1. What is a mutual fund? A mutual fund is an investment vehicle which allows individuals and businesses to pool their money together and have it invested by professional money managers. Just as you ...

Despite recent volatility, the U.S. stock market in recent months has been marching from record high to record high in one of the greatest bull markets of all time. One of the major factors pushing ...

Mutual funds are one of the most common investments for new investors building portfolios and are often a staple in employer-sponsored retirement plans, such as 401(k)s. Mutual funds are financial ...

To find the best mutual funds for your portfolio, you'll want to decide which type of funds match your investment goals, choose a brokerage account and research your options. Many, or all, of the ...

India's market regulator, Sebi, has approved extensive reforms for mutual funds and stock brokers, aiming to simplify rules ...

Index funds are passive investments. They track an index with the aim of replicating that index’s performance minus expenses. Active funds, meanwhile, are led by managers who choose particular ...

SEBI has restructured mutual fund expense ratios by introducing Base Expense Ratio (BER) and moving statutory levies like STT ...

Index funds track an underlying index. Both exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and mutual funds can be index funds if their goal is to track the return of a benchmark index. ETFs and mutual funds that track ...

Peter Gratton, M.A.P.P., Ph.D., is a New Orleans-based editor and professor with over 20 years of experience in investing, risk management, and public policy. Peter began covering markets at Multex ...

MUMBAI: The Securities and Exchange Board has almost completely overhauled the mutual fund regulations, penned way back in ...