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Get stock, fund, and ETF picks, plus personal finance advice, investing tips, and exclusive fund manager interviews. -- Chicago-based Morningstar, Inc. is a world-leading provider of indepen...
A rare group of dividend-paying stocks are standing out for their exceptional qualities. They’ve racked up five straight years of dividend g...
What’s fueling Wall Street’s optimism? While geopolitical tensions between the US and Iran are dominating headlines, US stocks recently hit...
Vanguard redefined investor-first for the better, and it’s aiming to maintain that reputation. Vanguard revolutionized passive investing whe...
Will Vanguard’s next 50 years live up to its first half century? The popular investment firm counts millions of everyday investors among its...
Too many funds and stocks in a portfolio can create clutter and make rebalancing time-consuming. Allocation funds such as balanced funds can...
Active management can still win in the bond market. Opportunities abound for active managers to best their passive peers and benchmarks. And...
The stock market has cooled on stocks caught up in the whirlwind of artificial intelligence. Fears over whether AI will disrupt a variety of...
Two high-profile cases in the public-private markets are testing boundaries and investors. ERShares Private-Public Crossover ETF’s stake in...
Tax day is quickly approaching, and it’s time to get organized. New tax rules might make it worth your while to itemize rather than take the...
A distribution from your traditional IRA could cost you if you’re not aware of your responsibilities. Many investors are saving up for their...
The 60/40 portfolio has proven it’s here to stay, but it can benefit from a refresh like other classics. The total portfolio approach refine...
The struggle of brick-and-mortar real estate has extended into investment portfolios. Elevated inflation and high interest rates have weighe...
Thanks to its tax benefits, your IRA can be a powerful tool to optimize your portfolio. Investment firms often see a big influx of new contr...
merging-market funds will have a tough act to follow in 2026. The category racked up big gains last year following small returns for years....
If you’re newly retired or will join the ranks soon, it’s time to think about how you plan to spend your nest egg. Morningstar researchers a...
Quantum computing stocks have surged in popularity over the past year, capturing investors’ enthusiasm on the coattails of the artificial in...
Higher interest rates have ushered in an era where income opportunities abound. That’s following years of parched cash flow streams and low...
Is your portfolio making a big bet on the Magnificent Seven? Mega-cap names like Nvidia, Alphabet, and Apple belong to the exclusive club th...
This week, we’re looking back at three discussions we held earlier this year on Investing Insights about exchange-traded funds that income i...
Market volatility has left its imprint in 2025. Turbulence from tariffs, tech, and more have shaken investors’ confidence at times. Many fol...
A shift in mindset can help investors cope with market uncertainty. 2025 was a case study in the futility of trying to predict the market. W...
Most retirees want to spend as much as they can without having to worry about running out of money. Morningstar’s State of Retirement Income...
Exchange-traded funds can help you cut your tax bill. All funds must distribute capital gains from the stocks and bonds that they sell throu...
Your portfolio might be due for an end-of-the-year cleanup. The Morningstar US Market Index is up about 15% through mid-November 2025, and o...
Investors are betting big on bond exchange-traded funds. Hundreds of billions of dollars have poured into bond ETFs in the first nine months...
Are you getting the most out of your fund’s performance? Over the past 10 years, the average dollar invested in US mutual funds and exchange...
How is the weakening dollar affecting your portfolio? The world’s reserve currency fell sharply in the first half of 2025, making it a bruis...
This year’s uncertainty is producing a somewhat surprising group of winning and losing asset classes. And there are still two months to go i...
Over the past few years, just a few large-cap technology stocks have powered the stock market’s returns. That trend shows no signs of abatin...
ETF Share Classes Are a Go for Dimensional: Here’s What Investors Need to Know On this episode: What was your reaction to the SEC removing t...
Investors’ exuberance is fueling this year’s stock rally, but will key economic risks dampen the market’s mood? The current bull run has lif...
It might be tempting to buy dividend stocks with the highest yields, but not all dividend payers are safe. Those big payouts could be signal...
There’s a tug-of-war between investing in cash and long duration bonds in today’s interest environment. The longer-end of the yield curve ma...
Exchange-traded fund launches have continued to accelerate, but not every shiny new strategy is worth owning. Good investment strategies can...
Nvidia counts several of its Magnificent Seven pals as customers buying its sophisticated AI chips. And the world’s most valuable company sa...
The revenue of US dividend stocks isn’t necessarily made in America. A portfolio of popular dividend-paying stocks is likely exposed to curr...
Is the 60/40 portfolio living up to its reputation of resilience this year? The merit of a classic portfolio of 60% stocks and 40% bonds has...
It can sometimes seem like there’s an endless number of mutual funds for you to invest in. But not all of them are a right fit for your port...
Investors are piling into global gold ETFs for a safe haven from uncertainty. Demand surged in the first half of 2025, according to a new re...
Fixed-income investors, bonds are rising to the occasion and looking attractive again. Their yields are higher, and they have delivered as d...
Daniel Sotiroff, senior manager research analyst for Morningstar Research Services, explains how covered-call ETFs work along with the popul...
Amy Arnott, portfolio strategist for Morningstar Inc., discusses how a popular dividend investing strategy works, and who would or wouldn’t...
Michael Field, European Market Strategist at Morningstar Holland, talks about tariff risks for key sectors and European stock performance as...
Sarah Hansen, Morningstar Inc’s senior markets reporter, discusses the uncertain outlook for the third quarter and how investors should prep...
Two Morningstar research leaders join Investing Insights to discuss whether US investors should consider international stocks and fixed inco...
Lan Tran, manager research analyst for Morningstar Research Services, discusses the benefits and limitations of digital investment advice. P...
Bryan Armour, director of ETF and passive strategies research for North America at Morningstar Research Services, discusses private equity E...
Amy Arnott, Morningstar Inc. portfolio strategist, discusses the success of the 60/40 portfolio and how diversification is paying off during...
David Harrell, editor of Morningstar’s DividendInvestor newsletter, talks about the dividend stocks that earned a spot on the newsletter’s a...
Dan Lefkovitz, Morningstar Indexes strategist and columnist, explains how factor investing works. And he discusses which stocks outperformed...