An investment fund provides a broader selection of investment opportunities, greater management expertise, and lower investment fees than investors might be able to obtain on their own.

Forbes Advisor has compiled this history as a handy guide to the course of the federal funds rate and the Federal Reserve’s monetary policy decisions since 1990. The federal funds rate is the ...

The last time the Fed funds rate was that high was for a couple months in early 2001, shortly after the Supreme Court decided the Bush v. Gore presidential election. Yet when Powell & Co. slashed ...