Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Equity funds buy stock in a range of companies. For some investors, they can be a more economical way to invest than buying individual company stocks. Many, or all, of the products featured on this ...

"Index funds can help investors achieve long-term success through their low costs, broad diversification, low turnover and ...

Most managers fall behind their benchmarks in any given year, and only 1% do better over any five-year period. An index fund is a better choice, but the S&P 500 has been dominated by just a few stocks ...

Private equity funds are investment vehicles that pool together capital from accredited investors to acquire ownership stakes in private companies or, sometimes, public companies that are taken ...

In this series on portfolio basics, I’ll explain some of the fundamentals of putting together sound portfolios. I’ll start with some of the most widely used types of investments and walk through what ...

Asset managers selling private assets to everyday investors claim to have found investing’s holy grail: lower risk (or at least less volatility) and better returns. Is that true? The answer is mixed.