The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 20, 2023

The S&P 500 checks off a lot of boxes at once Various financial institutions put together their own S&P 500 funds to mirror the index. Some of these are mutual funds. Others are exchange-traded funds (ETFs). 9, 2010, inception. VOO Total Return Level data by YCharts.

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ClearMoney

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

One colorful example, known as the Hindenburg Omen, had a brief moment of fame in 2010. When it flashed a “sell” signal on Thursday, August 12, 2010, internet chat rooms and Wall Street trading desks were buzzing the next day, Friday the 13th, with talk of a looming crash, according to the Wall Street Journal.4

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 16, 2024

But let's focus on stock investing -- and i f there's one product that is perfect for beginners, it has to be exchange-traded funds (ETFs). In short, ETFs are like mutual funds , but they trade like stocks. That makes them accessible, cheap, and omnipresent.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Investors often like to turn to vehicles such as exchange-traded funds (ETFs) rather than individual stocks. The fund charges an ETF expense ratio of 0.35%. According to Morningstar, expense ratios average 0.36% for ETFs and mutual funds in 2023. This can be particularly true of semiconductor stocks.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 3, 2024

The Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (NYSEMKT: VOO) is an exchange-traded fund built to mimic the S&P 500 , an index of 500 of the largest publicly traded companies in the U.S. The stock has returned over 15,000% over its lifetime, which goes back to its initial public offering ( IPO ) in 2010.

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Pension Pulse

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

A hedge fund run by Michael Burry — who famously shorted subprime mortgages during the 2008 financial crisis and became a central figure in Michael Lewis’s 2010 book "The Big Short" — added 35,000 shares of Alphabet and 30,000 shares of Amazon. Here are some funds worth tracking closely.

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The Motley Fool

JANUARY 28, 2024

Japan peaked its population in 2010 according to the United Nations. They should diversify as much as possible by only owning something like exchange-traded funds, or spread out investments like that. Jules van Binsbergen: Yes. So, for example, I think if you look at Japan. That country will have been cut in half.

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The Big Picture

DECEMBER 6, 2022

I remember telling myself, why would anyone invest in mutual funds when you can buy an ETF instead? And I did the math, and I think at that point in time, roughly speaking, assets in ETS were roughly just 10 percent, 12 percent of assets in mutual funds and I was pretty convinced that that number was to increase significantly.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 7, 2024

Specifically, Vice President Harris' investments include an international fund, a large-cap fund, a mid-cap fund, several target-date funds (with dates of 2030 and 2045), a "stable value" fund, a large-cap growth fund, and an S&P 500 index fund.

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