Mutual Funds


Fidelity Contrafund’s Will Danoff Is Getting Closer to Handing Over the Reins

The legendary manager has taken on two co-managers to help him run the mammoth fund. Just don’t use the word “retirement.”

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These Stock Funds Are Crushing the Market. Here Are Their Picks for 2026.

These market-beating funds see bargains in stocks like AppLovin, Wells Fargo, and Boeing. Where they’re investing for 2026.

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Finra Fines Osaic $3 Million Over Mutual Fund Fees

The allegations arose from actions at the legacy unit Securities America, which joined Osaic in 2024.

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Bill Nygren Isn’t Worried About Market Volatility. He Likes GM, Delta, and Capital One.

The Oakmark manager said it’s still a good time to find bargains, even in some growth stocks.

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Vanguard Funds, Others Are Issuing Capital Gains for 2025. This Is Gonna Hurt.

For mutual fund investors, the final months of a big up year for the stock market can carry a hidden barb.

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6 Global Balanced Funds That Make Sense for This Market

The simplest way to get overseas exposure is to buy an all-in-one global balanced fund that makes the allocation decisions for you.

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The Quiet Revolution Taking Shape in 401(k)s

Mutual fund share classes of ETFs could strongly benefit retirement savers, Anna Paglia writes in a guest commentary.

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60/40 Funds Are Staging a Comeback. Here Are 3 Solid Choices.

Slow-and-steady funds with a traditional 60% stocks/40% bonds mix are getting renewed attention for their recent outperformance. How to buy in.

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IMF Issues a Warning. How Funds, Insurers, Could Trip Up Banks.

The International Monetary Fund released its Global Financial Stability Report on Tuesday.

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Tariffs Be Damned. These Latin America Funds Are Buys.

Part of the rally in Latin America stock funds is currency-related. But another driver is that the stocks are exceptionally cheap.

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Asset-Backed Investing Moves Mainstream

The packages of loans, once a niche in professionally managed portfolios, are increasingly being added to public and private funds for yield and diversification benefits.

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Their Funds May Not Beat the Market. Their Stocks Just Might.

The fund industry faces big hurdles, but these three asset managers have been unjustly dismissed.

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Gold Mining Funds Won the Third Quarter. China and Digital Assets Were Runners-Up.

Given the S&P 500’s strong gains, it’s little wonder assets kept pouring into index funds. Actively managed ETFs also fared well.

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Washington Should Stop Penalizing Middle-Class Savers

The Growth Act would restore fairness for millions of middle-class investors who rely on mutual funds in their taxable accounts.

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The SEC Just Made a Legal Tweak That Could Revolutionize Mutual Funds

The agency granted Dimensional Fund Advisors permission to launch ETF versions of some of its traditional mutual funds.

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McKinsey Sees a ‘Great Convergence’ as Public and Private Markets Blur

Asset managers reported rising revenue and stubbornly sticky profit margins in 2024, but their business looks likely to change in the year ahead as alternative investing goes mainstream.

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Foreign Stocks Are on a Roll. They Could Lift the 60/40 Portfolio.

International stocks are beating U.S. ones handily in 2025.

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5 Multisector Bond Funds for Diversification and Income

“Instead of just making one bet within fixed income, diversify it with a more multisector, opportunistic fund,” says Nuveen’s Anders Persson.

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With New Venture Fund, Robinhood Aims to Give Retail Investors Access to Private Investments

It’s the brokerage firm’s first fund.

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Where This Year’s Benchmark-Beating Funds See Value

A look into Morningstar’s database suggests portfolio managers willing to make unorthodox choices are top performers.

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MFS Invented the Mutual Fund. How Its CEO Is Keeping Them Relevant.

The investment management firm is staying focused on long-term opportunities for their clients.

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How a New Breed of Active Commodity Funds Is Beating Indexers

Actively managed funds tend to have an edge over indexers when it comes to investing in commodities. Here are some of their strategies.

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This T. Rowe Fund Manager Works Magic. 3 New Ones He Runs.

T. Rowe Price’s David Giroux is a top-performing manager whose fund is closed to new investors. But now he’s running three other funds. See how they measure up.

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Vanguard and Wellington Team Up to Launch Their First Active Equity ETFs

Vanguard’s new ETFs, with Wellington as the submanager, mirror a strategy Vanguard has long used with active stock mutual funds.

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Active Funds Trounced by Passive in the Past Year, Morningstar Finds

Active managers’ long-term struggles have been most acute in the large-cap category where only 8% of funds beat their average passive rival over the decade, Morningstar finds.

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