Retirement Investment Digest

Reports show the average 401(k) account has 42% of the money investing in the company’s stock. 3 out of 4 employees have more than 50% of their retirement account in…

In 2006, Google almost became a mutual fund. To a fund investor, the king of search hardly seems like anything that resembles a mutual fund. And for those who follow…

If your over 70-and-a-half, you are required to take a certain amount of money (Required Minimum Distribution) out of your retirement accounts each year. Looking through tables and formulas to…

I’m told my mutual fund family directory is one of the best resources for finding the websites for actual fund companies. It is a difficult directory to maintain because fund…

People like round numbers. Whether it’s a 40th birthday, the 100th anniversary of an event, or a company’s 5,000th customer, Americans love to celebrate round numbers. Perhaps no number has…

Lipper reports all major fund types receiving positive inflows for September for a total of about $30.5 billion. Equity funds were more popular than fixed income funds and money market…

Have you heard of exchange traded funds (ETFs)? If not, you may have been missing out on one of the most popular new investment vehicles over the past few years….

Morningstar counts 349 new funds launching this year. With so many funds in the market, some of the new funds had to go with more creative names. My favorite name…

Q3 numbers are in. The 10 Best Funds of 2006 list shows that China, Russia, Gold and Real Estate funds are returning the highest returns so far. Gold started losing…

With Fidelity shifting managers for a dozen funds, Mark Hulbert of MarketWatch reminds us that the fund manager might not be as important as the fund company. A study by…