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Understanding Indexes and How Funds Use Them

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Market indexes are one of the most visible elements of investing. Numbers from the S&P 500 or the Dow Jones Industrial Index frequently feature prominently in headlines about the US stock market. Beyond the well-known indexes that we encounter daily lie more than three million indexes...

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ETFs Are Passing the COVID-19 Crisis Test

Financial markets have continued to churn since our previous post, which examined mutual fund investors’ initial reactions to the COVID-19 crisis, with the S&P 500 index and yield on the 10-year Treasury bond gyrating wildly. How have exchange-traded funds (ETFs) weathered the...