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The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Whitney Tilson	Bearish Options Strategies Whitney Tilson explains why he purchased put options on two tech-heavy indexes. As a general rule, I do not recommend buying options. They're illiquid, the bid-ask spreads are murderous, and it's always dangerous to have time working against you. It's hard enough to be right on the direction of a stock's movement, much less being right on the timing as well. But in the case of long-term puts on the Nasdaq 100 and the Semiconductor Holdrs Trust, the risk-reward equation is simply too attractive.
The Motley Fool December 17, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Debating Investing Mistakes Should you avoid stocks with high P/E ratios? Should you buy stocks in a down market? Is it possible to over diversify your portfolio? Investors disagree about whether some investing actions are mistakes.
The Motley Fool January 8, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Is That Stock Priced Too High? Some steep prices are too steep.
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The Motley Fool September 7, 2004 Salim Haji	How Many Stocks Should You Own? Diversification into stocks you don't fully understand could increase risk within your portfolio.
The Motley Fool January 16, 2004 Matt Richey	Be Greedy for Value "Mini-bubbles" may be popping up, but Matt Richey says there's still value to be found.
The Motley Fool January 20, 2004 David Forrest	Stocks at the Extremes The author uses a simple stock screen to identify a small handful of companies that may have come too far, too fast. Is there profit to be made by betting against these stocks?
The Motley Fool September 21, 2005 Philip Durell	Hunting Glamour Gone By Former glamour stocks offer great value opportunities for smart investors.
The Motley Fool April 12, 2006 Selena Maranjian	The "Highest-Rated" Stocks, Debated A critique of the Investor's Business Daily's list of 10 Highest-Rated Stocks leads to a rebuttal from the publication's editors.
The Motley Fool March 23, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Behold: The "Highest-Rated" Stocks Quantitative lists of stocks don't tell you the whole story. Running screens and crunching numbers can work for some folks, but wise investors look beyond the numbers. Here's why.
The Motley Fool January 27, 2004 David Forrest	Valuing the Biggest and the Best Some old-school insight into the new economy stocks.
The Motley Fool April 15, 2004 Seth Jayson	Looking for Graham Crackers Searching for old-school value stocks in a hot market is like hunting those mythical snipe.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Jim Fink	Want 50% Annual Returns? An explanation of the allure and illusion of mechanical investing, which is stock-picking strategies based on quantitative computer screens.
The Motley Fool June 24, 2004 Tim Beyers	What Tech Bubble? The author disagrees that tech's highly overvalued. Investing in technology has long been a highly risky but profitable endeavor.
The Motley Fool June 10, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Profiting From My Mistakes If you want to make a profit, then do as I say, not as I've done. The author has been investing for a decade now, and she's made her share of missteps along the way. Take time to learn from her mistakes so you can avoid the same pitfalls.
The Motley Fool July 7, 2004 Tim Beyers	Loving the Limit Limit orders effectively tell your broker to go bargain hunting for you. Your order is filled when someone agrees to your terms. Here's how to use them.
The Motley Fool June 10, 2006 Rex Moore	The Best Stocks for New Money It's time to add new money. What will you do? The most important consideration, especially for the average individual investor, is balance: between large and small caps, between less risk and more risk, and among different industries.
The Motley Fool October 8, 2004 Seth Jayson	Never Too Poor for Stocks Investors know that stocks are not just for the rich.
The Motley Fool January 2, 2004 Zeke Ashton	New Year's Resolutions for Investors January is a traditional time for resolutions for the New Year. Here are 10 resolutions for investors to help cut down on mistakes, shape up portfolios, and achieve financial goals.
The Motley Fool February 6, 2006 Rich Smith	The April Effect Can the IRS help your portfolio? What if stocks go on sale once every year? Is Uncle Sam offering up bargains for investors to take advantage of?
The Motley Fool June 17, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Fools Don't Rush In Be skeptical when you see lists of recommended stocks, and think for yourself. Some companies will perform well, but many won't. Do some research on your own, and find the firms that suit you best.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2004 Rex Moore	Battling the Bears It's been one year since a "bear scare." What have we learned? Last year, a stock rally drove some bears out of hibernation, literally "distressing" at least one of them. But equities continued their steady pace upward, and the market timers once again came up short.
