Mutual Funds For Dummies. By Stanley Bing. June 16, 2003 (FORTUNE Magazine) – Now that the market is roaring back to simple mediocrity, investors are thinking of ways to invest wisely, spread ...

Not all mutual funds have sales loads, so it's best to avoid these whenever possible by investing in no-load mutual funds. 12b-1 fees, which are marketing fees taken from the fund's assets to ...

Learn the difference between a money market account and a mutual fund. This article discusses risk, return, fees, investment time horizon, and more.

Corrections and clarifications: An earlier version of this column misstated the publication that proclaimed the "death of equities." It was Business Week, not Barron's. One of the enduring myths ...

What Is a Hedge Fund in Simple Terms? Hedge funds are sort of like mutual funds for the ultra-wealthy—they pool the money of their clients (mostly ...

I ndex 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 ...

A mutual fund is a type of managed account, but it is open to anyone with the means to buy its shares, rather than personalized for a particular investor. How a Managed Account Works ...

Balanced funds are hybrid mutual funds that invest money across asset classes with a mix of low- to medium-risk ... Open-End Fund: Definition, Example, Pros and Cons. An Introduction to Commercial ...

Mutual Funds For Dummies. By Stanley Bing. June 16, 2003 (FORTUNE Magazine) – Now that the market is roaring back to simple mediocrity, investors are thinking of ways to invest wisely, spread ...