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The Best Active Small-Cap ETFs

The Best Active Small-Cap ETFs

Investors want their ETFs cheap, even though researching tiny companies can be more time-consuming and expensive.

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Beating Back the Bubble: A Defensive Fund Portfolio for These Times

Beating Back the Bubble: A Defensive Fund Portfolio for These Times

Spreading your bets among different sectors can help protect you in a down market.

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Gold and Silver Funds Surged. Crypto Took a Dive.

Gold and Silver Funds Surged. Crypto Took a Dive.

Miner stocks did especially well in the fourth quarter, while crypto funds plunged. The other winners.

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Here Are the Kinds of Hedge Funds That Should Perform Best in 2026

Here Are the Kinds of Hedge Funds That Should Perform Best in 2026

Long-short and global macro funds are highlighted by the experts at Evanston Capital in their new hedge fund outlook.

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Fidelity Contrafund’s Legendary Manager Is Getting Closer to Handing It Off

Fidelity Contrafund’s Legendary Manager Is Getting Closer to Handing It Off

Will Danoff has taken on two co-managers to help him run the mammoth fund. Just don’t use the word “retirement.”

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What Is Modified Adjusted Gross Income Now? Big Beautiful Bill Creates Tax Headaches for Advisors.

What Is Modified Adjusted Gross Income Now? Big Beautiful Bill Creates Tax Headaches for Advisors.

In some statutes, muni income counts toward modified adjusted gross income, but in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, it doesn’t.

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Single-Stock ETFs Are Popping Up Like Mushrooms. They Might Be Just as Dangerous.

Single-Stock ETFs Are Popping Up Like Mushrooms. They Might Be Just as Dangerous.

The line between investing and gambling is blurring further as leveraged single-stock ETFs take off. Some worry that naive investors don’t know what they’re getting into.

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ETFs, Direct Indexing, and 4 More Strategies for Handling Uncle Sam

ETFs, Direct Indexing, and 4 More Strategies for Handling Uncle Sam

In an elevated market, investors need to embrace new strategies to lower taxes on portfolios.

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Global Balanced Funds That Make Sense for Right Now

Global Balanced Funds That Make Sense for Right Now

The simplest way to get overseas exposure is to buy an all-in-one global balanced fund that makes the allocation decisions for you.

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Warren Buffett Is Stepping Down. These 8 Funds Could Fill His Shoes.

Warren Buffett Is Stepping Down. These 8 Funds Could Fill His Shoes.

We searched for funds that follow the Oracle of Omaha’s time-tested investing principles.

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These Single-Country ETFs Can Hedge Your U.S. Risk

These Single-Country ETFs Can Hedge Your U.S. Risk

Single-country funds can reduce overall portfolio risk by acting differently than the S&P 500, offering diversification beyond broad international indexes.

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Tariffs Be Damned. These Latin America Funds Are Buys.

Tariffs Be Damned. These Latin America Funds Are Buys.

Part of the rally in Latin America stock funds is currency-related. But another driver is that the stocks are exceptionally cheap.

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Gold Mining Funds Won the Third Quarter. China and Digital Assets Were Runners-Up.

Gold Mining Funds Won the Third Quarter. China and Digital Assets Were Runners-Up.

Given the S&P 500’s strong gains, it’s little wonder assets kept pouring into index funds. Actively managed ETFs also fared well.

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Your Mutual Fund Is Becoming an ETF. Here's What to Expect.

Your Mutual Fund Is Becoming an ETF. Here's What to Expect.

Since 2021, 145 mutual funds have converted to exchange-traded funds. There are trade-offs.

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How a New Breed of Active Commodity Funds Is Beating Indexers

How a New Breed of Active Commodity Funds Is Beating Indexers

Actively managed funds tend to have an edge over indexers when it comes to investing in commodities. Here are some of their strategies.

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This T. Rowe Fund Manager Works Magic. 3 New Ones He Runs.

This T. Rowe Fund Manager Works Magic. 3 New Ones He Runs.

T. Rowe Price’s David Giroux is a top-performing manager whose fund is closed to new investors. But now he’s running three other funds. See how they measure up.

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Interval Funds Charge Big Fees. Vanguard Is Looking to Challenge That.

Interval Funds Charge Big Fees. Vanguard Is Looking to Challenge That.

The low-cost fund manager’s entry into the fray could help retail investors gain access to illiquid assets without getting gouged.

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Are Index Funds Ruining Small-Cap Investing?

Are Index Funds Ruining Small-Cap Investing?

Small-cap stocks traditionally have led the market coming out of economic downturns. That hasn’t been the case since the 2008 crash.

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Why These Active Bond Funds Are Worth a Premium

Why These Active Bond Funds Are Worth a Premium

It’s a good time to consider active funds with flexible mandates to play offense and defense amid uncertainty about the macroeconomic environment.

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Leveraged ETFs Dominated a Wild Quarter

Leveraged ETFs Dominated a Wild Quarter

As the market rebounded from the Liberation Day tariffs, gold miners, crypto, and, yes, tech were among the winners.

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