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 ...

Here's the Smartest Way to Invest in the S&P 500 in October

The best S&P 500 ETF to buy is probably from Vanguard, but the smartest choice could be this slight twist on the S&P 500 ...

With the S&P 500 at Historically High Levels, This ETF Could Be the Best Way to Invest in the Index

The S&P 500 benchmark index is just under an all-time high as of this writing, and has essentially gone straight up since ...

The S&P 500 Is Poised to Do Something That's Only Happened 11 Times in 100 Years -- and It Could Signal a Big Move for the Stock Market in 2026

The S&P 500 soared 26% in 2023. It followed with a 25% gain in 2024. As of the market close on Oct. 10, 2025, the S&P is up a ...

1 Reason Why Now Is the Time to Buy the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO)

I can offer lots of reasons why now is the time to invest in the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF ( VOO 0.40%), and here's a big one: ...

Why your S&P 500 index fund might be more risky than the internet bubble

The S&P 500’s record concentration to a handful of stocks at a time of relatively high valuations makes a case for broadening ...

The Magnificent 7 Mirage: Why It Might Be Time To Rethink Your S&P 500 Index Fund

Forward PE Ratios are at 22.2 times earnings, matching levels last seen in 2000 and 2021. The Russell 1000 index currently ...
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The S&P 500 Has Reached an All-Time High: Should You Invest Now or Wait for a Correction?

After three months without a winner, two different people will now split the nearly $1.8 billion Powerball Jackpot. As lottery advertising frequently says, you gotta be in it to win it. But the ...
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The surprisingly lucrative business of making a list of 500 stocks

This comes from the Planet Money newsletter. Subscribe now to get more insights into how our economy works delivered to your inbox each week. Once a month, from 1989 to 2019, David Blitzer walked into ...
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Here's the Smartest Way to Invest in the S&P 500 in September

The broad market benchmark has hit new all-time highs on many occasions this year. With the market at all-time highs and heavily concentrated in a small group of tech and AI stocks, investors may feel ...