Nellie S. Huang
Nellie S. Huang joined Kiplinger in August 2011 as a senior associate editor for the investing team. She writes and edits stories covering stocks and bonds, exchange-traded funds and mutual funds. She shepherds the magazine’s Kiplinger 25, a list of Kiplinger’s favorite actively managed mutual funds, and she launched the Kiplinger ETF 20, a list of our favorite exchange-traded funds. Her stories help readers invest wisely for long-term goals, such as retirement and college savings. She has also written about digital advisers and online brokers, as well as how to read an annual report and a mutual fund prospectus. In every article, she strives to make complex investing topics accessible to everyone by writing in plain language and simple terms.
Kiplinger isn't Nellie's first foray into personal finance: Nellie was a senior editor at Money, where she worked with young reporters writing about personal finance stories. She also worked for a decade at SmartMoney, covering a variety of topics, from banking and credit cards to real estate and retirement. Later, she wrote exclusively about investing, covering mutual funds and stocks. During her tenure there, she won a Personal Finance Journalism award from the Investment Company Institute for a story she wrote on mutual funds and was a contributor to a story on saving for college tuition that won a National Magazine Award in the Personal Service category. She also co-authored two books, The SmartMoney Stock Picker’s Bible and The SmartMoney Guide to Long-term Investing.
Prior to joining Kiplinger, Nellie spent more than a decade in Hong Kong. She worked for the Wall Street Journal Asia, where as lifestyle editor she launched and edited Scene Asia, an online guide to food, wine, entertainment and the arts in Asia. Prior to that, she was an editor at Weekend Journal, the Friday lifestyle section of the Wall Street Journal Asia.
Nellie graduated from Dartmouth College with a bachelor’s degree in Asian Studies and started her journalism career at Manhattan,inc. magazine (later M magazine) as an assistant to Clay Felker, the late legendary American magazine editor. She lives in Bethesda, Md., with her husband and three children.
Latest articles by Nellie S. Huang
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Being Nimble Is Key to This Fidelity Bond Fund's Outperformance
The Fidelity Total Bond ETF has done well over the long term as managers adjust to changing tides.
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The Kiplinger Dividend 15: Our Favorite Dividend-Paying Stocks
dividend stocks The Kiplinger Dividend 15 are poised to benefit as falling interest rates lure investors back to dividend-paying stocks.
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How to Invest at Each Stage of Your Life
Wealth isn’t typically built overnight. It takes a series of moves over time. With that in mind, we’ve crafted a game plan for how best to save and invest at every stage of life.
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The Kiplinger 25: Our Favorite No-Load Mutual Funds
The Kiplinger 25 The Kiplinger 25 is a list of our top no-load mutual funds that have proven capable of weathering any storm.
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Retirement Income Funds to Keep Cash Flowing In Your Golden Years
Retirement income funds are aimed to engineer a steady payout of cash for retirees. Here are a few we like.
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Should You Be Investing In Buffered ETFs?
Buffered ETFs help cut stock market losses, but investors will sacrifice some gains. Here's why.
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Kiplinger ESG 20: Our Favorite ESG Stocks and Funds for Investors
Investing for Income Doing good and making money are no contradiction with these ESG stock and fund picks that ride the trend of socially conscious investing.
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How This Vanguard Emerging Markets Bond Fund Outperforms Its Peers
The Vanguard Emerging Markets Bond Fund took a cautious positioning at the start of the year, which has helped it beat the majority of its peers.
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10 Bond Investments to Consider Before the Fed Cuts Rates
Why these picks for your bond portfolio are poised to help you get the biggest return in market conditions.
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6 Target-Date Funds to Buy For Your Retirement
These six target-date funds are good set-it-and-forget-it options that are a staple of retirement plans.
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A State Street Fund Excels in Rough Year for Healthcare Stocks
The healthcare sector has lagged the broader market, but this State Street fund outperformed its peers thanks to its market cap weighting.
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Growth Beats Yield at This T. Rowe Price Mutual Fund
The T. Rowe Price Dividend Growth Fund has lagged the broad market amid higher interest rates, but the tide may be turning.
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Kip ETF 20: The Best Cheap ETFs
ETFs Build a solid core for your portfolio and explore new opportunities with our favorite low-cost exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
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The 25 Best No-Load Mutual Funds You Can Buy
mutual funds The key to building wealth long-term is buying high-quality, no-load mutual funds run by seasoned stock pickers. Here are our favorites.
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The Top-Performing Actively Managed Funds of the Last Decade
These are the actively managed funds that have performed best over the last decade.
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How This JPMorgan Factor Fund Keeps Up With the Broad Market
The JPMorgan U.S. Quality Factor ETF picks stocks based on profitability criteria and boasts a similar return as the S&P 500 but with less volatility.
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A Steady Fund for Bond Market Volatility
Uncertainty around interest rates has the bond market on pins and needles, but this top Fidelity fund can give investors peace of mind.
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What Different Bond Fund Yields Mean
What’s a 30-day SEC yield? A trailing 12-month yield? A yield to maturity? We explain what each measure says about an income fund.
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Are Stocks in a Bubble?
A look at recent stock market performance and if it indicates we are in a bubble.
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10 Great Active ETFs To Buy
Unlike indexed funds, active ETFs have portfolio managers doing the stock-picking. Here are ten we like.
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Kiplinger 25 Model Portfolios
The Kiplinger 25 Reach your investment goals with these plans using the Kiplinger 25, our favorite no-load mutual funds.
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Green ETFs and Mutual Funds for Growth Investors
ESG Environmental themes like renewable energy, electric vehicles and battery storage can be more enticing when pooled in funds.
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Where Can the Magnificent Seven Stocks Go in 2024?
The Magnificent Seven have been driving stock returns. Here, we take a close look at the mega-cap hotshots to see what's next.
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Is This New Portfolio Allocation Trend a Fad or a Winner?
The 25x4 portfolio is supposed to be the new 60/40. Should you bite?
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