Vanguard Group, the largest U.S. manager of mutual fund assets, agreed to pay $40 million to settle a lawsuit claiming it ...

Discover the key advantages of mutual funds, including attractive returns, convenience, and built-in diversification.

Exchange-traded funds tend to have lower fees relative to mutual funds, according to investment experts. Fees are one of the few factors that people can control with investing. ETFs don't always win ...

Learn about the Fidelity Mid Cap Index Fund (FSMDX) and its performance compared to actively-managed funds, with a focus on ...

Learn the key factors when picking a mutual fund. Discover the different types, risks, and benefits of investing in these ...

Rafe Swan / Getty Images Whether you are buying or selling shares in a mutual fund, most mutual funds execute trades once per day at 4 p.m. ET after the close of the market. Orders are typically ...

By investing in a mutual fund, many of the decisions are made for you—a portfolio manager will choose the investing and rebalancing strategies for you. But with nearly 8,000 funds on the U.S ...

Over the past 50 years or so, active funds’ returns have converged toward those of their underlying indexes, research finds. Small-cap funds are the exception.

To fully understand a fund’s strategy, be sure to read its Morningstar Fund Analyst Report. These mutual funds and ETFs all land in one of the broad international stock categories, earn the top ...

For financial advisors, the introduction of the Mutual Fund Window offers an opportunity to expand services and provide ...

Eckhardt Trading Co., founded by longtime managed-futures trader Bill Eckhardt, is branching out into the mutual-fund world with a strategy often associated with hedge funds. The Quantified ...

Here is the list of funds that have won this year’s Lipper Fund Awards. They are the top performing Canadian mutual funds and ETFs in their respective asset categories over the past 3, 5 and 10 year ...