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.
Is It a Good Time to Buy Preferred Stocks?
By Ed McCarthy, CFP, RICPOne expert says yields of 5% and other advantages make preferred stocks worth serious consideration.
September 19, 2013
How did 401(k) plans get so hard?Would the average person rather try solving a Rubiks Cube or eat some cake?
September 18, 2013
Fidelity faces class-action over its own planThe 401(k) giant denies the allegations, which include loading the plan menu with its own actively managed proprietary funds.
September 18, 2013
Fidelity faces class-action over its own planThe 401(k) giant denies the allegations, which include loading the plan menu with its own actively managed proprietary funds.
September 17, 2013
Bond Fund Exodus Continues in SeptemberA rough some would say devastating few months for bond funds and ETFs just got rougher, according to TrimTabs.
September 16, 2013
12 Worst Financial Advisors in America: 2013ThinkAdvisor gathered a list of awful advisors from the past year and ranked them, balancing amount stolen with amount of ick factor involved.
September 13, 2013
Top Portfolio Products: Vanguard Takes Another Shot in ETF Fee WarVanguard cuts fees on its 500 Index Fund ETF via a reverse share split, and Franklin Templeton launches two new global funds.
September 12, 2013
The Retirement Time Bomb No One’s Talking About ... YetPension consultant Ron Surz warns that masses of retirement portfolios are due to blow up, just like they did in 2008, because of inappropriate risk levels in target-date funds.