Mutual funds

An S&P report finds investors who turn to actively managed mutual funds or ETFs for international exposure aren’t getting their money’s worth, but some experts disagree, pointing particularly to small-caps.

Alternative mutual funds are in the midst of a growth period with asset managers aggressively marketing the investment products to advisors. Here is a look at the top 10 alternative mutual fund launches in 2014 based on net assets, according to Morningstar.

Some managers may out-perform short-term, but "you can't tell good luck from good skill, or bad luck from bad skill," the Nobel winner says.

In the past, most dividend payments have continued, and many increased, even when stock prices have fallen.

Advisors who want to include single-country funds in clients' portfolios may have to choose between ETFs and closed-end mutual funds. While both versions trade like stocks, there are crucial differences to consider.

Is there any reason to include global stock funds in client portfolios? Why not just use domestic funds and foreign funds in their asset allocation?

Clients often place too much importance on high performance and not enough on consistent returns.

Some regions of the world have outperformed others, but deciding how to allocate foreign equity dollars can be challenging.

When it comes to predicting where U.S. borrowing costs are headed, the bond market isn't taking Wall Street’s advice seriously.

Vietnam’s First Domestic ETF Offering Doubles Fundraising Target

Investors have returned to equity funds now that the financial meltdown is a distant memory.

How to avoid investment bubbles; Real estate's rebound retracts; Warning signs of a 20% tumble in the market

Wealth gap lasts into retirement years; Will federal retirement wipe out Social Security benefits; Never too young to start saving for retirement

A Vanguard model aiming to forecast the next decade’s returns offers some useful takeaways.

UBS is facing more than $600 million in damage claims filed by Puerto Rico investors in closed-end bond funds, the bank said in its second quarter earnings report Tuesday.

New rules will require institutional prime funds to allow NAV to float to market value.

U.S. investors are used to treating money-market mutual funds as the equivalent of a checking account. That is about to change for the riskiest of the funds.

Index mutual fund assets are at new heights but the pressure to keep costs down deters new entrants, says a Lipper analyst..

With $7.86 billion in assets, PIMCO has the largest share of the active ETF market. While these products are gaining ground, they still make up just a small fraction of the total ETF market and PIMCO has yet to break into the top 10 providers overall.

While there has been rapid growth in U.S. ETFs over the last few years, there has been almost exponential growth of these products worldwide.