Nearly every commodity fund you can buy in a brokerage account holds futures contracts, not physical barrels of oil or bushels of wheat. Gold funds are the main exception, since m ...

Corporate bonds are a natural temptation when building a ladder. They typically yield more than Treasuries and CDs of the same maturity, and for investors in states with low or no income tax, that ...

Dividend Reinvestment Plans (also known as Dividend Reinvestment Programs, or DRIPs) are a great tool for long-term investors. The compounding interest of DRIPs allows investors to purchase additional ...

Keith E. White, Senior Managing Director and Equity Portfolio Manager at Wellington Management. He has worked in investment management with Wellington Management since 2007. Education: B.S., James ...

Every year around this time, fund companies start publishing estimates of the capital gains distributions they expect to pay in November and December. For investors holding mutual funds in taxable ...

Preferred-stock closed-end funds have been a favorite with income investors for years, and it’s easy to see why. They typically pay distribution rates well above what core bond funds offer, a good ...

In seeking to track the performance of the FTSE US Broad Investment-Grade Corporate Bond 10+ Years Index (the "Index"), the Fund uses representative sampling and is not required to purchase every ...

The Fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund (“ETF”) that seeks capital appreciation by gaining economic exposure to SMR Companies (as defined below). Under normal circumstances, the Fund ...

In seeking to track the performance of the FTSE US Corporate Bond AAA-A Rated 3% Issuer Capped 0-10 Years Index (the "Index"), the Fund uses representative sampling and is not required to purchase ...

The rapid growth of active ETFs has transformed how investors build portfolios. What began as a low-cost way to track traditional stock and bond indexes has evolved into an investment vehicle capable ...

A regulated water utility with 60 straight years of dividend increases offers a 2.88% forward yield, a 9% 3-year dividend growth rate, and a beta of just 0.48. That low beta means its share price has ...

A midstream energy partnership that gathers, processes and transports natural gas, crude oil and produced water now offers an 8.35% forward yield. That rate tops the 7.0% average for energy ...