Columnist unveils annual 'Lump of Coal' awards for mutual funds

<i>Breakfast with Benjamin</i>: It's that time of year when mutual fund columnist Chuck Jaffe doles out his Lump of Coal awards to funds that failed investors.
DEC 04, 2015

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