Fidelity Becomes Player in ETF Wars Published: Wed, Feb 17, 2010 Even as stock market uncertainty grows amid volatile days like we've had last recently, there is a stealth war for retail investors' trading dollars. And it's heating up — especially in the realm of exchange traded funds (ETFs), which are the fastest-growing segment of the retail investment market these days.... Read More

Don't Go Sour on Global Stocks Published: Sat, Oct 24, 2009 Q: Since stock markets around the world all "crashed" at the same time, what's the point of international investing? A: That's a question a lot of people are asking themselves these days. International investing always was seen as a way to "diversify" risk in an investment portfolio — on the theory that if the... Read More

Stupid investment of the week: ING Principal Protection Funds Updated: Sun, Jul 30, 2006 When it comes to movies, most people say that a sequel is never as good as the original. Moreover, producers seldom make a sequel to a bad movie. The same should hold true for mutual funds, but that seldom stops managers of dumb offerings from creating poor sister funds. That situation is taken to the extreme with... Read More