It may have been the roughest five years in mutual fund history, but some managers dodged the worst of the crash, pounced on every opportunity and produced double-digit returns for their investors. Here are 15 of the best.
PLUS: 5 Big Funds to Reconsider
Thanks to recent changes in the tax code, millions of upper-income taxpayers can now move their retirement savings into Roth accounts. Why the opportunity is good for some people—and too good to be true for others..
As the economy forces many families to remodel rather than move, they're looking to the dark, drafty place usually home to steamer trunks. The latest action under the eaves.
Buying foreign stocks isn't the only way to benefit from growth in overseas economies. Investors are capturing a big chunk of it by looking to U.S. firms that get more than half their sales outside the country.
More firms are scaling back or dropping disability coverage—creating a crisis for ill and injured workers. We examine a troubling hole in the workplace safety net.
PLUS: Disability Insurance: Who Gets Denied?
Put it this way: In Las Vegas, it's not just the casinos profiting from visitors. Being stuck in traffic isn't the reason, though. How not to get taken for a ride.
Investing in the firms other companies are hiring.
A top-ranked mutual fund doesn't guarantee top returns.
Sprint-Nextel's CEO wants to change people's idea of his phone company.
Are active ETFs worth a try?
Firms charge marketing fees on funds they don't market.
Scoring with utility stocks.
Companies are buying back stock again. Should you care?
Prospects for biotech firms.
Trial stays. Lease-to-own offers. Dirt-cheap deals. The vacation-ownership industry, battered by a 40 percent plunge in sales, may have more bargains these days than the overall real estate market. Does this spell opportunity for time-sharing vacationers—or buyer's remorse?
Most teenagers who begged Mom and Dad for a cell phone probably didn't realize what they were in for when they finally got one: Their parents can use it—and a number of other new gadgets—to monitor their whereabouts.
How to swap cars, homes and more online; getting a sweet deal from your tax pro. Plus: a designer wardrobe for less.