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Target-Date Funds May Not Hit Mark for You
Jul 29, 2021 Does the Plan’s Offerings Meet Your Risk Tolerance?Read More
Are Mutual Funds the Best Choice on the Menu?
Jul 15, 2021 For Starters, an Investor Might Look at a Fund’s Holdings, Management and Philosophy.Read More
Bonds: Buy Them Individually or Wrapped in a Fund?
Apr 29, 2021 Some Investors Seek a Conservative Way to Shield a Portfolio From VolatilityRead More
Will Index Investing Destabilize the Financial Markets?
Mar 11, 2021 Major Shift to Passive Investing Likely to Lead to Greater VolatilityRead More
8 Dangers of Mutual Funds
Aug 05, 2019 Mutual funds might be professionally managed and provide a simple way to participate in the stock market, but individual investors need to be wary of performance shortfalls, expense ratios, tax laws, and other issues that complicate fund investing.Read More
ETFs Offer Potential Opportunities for Stock-Pickers
Nov 20, 2018 Are exchange-traded funds the investment tail that wags the market dog?Read More
How Mutual Funds Work
Aug 05, 2019 There are many types of mutual funds, including actively managed funds, passively managed index funds, balanced and target-date funds, and money market funds. They all have differing structures and sales charges.Read More
The Best Place to Hitch Your Mutual Funds
Aug 01, 2019 Don’t Give Your Investments a Home Where the Taxman RoamsRead More
Measuring Mutual Fund Performance
Aug 05, 2019 Investors periodically ask about their mutual fund performance, including how they're doing versus benchmarks as well as versus stocks and other holdings. But you also have portfolio management considerations, such as the portfolio diversification.Read More
What if Your Mutual Fund Shows You the Door?
Sep 15, 2020 Some Funds Merge, Others Close to Investors or Even Go Belly UpRead More
