A focused fund is a mutual fund concentrated on a limited set of stocks or bonds with specific characteristics. Learn how it ...

It’s no secret that investors have been disappointed by the first wave of alternative mutual funds that populated the market in recent years. Many traditional hedge fund providers and traditional ...

Index funds are mutual funds that seek only to mirror the performance of an underlying stock market index — not to outperform it. Millions of investors hold them in their portfolios because they ...

In many ways, exchange-traded funds are an evolution of mutual funds. ETFs are like mutual funds that trade throughout the day but are more tax-efficient, transparent, and accessible. And they are ...

Top American Mutual Funds currently are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund, Fidelity 500 Index Fund and Schwab S&P 500 Index Fund. Investing in American mutual funds is like rooting for the home ...