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When nearly everything’s a winner, gold investors get antsy
In a world where nearly every investment is rising, so is gold. But a big part of why many investors are buying gold is that they're worried those other investments,...
As stocks set highs, investors still worry about next crash
Even with stocks in the midst of one of their best-ever runs, investors are on pace to pull more money out of U.S. stock funds than they put in for...
Actively managed funds catch up, a bit, to index funds
Nearly half of all actively managed U.S. stock funds did better than a composite of index funds in the 12 months through June, according to Morningstar. Only about a quarter...
Better than expected, barely good enough: Profits and stocks
Here's how much hope and expectation has been built into the stock market: Big companies are healthy and making fatter profits than Wall Street expected, yet it's barely enough to...
Clipped: Foreign funds that ‘hedge’ against currencies lag
When buying a foreign-stock fund, investors increasingly have two options: One insulates investors from the swings in returns that can be caused by shifts in the dollar's value against the...
With 401(k) accounts booming, what should investors do?
Did you notice that your toe doesn't hurt because you didn't stub it today?
Vanguard’s new chief investment officer has a warning for investors
Greg Davis, the new chief investment officer at investing giant Vanguard, isn't predicting when the next downturn for stocks will happen, but he says investors need to be ready for...
The importance of bigger earnings for stock funds
This earnings season is off to a good start, and the encouraging run is expected to keep going.
Fund manager Q&A: How much more will interest rates climb?
After decades of dropping interest rates led to strong and steady returns for bond funds, conditions seem to be massing in the opposite direction.
Bonjour investors: Money is pouring into foreign stock funds
The lure: Foreign stocks finally may be shaking out of their doldrums. After struggling for nearly a decade and falling well behind their U.S. counterparts, which raced to record heights,...