Palantir Technologies, the newest S&P 500 member, was the index's best performer in 2024 as of Nov. 15. But it didn't last ...

If Wall Street learned one thing during Donald Trump’s first term as president, it’s that the stock market is a way he keeps ...

In January, the S&P 500 confirmed its presence in a bull market and is heading for a second year of double-digit gains, ...

JHVEPhoto / Getty Images If you follow financial news, then you have likely heard of the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA), or Dow, the S&P 500, and the Nasdaq Composite Index. All three indexes ...

To understand how to invest in an S&P 500 index fund, you’ll first need to know a bit about the underlying index. The Standard & Poor’s 500 index tracks the stock market performance of the 500 ...

S&P 500 index funds and ETFs are a lower-risk, lower-effort type of investment. Getting started early will make it far easier to reach $1 million or more. However, there's one major downside of ...

Goldman Sachs projects just 3% annual returns for the S&P 500 over the next decade, with a real return of 1% after inflation. Bank of America suggests the equal-weighted S&P 500 offers better ...

The S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC) is enjoying a banner year. It topped 5,800 for the first time ever earlier in October. After a slight pullback, the widely followed index resumed its record-setting ...

The S&P 500 just crossed 6,000 for the first time in its near seven-decade history, a new milestone for the benchmark American stock index as this week’s post-election gains added to what was already ...