Brokerage accounts offer more flexibility and control over individual investments, while mutual funds offer diversification and professional management for a hands-off approach to investing. Before ...

Many new investors might put their money in stocks because they offer the best potential long-term returns. If you have years or decades to invest, as many beginning investors do, you can invest in ...

After you've saved up $50,000, it's a good time to start putting your money into mutual funds. A mutual fund is a way to invest with other people by placing money into one big pot. That money is then ...

In the age before super-low-cost exchange-traded funds existed, E*Trade’s Dec. 13 announcement that all mutual funds will be free to trade would be a big deal. Now, it barely makes the headlines.

Swan Wealth Advisors, a 15-year-old financial company from Durango, is planning to start a mutual fund, The Durango Herald reports. The company now manages about $150 million for clients around the ...

I recently received an e-mail concerning whether one should invest in ETFs or mutual funds in a Roth IRA account. Here’s the entire question: Hi TJP, In your article "Will the International Real ...

It's easy to invest in mutual funds. If you have a workplace retirement plan, it probably offers several fund choices. If you have a brokerage account, you can usually place an online order, using the ...