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By Omri Hurwitz With all the recent young 'Reddit" investors making headlines and pushing other young investors to bet on stocks like AMC (NYSE: AMC), in order to combat Wall Street Short sellers, it is essential to mention, especially to the same young inexperienced investors, that...

Billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment Monday morning and spoke on various topics, including his overall view on the state of the stock market. The $51M Return  March 11, 1942...

There are four golden rules every investor should keep in mind, regardless of income or investment knowledge, CNBC's Jim Cramer explained during his daily "Mad Money" show Wednesday.   1. Don't Buy On A Tip Cramer recalled a time when his father bought stock of a company...

The first ever S&P 500 index fund was created four decades ago today. According to Bloomberg, the initial concept of an index fund, buying hundreds of stocks in one transaction, appeared to be a "joke." In addition, many investors found the concept "an insult" as they "...

Active and passive investors can agree it is common sense mutual funds that mimic a benchmark and charge a high fee should not exist. According to The Irrelevant Investor, for investors who pay a higher fee for a mutual fund versus an index fund, the mutual fund should sufficiently differentiate...

Michael Willis, President of Index Funds, discussed the positives and negatives of companies buying back their stock. Willis noted that many companies see their stock as being more attractive at current levels following the recent decline in the general market. However, Willis added that...

Index Funds launched the S&P 500 Equal Weight (Ticker: INDEX) index mutual fund earlier this month, one of the only instruments of its kind on the market today. Benzinga sat down with Index Funds' Michael Willis to discuss the strategy of the fund, the difference between equal-weight and cap-...

Investors who participate in employer-sponsored 401(k) plans are already way ahead of most Americans. According to 2014 data from the Federal Reserve, only about half of private-sector workers are stashing away money in their employers' plans. But even the steady-Eddie savers face the often...