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Our analysis of the fourth quarter in stocks and funds.

Christine Benz helps investors check their progress, assess allocations, target holes and overlap, and upgrade their holdings.

See what we like about Pioneer National Resources.

Our analysis of the third quarter in stocks and funds.

This year our annual investment conference has gone digital: view many of the sessions with Morningstar.com's reports.

Our analysts think the market is overlooking these names.

We have removed these names from our list of high-conviction picks in August.

These utilities will struggle to increase their dividends.

These utilities boast sizable yields and are undervalued.

Overall, Verizon is performing broadly in line with our expectations, and we don’t plan to change our $59 fair value estimate or narrow moat rating.

Our analysis of the second quarter in stocks and funds.

Our analysis of the first quarter in stocks and funds.

We offer three picks in the most undervalued sector, energy.

We view the termination of the spin as favorable to shareholders and think shares of the no-moat firm are undervalued.

There was nothing passive about the Vanguard founder and father of passive index investing.

Our analysis of the fourth quarter in stocks and funds.

And more on evolution of foreign stock index funds.

We discuss boutique firm Diamond Hill, explain ESG portfolios, and examine our new factor tool.

We recap the week on Morningstar.com and note the most popular stocks, funds, and exchange-traded funds.

Morningstar director of personal finance Christine Benz has developed a series of hypothetical portfolios for savers and retirees comprised of ESG focused mutual funds and ETFs.

'Tis the season for giving. Here are some smart charitable-giving strategies.

We highlight dividend opportunities in telecom and share our stance on Sherwin-Williams.

This rating helps investors to better understand and manage total ESG risk in their investments.

Christine Benz helps investors check their progress, assess allocations, target holes and overlap, and upgrade their holdings.

We break down Vanguard’s view on ETF trends and what makes United Rentals attractive.

We examine muni bonds, utilities, and Teva’s shares.

We examine electric vehicles and withdrawal strategies for retirees.

ETFs for low yield environments and insight on energy sector’s future.

A stock pick from the packaged food aisle, and why emergency funds are necessary for retirement.

Our analysis of the third quarter in stocks and funds.

We examine the benefits of these vehicles and how they differ from conventional 529 plans, and we take a deep dive into what each state has to offer.

Sustainability in fixed income, saving differences by gender, and a bargain in CenturyLink.

We look into funds that are worse than they look and examine Wyndham Hotels shares.

On this week's podcast, custody banks, the costs of poor timing, and Ariel's take on the market.

On this week's podcast, the pitfalls of market-cap-weighted indexing, what M&A activity means for payment processors, and floating-rate funds.

On this week's episode, we look through Kinnel's picks in several categories.

We'll be watching as Boeing, Facebook, Alphabet, AT&T, and Amazon.com report.

We take a numerical look through this week's Morningstar research. Plus, our most popular articles and videos for the week ended July 19.

We take a numerical look through this week's Morningstar research. Plus, our most popular articles and videos for the week ended July 12.

On this week's podcast, great funds having a tough year, a clever Social Security strategy being phased out, and LabCorp.

We take a numerical look through this week's Morningstar research. Plus, our most popular articles and videos for the week ended July 5.

Our analysis of the second quarter in stocks and funds. Also, undervalued stocks and quarter-end index and fund category data.

We take a numerical look through this week's Morningstar research. Plus, our most popular articles and videos for the week ended June 28.

In this week's podcast, Campbell's new recipe for growth, divorce and retirement planning, and Medicare pitfalls.

In this week's podcast, top world-stock funds, a small-value pick, and what Christine Benz's streamlined portfolios are missing.

We take a numerical look through this week's Morningstar research. Plus, our most popular articles and videos for the week ended June 21.

We're watching the release of several consumer data points as well as earnings from Walgreens, Conagra, and General Mills.

We take a numerical look through this week's Morningstar research. Plus, our most popular articles and videos for the week ended June 14.

In this week's podcast, funds run by topnotch managers, an excellent deep value fund, cheap oilfield services companies, and protecting finances from cognitive decline.

On this week's podcast, our take on Guidewire, a suite of foreign-stock index funds from Fidelity, and what curbing rebates could mean for drug manufacturers.