Stock indexes are collections of stocks meant to represent the market or a portion of it—they are used by investors as benchmarks against which to compare the performance of their own portfolios.

Here are seven of the best Vanguard index funds to buy today: ...

An index fund is a mutual fund or ETF composed to match the composition of a benchmark stock index and mirror its performance. For example, The Vanguard Russel 2000 ETF is composed of the same ...

This index is similar to the index for an atlas; it lists placenames and the pages on which those placenames are used as examples. Unlike an index to an atlas, it contains georeferencing for such ...

A company's addition to an index or its removal from it can be big news. For example, Amazon.com (AMZN) was added to the Dow Jones Industrial Average in February 2024, replacing Walgreens Boots ...