I introduced the Simple Retirement Portfolios more than two years ago. Portfolios are meant to provide retirees with a simple, yet effective way to invest their retirement savings, with varying levels ...

In a minimalist portfolio, you can get away with three holdings: equity exposure, fixed-income exposure, and cash. Some additional investments for people in retirement would include short-term bonds ...

The end of 2023 has been baffling, economically. Over the last couple of months, the market took a severe beating, with the S&P 500 falling from over 4,500 points to finish October at just over 4,100 ...

Let’s walk through how to build a portfolio around them. What Are Index Funds & Why They’re Useful Before getting into the “how,” it helps to understand why many investors prefer index funds, ...

You know you need to save for retirement, and you know that generally means investing. The tough question is: Where should you invest your money? There are more than 8,000 mutual funds from which to ...

The proliferation of exchange-traded funds over the past few years has opened up the doors to previously difficult-to-reach corners of the global market, making it easy and cost-effective for ...

So many investment choices, so many potential portfolio decisions. The inventory of stocks, bonds, funds and other financial assets for sale is big enough to fill a big-box store. But there’s a ...

As an example of simplicity, over a decade ago I taught my son how to invest using just three index funds: · A total stock index fund such as VTSMX · A total international stock index fund such as ...

A version of this article was published on morningstar.com in March 2014. Investing can seem like a daunting task. But low-cost index funds make it easy for investors to do better than they would with ...

This article was first published on NerdWallet.com. You know you need to save for retirement, and you know that generally means investing. The tough question is: Where should you invest your money?