S electing a low-cost fund with a certain kind of portfolio—such as U.S. stocks or taxable bonds—can be a time-consuming task. We make it easy in this fund-buying guide.
Say you need a fund for your 401(k) or for the loose cash in your brokerage account. Morningstar offers 25,800 choices. Pawing through those is a daunting task. Use our shortcut.
The Fund Finder cuts the menu down to 199 of what we call Best Buys. These funds have low annual expense ratios. The ones organized as mutuals have no sales loads. The ones that are exchange-traded have decent trading volume, so you don’t get badly nicked when entering or exiting.
The Best Buys are…
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