The Vanguard Group of Valley Forge, Pa., is beloved for its low-cost, index investment strategy. The firm offers nearly two dozen exchange-traded funds (ETFs) with expense ratios of only 0.03%. Here ...

Understanding these fees is the key to mutual fund investing Written By Written by Contributor, Buy Side E. Napoletano is a contributor to Buy Side and an expert on student loans, taxes and mortgages.

The expense ratio of funds matters. Back in 2010, Morningstar found that the best predictor of future returns was a low expense ratio. This beat every other indicator, including Morningstar stars.

Founded in 1946, Fidelity Investments of Boston is one of America’s largest managers of mutual funds and exchange-traded ...

Expense ratios for ETFs, mutual funds and index funds can vary widely. To know whether you're overpaying or getting a good deal, it's important to look at the averages. Many, or all, of the products ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Catherine Brock covers personal finance and investing. Vanguard offers two exchange-traded funds that can easily stand in as core ...

Mutual fund expense ratios over the past two decades have made significant progress, according to a new report. The Investment Company Institute says that the average expense ratio for equity mutual ...

Expense ratios, sector tilts, and portfolio breadth set these two small-cap value ETFs apart for investors weighing costs versus coverage. Both the iShares Morningstar Small-Cap Value ETF (ISCV) and ...

If we needed another knife in our gut as the result of the recent economic turmoil, the mutual fund industry has sharpened theirs in an effort to survive. But their knife is not cutting - it's raising ...