The S&P 500's performance can diverge from that of its constituent stocks; even in years when the index rises, some individual stocks may decline. Direct indexing takes advantage of this by isolating ...

The Producer Price Index (PPI) is the official measure of producer prices within the U.S. economy. It measures the average change in selling prices for goods received by manufactures. The Producer ...

Susan Dziubinski: Hi, I'm Susan Dziubinski with Morningstar. In mid-July, Vanguard made its first-ever acquisition, buying direct-indexing firm Just Invest. Here today to talk about what the benefits ...

All of these have one thing in common: They help investors gauge the performance of financial assets. By itself, however, the value of an index doesn't mean much. Instead, the daily oscillations of ...