Learn what active risk is and how to calculate it. Understand the methods to evaluate active risk in portfolios and explore examples of funds outperforming benchmarks.

Many investors want to beat the market, but a man who successfully invested for early retirement cautions that it's exceedingly difficult to do.

India VIX hovering near record lows signals muted volatility and supports a gradual market recovery, as traders price in lower uncertainty.

The Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF measures the performance of 2,300 companies located in Asia-Pacific countries, particularly Japan, Australia, and South Korea. The index fund is most heavily weighted ...

Learn about guaranteed investment funds, their benefits, types, and how they secure investments with minimum value guarantees ...

Renewable energy funds were hit hard by the government’s consultation on subsidy changes, but they have only themselves to ...

It's difficult to put an exact price tag on how much index funds have saved investors since their creation in 1975. But it's safe to say it's a big number. It's also safe to say that the savings ...

The Vanguard Growth ETF has handily outperformed the Vanguard Value ETF in recent years. Both are low-cost index funds from Vanguard. There are some big potential catalysts favoring value stocks that ...

Vanguard’s index funds are the best value in investing. They are very cheap, well-constructed, and reliable. The next-best value might be Vanguard’s actively managed funds. They are cheap, generally ...

For many institutional investors, indexing has become a default way to access the broad market, but the time has come to apply real scrutiny to this approach. For much of the past 50 years, index ...

Based on the conventional wisdom in the financial-planning industry and in financial media, you'd think the new world of low-cost exchange-traded funds and index funds is a straightforward win-win for ...

Index Funds are solid investment vehicles that track major indices, offering broad exposure to the stock market. They are considered low-risk investment tools as they track broadly diversified indices ...