Two well-known categories of investments are equity funds and income funds. But what exactly are they, and which one is right for you? Let’s start by defining them. Equity funds are pooled ...

Qi Yang / Getty Images Mutual funds are investment vehicles that purchase stocks with investor capital in the hopes of capital appreciation. They are considered equity securities because investors ...

Feb 28 (Reuters) - Investors increased their holdings in U.S. equity funds over the week to February 26, buoyed by confidence in the economy's resilience and expectations of a Federal Reserve rate ...

Equity long-short — a strategy pioneered by Alfred Winslow Jones in 1949 — is the oldest type of hedge fund. Managers take bets on stocks they believe will do well and against names they ...