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The Motley Fool December 7, 2004 David Gardner |
Finding the Best Funds Here's how you can climb to the top of the mutual fund heap. |
The Motley Fool November 6, 2006 Tim Hanson |
Don't Try to Beat the Market It's entirely possible to be a hands-off investor and still put the long-term wealth-building power of the stock market to work for you. The secret? Index funds. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2004 David Gardner |
Finding the Best Funds David Gardner rolls out a new service to help you climb to the top of the mutual fund heap. |
The Motley Fool October 11, 2006 |
On Funds and Meetings If you hold shares through a mutual fund, can you attend annual company meetings? |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2004 |
Seeking Outstanding Mutual Funds Don't settle for below-average performance when you can earn average or better. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007 |
International Flight Over the last three years, foreign mutual funds have posted annual returns twice those notched by the S&P 500, prompting investors to dump shares of U.S. stock funds and park that cash overseas in search of fatter returns. |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Marketing, Vanguard-Style Phenomenal growth with minimal marketing -- it can be done. Between 1981 and 2004, Vanguard's market share of mutual fund assets swelled from 1.7% to 9.6%. |
The Motley Fool September 13, 2004 Dayana Yochim |
How to Stretch a Buck How to make the money you already have go further. |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
The Fund Fee Fracas Are mutual fund fees too high? |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2007 Jill Ralph |
Don't Sabotage Your Retirement To give yourself a chance at a truly golden retirement, don't let inertia take hold of you -- in either your saving or your investing. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005 |
Fun Days for Funds No Kidding The market may have been flat for much of 2004, but it didn't affect investors' enthusiasm for mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool June 25, 2004 Tim Beyers |
Fund Independence Day Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission turned up the heat on the mutual fund industry by requiring that funds maintain a board of trustees that is at least 75% independent from management. |
The Motley Fool November 20, 2006 Todd Wenning |
Yes, You Can Beat the Market How do individual investors have the upper hand against fund managers? As an individual investor, you have mobility and freedom on your side -- something mutual fund managers don't always have. |
The Motley Fool December 29, 2003 |
What's a Mutual Fund? It's sort of like an investing club. |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2005 |
Understanding "Window Dressing" Some mutual funds are pulling the wool over your eyes. |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2005 |
Hedge Funds Explained While the word "hedge" conjures up images of investors cautiously hedging their bets, hedge funds are often extra-risky, volatile investment vehicles that demand huge upfront investments, sometimes in the millions. |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Wondering About Magellan A recent Money magazine article asked a question that's on the minds of many mutual fund investors: "Can Magellan Bounce Back?" |
The Motley Fool November 2, 2006 Richards & Hanson |
Beat the Pros at Their Own Game Which is the better hypothetical long-term investment, owning stock mutual funds or the common stocks of the companies that run those mutual funds? |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
I'm Bucking the Trend Index funds are gaining momentum -- but should they? |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Dayana Yochim |
It's Time for Your Quarterly Cash Checkup Make sure your money is working hard and smart for your future. |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Recent Trends in Mutual Funds Most of us hold some mutual funds. See how they've been growing lately. |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2005 |
Don't Buy the Dividend! There's a bad time to buy into mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
How to Make Money With Mutual Funds A lowdown on mutual funds. |
HBS Working Knowledge December 8, 2003 |
Readers Respond: Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund? I am skeptical of the ability of fund managers to consistently beat the market... I believe that we have probably seen the beginning of the decline of the actively managed mutual fund... The mutual fund scandal will shift public trust towards index funds... etc. |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Closet Indexing This is a good reminder that when we study mutual funds, we should be vigilant. |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Whatever You Do, Avoid Mutual Funds Funds can bring you a world of hurt, so be careful. |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Key to Successful Mutual Fund Investing Mutual fund expenses may be one of the best ways to tell whether a fund will outperform or not. |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Not Your Father's Mutual Fund Funds have changed a lot -- and not for the better. Select carefully. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Investing on Faith Fees and performance may be at the top of the list of mutual fund characteristics investors look for, but don't count out faith. |
