New Webhost

Just migrated MFO Premium to DreamHost from SiteGround, which has hosted the site since launch in November 2015.   The reason for the change is that Paypal recently started enforcing more up-to-date versions of TLS (Transport Layer Security) than were available on SiteGround’s server, so it stopped handshaking with our subscriber management software, called UserBase. …

2017 Performance of Largest Funds by AUM

A bit old news, but here are 2017 risk/return metrics for the top 10 US funds by assets under management (AUM), sorted by AUM. Eight index funds. Two ETFs SPY and IVV. Six Vanguard funds. The two actively managed funds, both American Funds, generate the about same fee annually $2.5B as the six Vanguard funds …

MFO Premium Search Tools Webinars Recordings & Intro Charts

We’ve conducted our first-ever Zoom Webinars … three this month … all sessions generated positive feedback and follow-up … several questions in first session especially. As touted by chip, thought the process was easy, which bodes well for future sessions.   Here are links to our latest webinar intro charts and video:   Intro Charts …

MFO’s Fund Family Scorecard

MFO’s Fund Family Scorecard measures how well funds run by the same management company have performed against their peers since inception.   We first published the card in June 2014 commentary with How Good Is Your Fund Family?, followed by updates in May 2015 and May 2016. Beginning in June 2016, our premium site updates …

Fund Category Leaders by AUM

Vanguard by far has largest number of funds leading their respective categories in assets under management, as seen in table below. At 44, that’s almost 30% of the 155 categories Lipper tracks.   Pulling on this one a bit more … Vanguard has 178 funds in 81 categories, so with 44 of its funds leading …