Mutual Funds
Stay on top of mutual fund news, including in-depth articles and analysis on stock, bond and balanced funds, as well as target date funds and more.
3 'Hidden Risks' of Smart Beta
By Ginger SzalaSmart beta strategies have several risks that providers don't always document fully, a study by Scientific Beta found.
March 26, 2018
Why Tariffs Are Not So 'Tariffic'In this post, we'll look at how tariffs work, why they exist, what has happened recently, and what we might expect in the near term.
March 23, 2018
Vanguard Shakes Up Its Bond Investing TeamsVanguard periodically rotates its investment professionals for strategic reasons, the firm says.
March 22, 2018
These Actively Managed Funds Tie Fees to PerformanceAllianceBernstein has just launched its FlexFee funds on multiple advisor platforms including Schwab, TD Ameritrade, Pershing, LPL, Merrill Lynch and Morgan Stanley.
March 22, 2018
`Safe Bonds' Are Not So Safe After AllEuropeans are struggling to create multi-country sovereign bonds that would be safe for investors, including life insurers, to hold.
March 22, 2018
Bill Gross: Don't Expect 3 to 4 Fed Hikes This YearThe U.S. economy and others are "too highly leveraged" to tolerate a federal funds rate above 2% when inflation is near 2%, he says.
March 21, 2018
4 TDF Investing Myths: SSGAAccording to SSGA, there's no such thing as a 'passive' target date fund.
March 20, 2018
What Your Fund Management Job Will Look Like in a DecadeForget about picking stocks. Mining data will matter more.