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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TIAA-CREF Real Estate Securities Rides High on a Hot Market
Markets This fund currently favors single family home rentals and data centers.
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The Best Funds to Buy for the Roaring ’20s
Economic Forecasts Stock market boom? Check. Economy on fire? For now. But this century isn't like the last in important ways.
By Nellie S. Huang • Published
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DF Dent Midcap Growth Should Rebound
Becoming an Investor The fund favors high-quality, growing companies, but in late 2020, investors started favoring low-quality firms at bargain prices.
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Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials Rides the Recovery
Kip ETF 20 Some of the fund's best-performing stocks over the past year were regional banks with market values below $30 billion.
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The Best Fidelity Funds for 401(k) Retirement Savers
Investing for Income Fidelity funds are renowned for their managers' stock-picking prowess. We rate Fidelity's best actively managed funds that are popular in 401(k) plans, including its target-date solutions.
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Coming Soon to an ETF: Your Favorite Fund Manager
Becoming an Investor Some portfolio managers are bringing their star power to exchange-traded versions of their funds. Also, four “nontransparent” ETFs to keep your eye on.
By Nellie S. Huang • Published
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We Welcome a Tech Fund to the Kip 25
Kip 25 T. Rowe Price Global Technology sees promise in smaller tech companies leading changes to consumer services.
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Best Online Brokers, 2021
Becoming an Investor With new traders flocking to the market, can firms keep up? We test how well they serve clients of all stripes.
By Nellie S. Huang • Published
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Our Small-Cap Funds Take Different Paths
Kip 25 Not all pockets of the small-cap world have fared well recently, with value-priced stocks the biggest winners.
By Nellie S. Huang • Published