Mutual Funds

Mutual funds are necessary investments for investors both young and old. They provide essential diversification and can strengthen your returns over the long-term. But there are too many funds for any single investor to sift through. Luckily, our analysts give you the inside track on funds with the smallest minimal investments and funds that charge low fees, so you can maximize your performance.

Here’s Why Diversification Is Vital

By Dan Wiener
Diversification, though often met with derision, works in the long run and is one of the building blocks of my approach to investing.

3 Best Funds for Rising Interest Rates

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
The Fed is likely to start hiking interest rates later this year and now is a good time to look at the best funds in sectors that can perform well in a rising interest rate environment.

Bond Funds That Will Lose Big With Rising Interest Rates

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
Warren Buffett's profound investment advice applies to bond funds: "Rule #1: Never lose money. Rule #2: Never forget rule #1."

Vanguard Announces March Distributions

By Dan Wiener
Vanguard released estimates of the supplemental distributions it will be paying in March for funds including VGPMX, VDIGX and VGHCX.

Avoid These Common Mutual Fund Tax Mistakes

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
The biggest tax mistakes with mutual funds can be avoided by following a few basic rules.

Invest Like Warren Buffett With These 3 American Funds

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
If you want to invest in funds that Buffett would recommend, you'll want low-cost funds that invest in U.S. equities.

The 5 Best Vanguard Funds for Your 401k

By Dan Wiener and Jeff DeMaso
These five best Vanguard funds for your 401k are based on the idea that you shouldn't hunker down for protection in your retirement accounts -- you should go on the attack.

3 Vanguard Funds With High Dividend Yields

By David Fabian, FMD Capital Management
The search for high-yielding ETFs can be an interesting exercise in price movement and risk dynamics. These three Vanguard funds excel with high yields.

Bill Gross vs Pimco Funds: The Bond King’s Crown Is Tarnished

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
We look at how the biggest Pimco funds have performed after Bill Gross left them for Janus funds.

Vanguard Funds vs Hedge Funds (Guess Who Wins)

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
Vanguard funds are some of the best, low-cost mutual funds you can buy. But are they better than hedge funds?

3 Beautifully Boring, Balanced Funds From Vanguard

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
Vanguard offers what are arguably the best balanced funds in the investment universe. They are the tortoise; everyone else is the hare. You know how this ends.

There IS Life After Bill Gross! Pimco Total Return Is Back to 5 Stars

By Dan Burrows, InvestorPlace Feature Writer
Pimco Total Return fund is thriving without Bill Gross, beating 95% of its competitors, including the bond king's new Janus fund.

Top 3 Things the Best Mutual Funds Have in Common

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
Past performance is no guarantee of future results. But these 3 qualities are shared by the best mutual funds.

Buy at the Worst, Sell at the Best

By Dan Wiener
After a decade fraught with manager turnover and miscues, it appears that, in at least one respect, Vanguard Capital Value Fund (MUTF:VCVLX) is on a steady course.

Why American Funds Are Underperforming

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
Some of the most recognized names at American Funds are not performing as well as their lofty status might suggest.

3 Best Mutual Funds for Conservative Investors

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
In an uncertain and volatile market, conservative allocation mutual funds can be a smart choice for all kinds of investors.

How to Analyze Mutual Funds

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
Finding and buying the best mutual funds is about much more than past performance.

5 Vanguard Funds No One Needs to Own

By Dan Wiener
Some Vanguard funds are nurtured by expert managers and grow to be profit-building stars, but others can doom your portfolio to mediocrity -- or worse, major losses.

3 Best Global Funds to Buy Now

By Kent Thune, InvestorPlace Contributor
The best global funds, also called world allocation funds, can be outstanding core holdings for a diversified portfolio.
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