In recent years, investment companies have introduced a wave of fundamental index funds. Proponents claimed that fundamental ETFs and mutual funds would outdo the S&P 500 and other traditional ...

With broad indexes usually beating actively managed mutual funds, investors have turned to exchange traded funds, or ETFs, which generally charge low fees and seek to mirror the return of a particular ...

Schwab Asset Management, the asset management division of Charles Schwab (NYSE:SCHW), is changing the indexes and fund names for the Schwab Fundamental Index exchange-traded funds and mutual funds, ...

If, for example, advocates of Fundamental Indexing are simply saying that they have found a way to beat market-capitalization-weighted indexes — and that they can elucidate this method in a clear ...

Rob Arnott is no shrinking violet. That's a good thing. The editor of the Financial Analysts Journal and creator of the "fundamental index" concept has just come under fire from two of the biggest ...

Thirty five years after the first S&P 500 index mutual fund was introduced, the appetite for passive investments continues to grow. But, along with an increased affinity for passive investing has come ...

NEW YORK, Jan 23 (Reuters) - Charles Schwab Investment Management said on Wednesday it plans to launch two mutual funds at the end of the month based on the the FTSE RAFI Fundamental index Series. The ...

WESTLAKE, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Schwab Asset Management®, the asset management arm of The Charles Schwab Corporation, today announced index and fund name changes for the Schwab Fundamental Index* ...