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The U.S. stock market is rising toward more records after Apple, Estee Lauder and others joined the list of companies delivering fatter profits for the start of the year than analysts expected.

The U.S stock market motored to more records as profits keep piling up for big businesses. The S&P 500 rallied 1% Thursday and topped its prior all-time high to finish its best month in more than five ...

The S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite retreated from their latest all-time highs Tuesday, as oil prices rose and investors ...

Investors are kicking off May on an optimistic note, with U.S. stock indexes holding onto recent gains and oil prices steady.

Index funds holding trillions of dollars of 401(k)s and other investments are rushing to change their rules as the IPOs of ...

Major stock indexes rose in early trading Friday, with the S&P 500 and Nasdaq Composite setting fresh records, after major ...

Evidence from the cloud computing boom suggests these Vanguard index funds could beat the S&P 500 as the AI boom unfolds.

A total stock index fund owns thousands of individual stocks. For example, the Vanguard Total Market Index Fund ETF VTI owns 3,498 companies, and the Fidelity Total Market Index Fund FSKAX owns 3,741 ...

Johannesburg’s benchmark stock index is heading for its worst month in almost two decades, reeling from a double hit as the ...