To coax nervous investors into the markets, consider some of these quirky, yet risk-averse, funds.

Hedge funds may be secretive, but alternative mutual funds, their (distant) cousins, are not.

The graph below measures the performance of the Shanghai Composite Index against a basket of Chinese ADRs selected by Bespoke Investment from Jan. 2, 2009 through Dec. 31, 2009. The basket of 57 stocks, which includes all listed ADRs with a market...

Like hard-pressed retailers, investment managers have lately taken to lowering prices. Mutual funds and ETFs have cut expense ratios. Even exclusive hedge funds have reduced the fees they charge clients. Some of the fee cuts may be temporary...

Fundamental index ETFs have been around for nearly five years now. Have they lived up to their claims that they avoid overpriced stocks?