, but a selloff among stocks linked to the artificial-intelligence trade was weighing on the S&P 500. The S&P 500 was down 1.7%, even though 324 of its members were on the rise.
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. Chief Executive Jamie Dimon said this week that asset prices, including stocks, were "kind of inflated, by any measure," during a CNBC interview at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland.
The most recent trading session ended with Berkshire Hathaway B (BRK.B) standing at $463.19, reflecting a +0.73% shift from the previouse trading day's closing. The stock's change was more than the S&P 500's daily loss of 0.