A staple in employer-sponsored retirement plans, mutual funds can offer instant diversity for a portfolio. Here's a look at ...

Industry report details decades-long trends in expense ratios, 2024 fee movements, and how shifts in advisor compensation ...

Hartford Checks and Balances Fund (I Share) underperformed its blended benchmark and the Lipper Mixed-Asset Target Allocation ...

While both track a specific market index, they differ in structure, cost, and flexibility. Here’s how they compare.

Our research team assigns Gold ratings to strategies that they have the most conviction will outperform a relevant index ... some of the legacy American Funds mutual funds. The firm also launched ...

Index mutual funds and exchange-traded funds have surged ahead of actively managed funds, capturing 51% of assets under management in 2024, the Investment Company Institute reported March 26.

However, one of the most popular mutual fund strategies is to take advantage of index funds. Index funds are mutual funds that track the performance of a certain stock market index, such as the ...