Man vs. Machine In the ongoing debate about robo-advisors, one argument that technology detractors like to fall back on is that an algorithm can’t provide the same service as a flesh-and-blood advisor. MarketWatch decided to put that idea ...

After 16 years as the largest target-date fund provider, Fidelity Investments has lost its crown to Vanguard, which now holds 27 percent of the market share, according to a new Morningstar report...

Brothers from another mother. What’s the difference? Financial advisor Allan Roth argues on ETF.com (of all places) that ETFs are great, but in essence, similar Vanguard ETFs and mutual funds are "simply different share classes" of the sam...

A strategy used by institutional investors to preserve capital is now easily available to individuals via retail funds. But do they perform as advertised? 

It’s no secret that investors have been disappointed by the first wave of alternative mutual funds that populated the market in recent years. Many traditional hedge fund providers and traditional mutual fund firms struggled to deliver...

VladimirFLoyd/iStock/Thinkstock Just as an advisor should do due diligence on the investment managers he or she uses, prospective client's are being encouraged to screen their financial advisor before they hand over their money. Steven Abern...

There’s no evidence that the recent turmoil at PIMCO caused any disruption in any of the underlying markets, Securities and Exchange Commission Republican member Michael Piwowar said Thursday...

Weakening overseas economies, coupled with the end of QE, has helped the dollar index rise

So-called “active share” metrics may point to the extent, and cost, of active management in a fund, but other measures can sometimes give more transparent details