Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Indexes represent baskets of financial assets, gauging overall market performance. Index funds allow passive investment at low costs, popular for matching market returns. Understanding indexes helps ...

What is the Tick Index? The tick index compares how many stocks are rising versus how many are falling on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). The index measures stocks making an uptick and subtracts ...

Index funds are pooled investment vehicles (they can be mutual funds or ETFs) that are designed to mirror the performance of a particular stock index. Each index fund ’s aim is to match the ...

Even folks new to investing have probably heard someone mention index funds. But what are they and how do they work? This article explores index funds in detail to help you understand how they work, ...