At the end of what was arguably one of the best years for the stock market in more than a decade, investors in any of the 20 top-performing mutual funds of 2024 would have earned a return that nearly ...

Dividend stocks are the Dolly Parton of investing: Everyone seems to like them. Many retirees rely (at least somewhat) on the regular income that dividend stocks generate. Nonretirees, meanwhile, ...

Vanguard Funds, Others Are Issuing Capital Gains for 2025. This Is Gonna Hurt. For mutual fund investors, the final months of a big up year for the stock market can carry a hidden barb. The simplest ...

Farran Powell is the managing editor of investing at Forbes Advisor. She was previously the assistant managing editor of investing at U.S. News & World Report. Her work has appeared in numerous ...

Dr. JeFreda R. Brown is a financial consultant, Certified Financial Education Instructor, and researcher who has assisted thousands of clients over a more than two-decade career. She is the CEO of ...

When you invest in a stock, you are purchasing a share of one company. A mutual fund offers more diversification by bundling many company stocks into one investment. Many, or all, of the products ...

Farran Powell is the managing editor of investing at Forbes Advisor. She was previously the assistant managing editor of investing at U.S. News & World Report. Her work has appeared in numerous ...

The US bond market is having a good year: The Morningstar US Core Bond Index is up 6.89% for the year to date through Dec. 5, 2025. “Yes, there was a spike in Treasury yields during early April’s ...

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In times of financial uncertainty, it's always helpful to find a new source of cash. One often-unknown way to get some extra money is by tapping into potentially unclaimed funds you may have ...

The Federal Reserve sets the federal funds target rate, also known as the fed funds rate, which is the interest rate at which commercial banks lend to each other overnight. Below, CNBC Select explains ...

Asset classes rotate in leadership, so performance-chasing rarely delivers consistent results. U.S. large-cap stocks are a portfolio staple, but they can overshadow other holdings. Small-cap stocks ...