actively managed funds

Broadly speaking, actively managed funds have a tough time beating their benchmarks and passively managed rivals, including index funds and exchange traded funds. Still, there will always some active managers that deliver the goods for investors and there will always some active funds that generate...

So much has been written and theorized about Millennials and money; juxtapose that with fears of under-investing in the market and government-assisted retirement programs depleting at a rate that cannot keep up with population growth under current taxation, and the present and future for...

Broadly speaking, mutual fund companies that issue actively managed mid- and small-cap growth funds are getting away with highway robbery. Not only are these funds pricey to own, but their managers, undoubtedly highly paid, really are not all that good at their jobs. Again, that is broadly speaking...

In terms of return, the S&P healthcare sector is the best year-to-date performer. If stocks from that space are leading the pack, then it makes sense you'd see health care mutual funds also sporting nice gains for 2014. Still, remember to be wary of expense ratios. One leading...