Every time you invest in a mutual fund, you're making a choice that could cost or save you tens of thousands of dollars—and ...

the fund substantially lagged the category and both benchmarks on both total and risk-adjusted returns. Meanwhile, the W shares of Franklin Mutual US Value, which went through the same team ...

You typically won’t pay a CDSC if you sell Class A shares of a mutual fund, but you might if you sell Class B or Class C shares. Class B shares typically charge a sales fee that declines the ...

This span can vary depending on the fund, and not all funds charge these sorts of fees. Note: Some mutual funds offer different share classes (usually A, B, and C). Different share classes incur ...

Mutual funds are pooled investment portfolios. The fund collects capital from many investors, uses the money to maintain a portfolio of securities, and allocates shares of the portfolio to its ...

The price of a mutual fund share is known as the fund's net asset value, or NAV. There are currently more than 9,000 mutual funds that hold more than $16 trillion in assets. In part because of ...

When it comes to distributions, the difference between ordinary income and capital gains has nothing to do with how long you have owned shares in a mutual fund but rather how long that fund has ...