Vanguard Explorer has long been a popular small-cap stock fund. So popular, in fact, that it is periodically closed to new investors. Given the current dismal drop in the stock market and accompanying cash outflows, the fund’s management has decided that it can take on more investors. Is this a buying opportunity?

Janus Mid Cap Value isn’t your typical Janus fund. Janus flew high based on its growth stock investing strategy during the go-go tech bubble of the late 1990s, but then fell hard in 2001 and 2002, issues which were compounded by its involvement in the…

If you’re up for a defensive allocation, Fidelity Select Consumer Staples may be the fund for you. Formerly named Fidelity Select Food and Agriculture, the fund focuses on companies engaged in the manufacture, sale or…

If you’re looking for a broadly diversified fund with strong returns to tap into rapidly expanding economies overseas, American Funds EuroPacific Growth A may be for you. The fund, which has benefited from the falling dollar, invests in large companies in developed and emerging markets…

JennisonDryden is a captive mutual fund company for Prudential Investments. The Jennison Natural Resources Fund invests in natural resources broadly defined, including precious and industrial metals, oil and natural gas, and timber and agriculture. Right now, 39.4% of the fund is…

The Huntington Situs Fund, formerly the Huntington Situs Small Cap Fund, invests in small companies anywhere in the world. The fund has an interesting stock selection bias. “Situs” means “where the property is located,” meaning the fund looks…

American Funds Fundamental Investors is a big fund with a nice, steady track record. This growth and income fund has been around since 1978, posting a compound annual rate of return of 14.22% (13.99% if you want to include..

When Richard Aster launched Meridian Growth Fund, Ronald Reagan was president, the unemployment rate was 7.5% and Apple manufactured the first Macintosh computer. In the 23 years since the fund was launched, a lot has changed, but not Aster’s investment philosophy.

While Marsico doesn’t officially manage the 21st Century Fund – the third fund started by the fund family – he works closely with manager Corydon Gilcrist, CFA. The fund invests in growth companies of any size and boasts a concentrated portfolio of…

In its 77 year history, Dodge and Cox has launched a total of four funds. Dodge and Cox International, launched in May 2001, is the firm’s newest fund. In the past six years, the fund has gathered an impressive $38 billion in assets and has…