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In the world of mutual funds, options are seemingly endless. There are load funds, incubated funds, passively managed funds, and the list goes on. How does the average investor fare in this sea [...]

At Empirical, we generally advise individual investors to avoid investing in individual securities (such as single stocks or bonds), instead recommending the use of funds of these assets to get [...]

Main Result: Last year’s winners continue to perform well for one to eight more quarters. Last year’s losers continue to perform poorly. Persistence in poor performance is stronger [...]

John C. Bogle shares his extensive insights on investing in mutual funds Since the first edition of “Common Sense on Mutual Funds” was published in 1999, much has changed, and no one [...]

Throughout the last fifteen years of the bull market, individual investors were able to participate and amass financial holdings by way of mutual funds. But the constant buying and selling to [...]