A staple in employer-sponsored retirement plans, mutual funds can offer instant diversity for a portfolio. Here's a look at ...

On the lookout for a Sector - Other fund? Starting with Fidelity Select Consumer Discretion (FSCPX) should not be a possibility at this time. FSCPX bears a Zacks Mutual Fund Rank of 4 (Sell), which is ...

Index funds stay the course and can hold onto laggards that an actively managed mutual fund might not. If a company is about to go bankrupt, index fund managers wait for the index to remove the ...

The need for vigilance is greater — and the stakes higher — when you’re shopping for mutual funds. Fund firms have a dizzying array of share classes for their funds. If you find a fund you ...

US fund fees declined at a slower pace in 2023. Mutual fund investors have been saving billions of dollars in fund expenses thanks to the continued decrease in fund fees. Between 2004 and 2023 ...

An example is the Fidelity 500 Index Fund, which is the third-largest U.S. mutual fund in terms of net assets. There are more than 2,100 Fidelity funds specializing in U.S. equities, plus hundreds ...