It's a stock market index that includes 500 of the largest U.S. stocks, carefully picked by a committee that uses a set of rules to ensure only quality companies make the cut.

If you can invest $5,000 into the index annually, at this rate, you would have more than $1 million after 30 years. That's a lot to invest each year, but if you contributed each month, that would ...

The author advocates for simple, index-fund investing. An index fund tracks the performance of a specific market benchmark — or 'index,' like the S&P 500.

That is, pretty much, as simple as you can get. There is one important difference between the S&P 500 index and the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF.

It's not easy to beat the S&P 500 index. Most professional investors don't, even though they charge an arm and a leg for managing your money. Ironically, you don't need some fancy, complex trading ...

That is, pretty much, as simple as you can get. There is one important difference between the S&P 500 index and the SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 High Dividend ETF.