No-load funds continued to attract the bulk of new cash in 2005, according to data recently released by the Investment Company Institute

During the 1990s, S&P 500 index funds were all the rage and, for most core investments, the bogey to beat. But lately the index has been offering stingy returns: During the five years ending in April, the S&P 500 averaged just 2.7 percent annually...

Where - and why - can you buy a buck for 90 cents?

Study finds returns on actively managed funds are overstated

Now that growth is showing life, which do you choose? Your clients need both, no matter what the investing climate.

Tweaks to the star rating system have made it better predictor of performance

Retail investors accustomed to buying personal finance books online can now purchase mutual funds from Amazon.com.

Mario Gabelli, one of Wall Street's best-known money managers, has been in the spotlight lately, but not for his investment returns. The Justice Department charged him with civil fraud in auctions for wireless telephone licenses. Meantime, two...

Brokers are betting heavily on just a few fund families. Remember the Van Wagoner Funds?

Money-market funds may not be sexy but they have been attracting advisors attention lately. But is the retail investor better off in a money market or an insured account?