Are you intrigued by the world of investing but are bewildered by the complex terminology surrounding financial instruments? If questions like "What is a mutual fund?" have left you scratching your ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

For centuries, investors have considered gold to be among the most reliable and profitable investment opportunities. Gold offers a safe haven from economic turbulence like inflation and recessions, ...

You may be familiar with bonds, but bond funds are a different way to invest in them. A bond fund is a professionally managed pool of bonds — held inside an exchange-traded fund (ETF) or mutual fund — ...

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) appeared on the investment scene in 1993, as mutual funds were approaching their seventh decade. The ETF is essentially a modern variant of the mutual fund. Each product ...

In many ways, exchange-traded funds are an evolution of mutual funds. ETFs are like mutual funds that trade throughout the day but are more tax-efficient, transparent, and accessible. And they are ...

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 ...

How Mutual-Fund-to-ETF Conversion Works What to Consider Benefits of ETF Conversion A Harsh Reality for Active Managers What Does The Fund Conversion Trend Mean for the Future? How Mutual-Fund-to-ETF ...