This article reviews Fidelity’s Freedom Funds and Vanguard’s Target Retirement Funds. These funds represent an easy way to diversify your investments in a single mutual fund.

If you’re new here, subscribe to my RSS feed to easily see all the latest money management tips, tools and resources. Thanks for visiting!Warren Buffett was recently interviewed on everything from who he supports for President, to the future of the dollar, and the banking crisis. The interview presents an interesting glimpse into [...]

Last week the SEC issued a notice that gave near final approval to Invesco Ltd.’s PowerShares Capital Management unit to issue actively managed ETFs. You can read the SEC release (pdf file), but here are the details and how it changes the investing landscape.
Actively Managed ETFs
Just to review, an ETF today tracks an index, [...]

Last month my wife and I decided to donate 50% of all income from this site to charity. We chose Common Hope to receive these donations, an organization in Guatemala dedicated to the education of Guatemala’s children. I’m happy to report that in January 2008, DR received $846 in revenue, resulting in a [...]

Dodge & Cox announced last week that it will open its Dodge & Cox Stock Fund (DODGX) and Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund (DODBX) to new investors beginning today, Monday, February 4, 2008. Both funds were closed in 2004 to new investors, although existing investors were permitted to continue investing in the funds. [...]