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Investing 101: What Is a Mutual Fund?

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Many people want to make money investing so they turn to mutual funds, hoping to capitalize on the long-term growth of the stock market. But before you start investing, it's important to know how a mutual fun...

ETF Lessons From the May 6 Flash Crash

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The "flash crash" of May 6 was a day of reckoning of sorts for investors in exchange-traded funds. "ETFs are relatively new, and not as simple and straightforward as we have been lulled to believe," says Rose...

Investing 101: What Is an ETF?

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Traveling abroad for better returns

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While there's no place like home, sometimes you have to get out of your own backyard -- and that includes investing. Impressive growth in emerging economies such as China and India will boost investments that p...

ETNs: What Every Investor Should Know

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There was a time not long ago when nobody knew what an ETF was. But as of Nov. 30, assets in the U.S. exchange-traded fund industry totaled approximately $739 billion, after climbing $50.3 billion or 7.3% durin...