Mutual funds produced $111.8-billion in net sales from January to Nov. 30, up significantly from $23.6-billion a year earlier. Mutual funds also had $2.03-trillion in total net AUM on that date ...

TORONTO, Jan. 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — The Investment Funds Institute of Canada (IFIC) today released its 2021 Investment Funds Report. The report provides statistics and analysis of mutual fund ...

By 2021, “two of every five dollars invested in funds was held in index funds specifically—more than twice the share they held a decade earlier.” ...

Passive funds held 16% of US stock market by value at the end of 2021, while active funds had 14%, research by the Investment Company Institute showed.

An index fund is a basket of investments -- usually stocks or bonds -- that tracks the performance of a specific sector or market.

Goldman Sachs that fundamental long-short hedge funds posted a gain of 3.79% in January, driven by their market exposure. Systematic long-short funds, which use algorithmic trading, were down 0.50%.

Index funds generally have lower expense ratios, often below 0.2%, while mutual funds can have ratios exceeding 1%. Over time, these differences can significantly impact your investment returns ...