A mutual fund is an investment that allows individuals to pool their money along with other investors and invest in a collection of securities such as stocks and bonds. Most mutual funds invest in ...

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 ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Many investors achieve their investment goals using just mutual funds because of their breadth of options, relatively low costs ...