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Some stock funds have used unusual strategies to beat their benchmarks. But can they repeat the showing?

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Mutual fund inflows are concentrated at the narrow tip of the most recent top-ranked performers. In the long-term, of course, that is not a winning strategy. There are other metrics to assess a fund’s likely future performance.

Money has poured into target-date funds, but Vanguard’s John Bogle says the funds tilt too heavily towards bonds.

The world’s largest mutual company, Vanguard, is branching out—into coffee. The company stopped in New York on Monday as part of a multi-city national tour, bringing coffee to the masses.  Why coffee? As part of an educational campaig...

At the Morningstar Investment Conference in Chicago, a trio of fund managers make the case that there is still life left in dividend stocks, but they are getting harder to find.

Brazil, Russia, India, and China won’t likely lead the emerging markets in the years ahead. Instead, investors should look to smaller countries.

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