Investing in mutual funds is a straightforward way to build a diversified portfolio, even if you’re new to investing. By pooling your money with other investors, mutual funds allow you to buy into a ...

Investors and retirement savers who want to own broad swaths of the stock and bond markets often face a choice: Do they want to buy time-honored mutual funds, or upstart exchange-traded funds? If ...

This year, Wall Street is observing the centennial for one of investing's most critical and ubiquitous vehicles: the mutual fund. OK, technically, mutual funds have existed in some form since the late ...