Mutual Funds Weekly: Many cheap value stocks are now pennies worth picking up — plus other top investing tips

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Value stocks typically are the market’s unloved underdogs, but the past dozen years have been especially harsh for these cheaper-priced, would-be bargains. Yet as uncertainty builds about the U.S. economy’s future, investors are giving value strategies a closer look.

Money and investing stories resonating with MarketWatch readers this past week include a deep dive into value’s comeback and some of the value stocks that Wall Street likes. Plus, check out reports about exchange-traded funds, zero-commission trading, and how investors navigate the complexities of the venture-capital business.

— Jonathan Burton

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Here are Wall Street’s favorite value stocks

Signs that the long run of growth strategies beating value is coming to an end.
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The Federal Reserve is in stealth intervention mode

What the central bank passes off as ‘funding issues’ could more accurately be described as liquidity injections to keep interest rates low.
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Wall Street doubles down on China while corporate America now moves the other way

JPMorgan’s Jamie Dimon and BlackRock’s Larry Fink tout “corporate responsibility” while betting on a totalitarian regime
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Is it time for ETFs to get active?

As ETFs mature and the appeal of their structure becomes more accepted, fund managers will increasingly opt to use an ETF framework, rather than a mutual fund, as the backbone for their investing strategies.
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More ETFs, please, survey says

Investors are open to the idea of actively-managed ETFs, and would like to see more fixed income funds, and not as much ESG.
More ETFs, please, survey says

Zero brokerage commissions? A lot of sound and fury signifying nothing

The odds are against us when it comes to short-term trading
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Fixed-income investors are ready for factor funds, survey says

Factor investing has mostly been applied to stocks, but there are reasons to also consider employing it for fixed-income portfolios, and lots of interest from institutional investors.
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Fewer than 1 in 4 young adults are now ‘financially independent’ from parents

And that can hurt parents financially — big time.
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Europe’s largest money manager warns of an investment industry liquidity crisis

Pascal Blanqué said search for yield and liquidity mismatches a significant risk
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Why Tesla’s future might not be in Elon Musk’s hands

Tesla’s success depends in part on factors outside of the company’s control, writes Vitaliy Katsenelson.
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How does venture capital work?

Venture capital firms fund private startups with the aim of bringing them public at high valuations–think Beyond Meat. But beware the risks to investors in the differences between private and public valuations.
How does venture capital work?

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