Small-cap value mutual funds provide excellent choices for investors looking for bargains, i.e., stocks at a discount with impressive growth potential. Value mutual funds comprise stocks trading at a ...

Despite recent stock market slumps and fears in the investment world, it's never a bad time to learn about strategies to boost your investing experience.

You may think you are spread out, but a large part of your account may still rise and fall with the same few names.

"Better" is a relative term. To determine what is best requires some context. Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are what the name describes. They are essentially mutual funds that trade during the dayon ...

James Chen, CMT is an expert trader, investment adviser, and global market strategist. Charlene Rhinehart is a CPA , CFE, chair of an Illinois CPA Society committee, and has a degree in accounting and ...

Sure, they're a bunch of scoundrels. But you've got to love them anyway. As the mutual-fund trading scandal has unfolded, I have heard individual stocks, exchange-traded index funds and private money ...

Mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are both investment products, and every investment category may contain a few lemons. Some can quietly drain your returns or create complications that ...

The investment seeks to achieve long-term capital appreciation while managing portfolio volatility. Under normal market conditions, the fund will have investment exposure to at least three countries ...

WASHINGTON -- The Securities and Exchange Commission, in a push to assert its authority over the mutual-fund industry, plans to propose a series of rules by next month aimed at cracking down on mutual ...