SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (SPY)

Buying entire baskets of stocks still makes for smart, instant diversification. But don't look past an obvious opportunity by insisting that only marketwide diversification is beneficial.

The good news is, investing in the stock market can be surprisingly easy if you're disciplined enough to remain patient.

Index funds still have their place in most people's portfolios. But some individual stocks are light on risk and long on reward.

JPMorgan Chase stock has significantly outperformed the S&P 500 since Dimon became the company's CEO.

Investors need to think small in order to think big.

The Oracle of Omaha’s under-the-radar portfolio has over $149 million put to work in two index funds that consistently print profits for long-term investors.

Warren Buffett once recommended Vanguard's low-cost S&P 500 index funds. But would the "Oracle of Omaha" choose another ETF today?

The Oracle of Omaha’s lone investment recommendation is ideal for long-term investors.

You will live through a bear market sometime soon, but history suggests that a bull market will quickly follow.

With decades to invest, growth stocks are a prime opportunity to capture above-average returns.

The stock market is one of the best vehicles for building wealth.

SPY's tech-heavy structure and RSP's equal-weight, rate-sensitive value tilt carry different risks; comparing yields, valuations, and margins helps investors position portfolios for shifting Treasury rates.

A little over half of Americans own stock, which means that too many people are missing out on the wealth-building power of capitalism.

There's still a place for index funds in your portfolio, but if you're just looking to learn with small starting positions, there are some smart all-weather stocks to consider as well.

Falling oil prices and easing inflation may set up the Fed for a larger rate cut ahead, a move that could revive the housing market and support the S&P 500's longer-term uptrend.

The stock market doesn't continue rewarding the same strategy indefinitely, and the time to switch from playing offense to playing defense is coming.

The $72,000 ending is the easy part. Collecting it involved an 83% loss and a 15-year wait just to get back to even.

Investors normally expect about 10% from the market in any given year, but all of that already showed up in the first half...

What would have happened if you invested in the S&P 500 right before two of the worst market crashes in recent history?

These two S&P 500 ETFs seem interchangeable. They're not.

Motley Fool recommends that investors own 50 stocks for diversification, with results to back that up.