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investing John Carlson blends big-picture economics with security-specific analysis to find bargain bonds in developing countries.

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investing Reasonably priced muni bonds with stable finances draw Mark Sommer and his two comanagers.

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investing Bond gurus Jeffrey Gundlach and Philip Barach pair complementary types of mortgage-backed securities.

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investing Five managers pick firms that are under pressure but have a catalyst—a new product, a new CEO, a restructuring—that could spur growth.

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investing Expense Ratio: 0.47%iShares Global Infrastructure holds 75 stocks: mostly utilities, pipeline firms and operators of other types of infrastructure, such as shipping ports, toll roads and airports.

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business How spending cautiously, plus a little help from Mom and Dad, paid off in the long run.

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Kip 25 A mix of common stocks, preferred stocks, convertible bonds and cash helps tame the inherent volatility of investing in Asia and also helps the fund deliver a 3.5% dividend yield.

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Kip 25 Donald Kilbride seeks high-quality firms that he thinks can and will raise their dividends over time.

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Kip 25 The fund holds mostly large and midsize firms—26 at last word.

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Kip 25 Falling commodity prices and a strong dollar have hurt emerging-markets stocks.

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Sponsored Craig Birk, Executive Vice President, Portfolio ManagementFor the better part of a decade, both stocks and bonds have enjoyed the most favorable conditions in modern memory.

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Sponsored With equity market returns at eye-popping levels over the last several years, many investors hold securities that have appreciated in value.

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Sponsored Closed-End Funds are one of the oldest investments you don’t know about — and that could be costing you the chance to earn some higher-than-average returns.

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Sponsored You may think you need a long and complicated list of tasks to accomplish your retirement goal. But a good place to start is with these four simple steps.JUNE 20, 2016

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Sponsored “Once again, market fluctuations are messing with average investors’ minds,” says J.D.

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Sponsored I have been a tinkerer and inventor my entire adult life, but instead of building a better mousetrap, I concentrate on financial products.I started my career as an actuary and graduated to manage divisions of financial service companies.

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