The Motley Fool October 31, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Why Pay for Nothing? From the standpoint of the individual investor, mutual fund fees often go unnoticed. However, they're extremely significant and represent a large handicap for savers to overcome in trying to reach their financial goals. |
Registered Rep. June 8, 2011 Joel Greenblatt |
Anyone -- Even The Little Guy -- Can Beat the Market As most financial advisors know, the secret to successful investing is relatively simple: Figure out the value of something and then -- pay a lot less. |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Retirement Funds Ballooning Investors have fatter retirement accounts, with much in mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool August 18, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Rich Dad, Dumb Dad? Robert Kiyosaki may have sold a lot of books, but don't buy all his advice. Kiyosaki's preferred growth vehicles -- real estate, businesses, and options -- can be just as risky, if not much more risky than a simple index fund. |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
I Love the S&P 500 The main reason to love this index is that over time, it tends to beat the pants off the majority of managed mutual funds. |
Wall Street & Technology July 1, 2005 Maria Santos |
Investor Distrust According to a recent survey, less than one-third of U.S. households agree that their mutual fund companies can be trusted to advertise honestly, outperform their competitors or even do the right thing. |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2006 Bill Mann |
Succeed Where Most Fail The majority of mutual funds underperform the unmanaged S&P 500 index. Learn to use the system to your financial advantage: 1. Don't overtrade... 2. Avoid the institutional imperative... 3. Fish where the fish are... |
HBS Working Knowledge December 1, 2003 |
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund? What is the answer to allegedly poor mutual fund governance practices? Can mutual fund directors, often responsible for dozens of funds in a fund family, be expected to exercise adequate oversight? Or must practices be corrected through added regulation? Or is the problem deeper than this? |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Old Mutual Spreads Its Wings It remains to be seen if Old Mutual's plans for growth will make this firm's funds worth owning, but one fund, Old Mutual Focused Fund, is already worth a look. |
The Motley Fool August 24, 2007 Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Making the Most of Your Mutual Fund Stock analyst Shannon Zimmerman discusses how to manage your mutual fund in uncertain times. |
The Motley Fool January 8, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
3 Mutual Fund Winners As more and more mutual fund families have been caught up in scandals, it can make an investor wonder whether there are any trustworthy funds out there. Well, there are. Here are three fund families that remain very solid. |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Get More Than You Pay For Although open-end mutual funds make up the majority of all mutual funds available to investors, there's another type that acts much differently. Closed-end mutual funds, carry with it inefficiencies that astute investors can observe and use to their advantage. |
The Motley Fool April 15, 2005 Richard Gibbons |
Why I Hate Wall Street Wall Street preys on ignorance by pretending that investing is harder than it is. |
HBS Working Knowledge December 15, 2003 |
Readers Respond: Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund? Business leaders and managers who can't recognize public and investor trust as a fundamental requirement of their business should be fired or barred for life... As soon as I can beat the market on my own, I'm out of mutual funds... etc. |
The Motley Fool October 1, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Window Dressing for Nudists Some mutual fund managers like to stock up their portfolios with some of the best-performing stocks at the end of every quarter so they look good to their fund shareowners. |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Are Stock Mutual Funds Dead? There's a new honcho in town. |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Index Funds Win Again Index funds are cheap, easy, and they reliably outperform many other funds. |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2008 Robert Brokamp |
Jack Bogle on Warren Buffett and Beating the Market The father of index funds chimes in on picking individual stocks. |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
The Case for Mutual Funds Picking the right fund is every bit as important as picking the right stock, if not more so. |
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
10 Trillion Reasons to Invest Mutual funds keep raking in the money. |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2006 Chuck Saletta |
Dueling Fools: Mutual Funds Bear Problems ingrained in the basic structure of mutual funds typically make them bad investments. |