If you're looking for a promising investment, give some consideration to the Vanguard 500 Index ( VFIAX) fund. It's an index ...

Unlike mutual funds, ETFs largely are referred to by their ticker symbols, experts said. “It's the ticker that resonates in this industry,” said Paul Justice, an ETF analyst at Morningstar Inc.

Unlike mutual funds, ETFs trade on a stock exchange and can easily be bought or sold with a phone call. Their management fees ...

The fund may temporarily be 100% in cash on occasions when all holdings hit “Sell” signals. Three share classes of the fund (symbols STMNX, STMEX and STMYX) are available to retail investors.

While funds are scored for overall gender equality out of 100 points, currently the best mutual fund in the entire system is only a 67, Behar says, which shows how far companies have to go on ...