Shareholders will have yet another reason to bemoan the state of their investments as more mutual-fund firms are set to raise their fees.

The Supreme Court will hear a case against a mutual fund charging investors too much, and that ruling could dictate whether mutual-fund investors pay lower fees to fund managers in the future.

Pending hearing an excessive fee suit against a mutual fund for charging investors exorbitant fees, the Supreme Court could mandate lower management fees. This change could have wide scale benefits in the recession.

In this down market, more money managers may be raising fees on their accounts. Break points that allowed for small percentage in fees for larger accounts could damage those who lost a great deal of money in this recession.

The stimulus program will give an added boost to federally subsidized bond mutual funds.

As the first mutual fund turns 85, experts cite the fund's ability to remain average has served it well. As a conservative long-term investment, Massachusetts Investors Trust goes to show that despite depressions, short ETFs and more, mutual funds aren't going anywhere.

Widespread reductions in corporate dividends add insult to injury, particularly for shareholders reliant on dividend-focused mutual funds and ETFs.

In the wake of an ailing economy, many growth managers are seeking to revamp their mutual fund portfolios to not only include stocks that have high annual earnings increases, but also those that show strong growth and rebound potential.

At the heart of the mutual fund industry's efforts to reform and better regulate the U.S. financial system is the proposal for the creation of a larger, federal regulatory body comrpised of the SEC and the Commodities Futures Trading Commission.

The asset management industry isn't quite as sick as the banks, but the people and companies who run your mutual funds are feeling the heat of the financial crisis just as well. With consolidation and layoffs continuing for fund companies, several funds (which are technically independent companies) may be consolidated or even ...