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You researched what college to attend. You research term papers every semester. You even look up that cute History 101 classmate on Facebook before making your move. So why wouldn't you research a charity before donating your hard-earned money this holiday season? Doing your homework before writing...

You could give up thousands of dollars in mutual fund fees and not realize you're doing it. That's because fund fees are stated in percentage rather than dollar terms. The Supreme Court took up a case Monday to determine whether fund fees are being determined correctly and whether investors get...

This week eBay announced it would stop selling ivory products -- even antiques. The idea is to make sure there's less of a viable market for ivory -- and help cut the demand that leads to more elephant killing. The decision comes just before the International Fund for Animal Welfare issued a report...

Mutual fund investors pulled $26 billion out of stock funds in July, the Investment Company Institute (the fund industry trade group) says. That's a net figure: we actually put in put in $108 billion, exchanged in $17 billion. We just withdrew $26 billion more than that.To have any net negative...

Although some people have the knowledge, resources and savvy needed to successfully play the stock market for themselves, many other people don't. For the people who lack the time or talent to manage their own portfolios, there are funds that will handle the technical work for you. In...