The Motley Fool June 24, 2004 Richard Gibbons	Tech Stocks Not Worth the Risk The technology sector might look promising, but prudent investors should take a second look. Some investors swoon over technology's potential, but they might be overlooking some very real problems in the sector.
Investment Advisor November 2005 Palash R. Ghosh	S&P Mutual Fund Sector Focus: Mid-Cap Value Funds Tap Rich Vein For the five-year period through the end of September 2005, the average mid-cap value fund registered an average annualized return of nearly 10.0%, versus a 1.5% drop for the S&P 500: RS Value Fund... Wiley Mid-Cap Value Fund... etc.
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The Motley Fool September 23, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Penny Stocks, Anyone? Penny stocks are often tied to small, unproven companies with no track record of solid financial performance. Worse, these stocks are among the easiest to manipulate and often are manipulated by scam artists.
The Motley Fool May 7, 2004 Seth Jayson	Lessons From Laziness The key to finding stocks suitable for the lazy portfolio is to find businesses that require the bare minimum of work from the investor. Here are six rules for the lazy investor to live by.
The Motley Fool July 27, 2004 Rich Smith	The British Retreat As British stocks become cheap relative to U.S. stocks, British companies could become more and more attractive acquisition targets for U.S. companies
The Motley Fool November 10, 2005 Michael Sarill	The Warren Buffett Challenge Nervous about holding a portfolio with significant positions in fewer than five stocks? Maybe you should be. If you're not a master investor, it's difficult to know just what the biggest winners of the future will be.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2003 Whitney Tilson	2003 Report Card At the turn of each year, the author owns up to his advice from the previous year. Bad calls? He's made a few. Great picks? He's had those, too. Today, he files his 2003 report card.
Registered Rep. February 1, 2003 Stuart Chaussee	Trading Places It's time for a growth rebound. The argument for growth rests on the reversion-to-the-mean concept. Overly simplified, the concept means that when stocks (or any asset class) outperform their historical average, that asset class enters a period of underperformance and vice versa.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2004 Rich Smith	Feeling Contrary? Move to Europe! Unlike the American, the European equity bubble got popped and stayed popped.
The Motley Fool July 21, 2005 Bill Mann	Been Caught Stealing There's nothing wrong with taking investing ideas from others, so long as you still do the work.
The Motley Fool August 27, 2004 David Meier	Inside the Value of Stock Lists Screens and lists are useful starting points, but more work has to be done to determine whether a stock is a worthwhile investment.
The Motley Fool June 29, 2005 Tony Cornish	Buy the Right Kind of Cheap Trade in your wing-and-a-prayer approach for the certainty of value investing.
The Motley Fool April 5, 2006 Rex Moore	Are You Invested in the Right Industries? One thing that often gets lost in all the talk of sizzling stocks and 20-baggers is the benefit of diversification. It's a concept every investor can understand and profit from.
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BusinessWeek October 4, 2004	Why Value Still Beats Growth Value stocks have been on a five-year roll, gaining an annualized 7.4% since 1999, vs. a loss of 3.8% for growth stocks. Can the trend continue?
The Motley Fool August 13, 2004 Tom Gardner	Should You Own 50 Stocks? The majority of individual investors in stocks are still in learning mode and should have very diversified portfolios.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2004 David Forrest	Managing Your Portfolio's Risk The author believes that understanding the "wealth effect" and keeping a good eye on Mister Market will help you to better manage your investments.
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The Motley Fool January 11, 2006 Dave Mock	More Mediocrity, Better Returns Once your portfolio is concentrated in a handful of quality companies, it's a matter of maintaining the patience to ride your winners. Avoid an itchy trading finger and focus on company fundamentals, not price swings.
The Motley Fool March 17, 2005 Robert Brokamp	Stocks for the Really Long Term Yes, stocks are the long-term investment of choice. But at any price?
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The Motley Fool June 14, 2004	Deciphering Nasdaq Symbols What does it mean when a Nasdaq company's ticker symbol ends in "F"?
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