A mutual fund is a pooled collection of investment funds. When you buy shares in a mutual fund, your money is combined with other investors’ money. A professional fund manager uses the capital to ...

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 ...

When evaluating mutual funds and ETFs, investors must also understand the difference between the net expense ratio and the gross expense ratio. The gross expense ratio represents the total annual ...

WASHINGTON, July 17, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Investment Company Institute (ICI) research released today finds that retirement savers in 401(k) plans saw average mutual fund expense ratios at historic ...

Wondering how FXAIX and VOO stack up? You aren’t alone. To help, here is an explanation of the key differences between the ...

If you’re an investor, you need to know about expense ratios. These fees — inherent in all mutual funds, index funds and exchange-traded funds — can significantly drag down your portfolio returns. And ...

"Index funds can help investors achieve long-term success through their low costs, broad diversification, low turnover and ...

FYEE (7.1% yield equity income) and FSOL (Solana cryptocurrency). FSOL launched in November 2025 as a high-risk crypto ...

Vanguard has cut the expense ratios of 168 mutual fund and exchange-traded share classes across 87 funds, effectively immediately, which will save Vanguard’s investors more than $350 million in 2025 ...

Investors paid lower average expense ratios for equity mutual funds in 2013, says a report from the Investment Company Institute (ICI). “Trends in the Expenses and Fees of Mutual Funds, 2013” examines ...