S&P 500 Index: What It’s for and Why It’s Important in Investing

The S&P 500 (Standard & Poor's 500 Index) is a market-cap weighted index of 500 major U.S. companies—an essential benchmark ...
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Best equal-weight index funds

One of the most common and best pieces of investment advice is to invest in a low-cost S&P 500 index fund. These funds allow investors to participate in the long-term growth of the economy by ...