There are several risks that investors in Target Date Funds should be aware of when investing, and our tips for using them in your portfolio.

Have you heard of mutual funds but don’t know how to start investing in them. In this blog post, you’ll learn what are mutual funds and the pros and cons of investing in them.

We love index funds here at The College Investor, and we’ve recommended several in our Guide to Investing. However, there’s a new type of index fund that is gaining in popularity, and one that I think has a lot of merit – equal weighted index funds. An equal weighted index fund is just like it sounds […]

Hidden in the small cap corners of the investment universe are hundreds of closed-end funds overlooked by Wall Street. These funds do it all, from private equity-style investments in small companies to leveraged junk bond investments you can’t find anywhere else. Let’s look at the closed-end fund category and explore why investors might choose to […]

The international investment landscape is constantly changing, against a back-drop of social, political and economic unrest. The evolutionary investment market is also complicated further by the relationship between developed and emerging economies, as the latter continue to develop and offer alternative options for individuals with disposable income who are in search of a viable return. […]

If you’re like the majority of the population, you hardly even know what a mutual fund is let alone know how to find a good one. If you have your 401(k) set up through your employer, then you most likely have a very small selection of funds to choose from. If this is the case […]