For investors, betting on the strength of the US dollar versus foreign currencies can be very risky at times, but…
The recent resignation of “bond king” Bill Gross as manager of the Pimco Total Return Fund, by far the biggest…
When is a clone better than the original? When it’s a bargain-priced copy of a bond mutual fund. Mutual funds…
Would you invest in a mutual fund that trailed more than three-quarters of its category over the past year? Slumps…
Within just three days in March, the Fairholme Fund plunged nearly 7% even though the overall stock market barely budged.…
An exchange-traded fund that invests only in Indonesian stocks plunged by more than 23% last year as investors shunned the…
In a stunning turnaround, many investors have soured on Pimco, the world's largest bond fund manager. They have raised questions…
When mutual fund managers sell shares of stocks in their portfolios after prices have risen, investors in those funds may…
Target-date funds are supposed to help prevent a stock market plunge from ruining your retirement. But if that market meltdown…
Going into the sixth year of a bull market, mutual funds will face greater challenges in 2014 as they try…
In the past few years, with interest rates so low, investors have flocked to mutual funds that focus on dividend-paying…
Stock investors who want to smooth out the market's bumpy ride now can choose among roughly three dozen "low-volatility" funds.…
Funds that invest in master limited partnerships (MLPs) are getting more tax-friendly. These funds, whose MLPs typically own oil and…
An investment that is commonly referred to as "junk" is not for the faint-hearted. Junk bonds—also known as high-yield bonds—tend…
Both bonds and stocks offer various advantages and drawbacks. This year, those drawbacks include falling prices for bonds in the…
