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Commodity, energy investment funds on a comeback

Long-suffering energy limited partnership funds, for example, have leaped 21.46% the past 30 days.

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Vanguard rolls out funds with 0.01% expense ratio

The minimum investment is $5 billion for the stock fund, and $3 billion for the bond fund.

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Why bigger isn’t better when buying a house

There's plenty of evidence that it's not a great investment — and may even be a bad one in a recession.

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Why bigger isn’t better when buying a house

There's plenty of evidence that a big house is not a great investment — and may even be a bad one in a recession.

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Fidelity, other mutual funds fight SEC’s liquidity-cushion rules

Faced with one bond-fund meltdown and worried about others, the Securities and Exchange Commission is pushing new rules to ensure investors can get their money back when they want it.

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Pimco defends treating dividends, capital gains as new inflows

Many fund companies, such as Fidelity and Vanguard, back out dividends and capital gains from their net flows calculations. So does Morningstar.

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More than 20% of mutual funds shuttered over last five years

Competition from index funds could hold the death rate steady going forward.

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Will inflation rise from the dead?

The bellwether 10-year Treasury note currently yields 1.75% — a level that reflects more worry about falling prices than rising ones.

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  • ETFs
  • March 6, 2016

Some dividend-loving funds hit new highs

The average stock fund investor is still sitting on losses since the market's May 2015 peak. But many funds that invest like your grandparents have already climbed out of the hole.

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Tech stocks for dividends no longer a joke

Reason to like tech dividend payers: Most have enough cash to keep their dividends flowing for years.