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The ‘active versus passive’ debate is one that has raged for over two decades, with one investment style broadly dominating the other at any given time. Active fund management relies on a skilled stock picker to select the investments for the portfolio. These carry higher fees and, in theory, ought to deliver better returns than…

The U.S. labor market seemed to be on upswing after a surge in new employment early this year — but a summer slowdown in hiring and fewer help-wanted ads suggest it won’t get any easier to find a job.

This week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS) alerted consumers to a food recall involving more than 1,500 pounds of pork product distributed to eight states. The recall is being initiated due to fears that the pork may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, a potentially deadly bacterium. Here’s what you…

A criminal pieces together a synthetic identity using fragments of personal information stolen from different individuals—a Social Security number from one person, a date of birth from another, and an address and phone number from a third. With the help of AI, these disparate data points can be combined into a convincing identity that can…

Every fund charges an annual expense ratio, a percentage of your assets taken as a fee regardless of performance. A 1% expense ratio on a $100,000 portfolio costs you $1,000 a year, while index funds from major low-cost brokerages commonly charge 0.03-0.05%. Check yours, because that difference compounds into tens of thousands over an investing…