Short-term bonds can be attractive for investors worried about rising interest rates. These short-term bond funds will help investors get the best exposure to this sector. To screen for the ...

Emerging-market bond funds are beating other US-dollar-denominated bond categories in 2025. Among the catalysts are the rising creditworthiness of emerging-market countries and increasing demand for ...

In the competition between active management and passive index funds, chalk another one up for passive. Just 31% of U.S. stock-pickers beat their comparable passive funds for the 12-month period ...

A Morningstar study reveals that passively managed index funds generally outperform actively managed funds. Lower operating costs are a key factor in the superior performance of index funds. This ...

If you're keen on having a human hand at the wheel of your mutual funds, it would be difficult to recommend a fund provider to start with ahead of Fidelity. While a few of the fund world's other big ...