Forget Savings Accounts: The Stock Market Is Still the Best Wealth Builder, and This Is My Top Pick for 2026. The good news is, investing in the stock market can be surprisingly easy if you're disciplined enough to remain patient.
Why Legendary Investor Peter Lynch Ignored Stock Market Crash Predictions, and Why You Should Too Peter Lynch has noted that investors tend to lose a lot of money when trying to predict market corrections.
The S&P 500 Is Not Enough: My 3-Stock Starter Portfolio for New Investors Index funds still have their place in most people's portfolios. But some individual stocks are light on risk and long on reward.
The S&P 500's Safety Net Is Disappearing. History Says Investors Shouldn't Ignore It. Stocks have benefited from low or falling rates for years. Today's higher-rate environment changes the outlook.
Prediction: The S&P 500 Will Hit 10,000 in 2027 The S&P 500 is within shouting distance of a big milestone.
2 Vanguard ETFs Outpacing the S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 This Year but Facing Near-Term Tests Both the Vanguard Energy ETF and the Vanguard FTSE Pacific ETF are beating the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq-100 this year, but the paths to near-term upside may be bumpy.
Wall Street Is Worried About a Market Crash. 75 Years of History Says Investors Should Be Watching Something Else. Don't overthink inflation, interest rates, or valuations. If you're a long-term investor, here's what you should be focused on.
Is VOO Still the Best S&P 500 ETF You Can Own? Here's How It Stacks Up Against the Alternatives. Warren Buffett once recommended Vanguard's low-cost S&P 500 index funds. But would the "Oracle of Omaha" choose another ETF today?
Is Vanguard's Growth ETF a Buy at a Record High? Ten years of beating the S&P 500 is tough to ignore -- but is it a reason to buy at a record?
If the Stock Market Crashes in 2026, I'm Making This 1 Investing Move Immediately Next time the stock market is going through a big sell-off, I'll remind myself to stay humble, stay confident -- and get ready to buy more stocks.
First Citizens BancShares vs MP Materials: A Tale of 2 Regulation Bets Altimetry's Joel Litman favors First Citizens BancShares as bank oversight eases and warns MP Materials' federal stake has not fixed its profit margin problem.
If You Invest Just $50 per Month in the Stock Market, Here's What History Says It Could Be Worth in 20 Years The stock market has been a terrific wealth builder over many long periods -- and it can even serve those of modest means.
If I Were in My 40s, I'd Buy This Vanguard ETF Warren Buffett Recommended and Hold It Forever Owning a low-cost index fund is one of the simplest ways to build wealth in the stock market over the long term.
Here's How Many Shares of VOO You'd Need for $500 in Monthly Dividends The S&P 500 yields only around 1%, but there's still a path for using it to create hundreds of dollars a month in dividend income.
