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The Motley Fool February 28, 2005 |
Understanding "Window Dressing" Some mutual funds are pulling the wool over your eyes. |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2004 |
Mutual Funds: Big Can Be Bad It can be hard to perform well when you simply have too much money to invest. |
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 July 1, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
What Mutual Funds Don't Tell You Last-minute fund moves can't fool you if you're prepared. |
The Motley Fool April 6, 2006 Rex Moore |
Trim That Disgusting Fat Bloated mutual funds can have trouble keeping up with the market. |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2004 |
How to Think About Diversification There's no absolute best number of stocks to own. Too few and you've taken on too much risk. Too many and you've diluted the power of your holdings more than you had to. |
The Motley Fool November 12, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Funds Cleaning House Window dressing, or dumping an undesirable stock before the quarter's end so that it won't appear reports, is what many mutual fund managers engage in as they prepare to close their books at the end of the quarter or year. Is your fund doing this? |
AskMen.com April 14, 2002 Rashmikant Patel |
Starting A Portfolio Investors can easily understand and build a portfolio that conforms to their needs... |
The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Duprey |
How Many Is Too Many? The legends weigh in on the eternal question of how many stocks to own. But a portfolio of quality companies takes years to build -- don't expect it to grow overnight. |
The Motley Fool February 11, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Mistake That Could Derail Your Portfolio for Years Just because a mutual fund did well before doesn't mean it will continue to do so. |
The Motley Fool January 16, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
When Big Funds Are Bad You can take much of the headache out of investing and meet the market average by investing in index funds. |
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. |
Entrepreneur April 2006 Dian Vujovich |
Less Is More Quality counts more than quantity with the Janus Orion fund. |
Investment Advisor August 2005 Angelina Dance |
S&P Mutual Fund Sector Focus: Small-Cap Growth Still Packing a Punch Growth investing, particularly in the small-cap sector, has traditionally been considered a high-risk approach, yet in the past several years has proven to be rewarding. |
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 June 15, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Is It Time to Sell? Here's the answer to one of the toughest questions fund investors face - when is it time to move on? |
The Motley Fool February 22, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Small Caps Win For many investors, it makes a lot of sense to inject some small-cap companies into their portfolios. |
The Motley Fool July 20, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Fidelity Magellan Bounces Back Remember Fidelity Magellan fund in the 1990s, one of the brightest stars in the fund world? Magellan may be beginning to shine once more. |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Score Great Deals at Wall Street's Expense The end of the quarter is approaching. If you hurry, you have an opportunity to pick up great stocks at attractive prices -- and perhaps beat big institutional investors to the punch. |
The Motley Fool March 4, 2005 Paul Elliott |
Wall Street's Worst-Kept Secret Over the long haul, smaller-company stocks outperform their mid- and large-cap peers, so smart investors own them. |
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 May 11, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Building the Perfect Portfolio Smart asset allocation is critical to successful fund investing. Staying the course is a fine idea, but because your goals and tolerance for risk are bound to change over time, the perfect portfolio will always be a work in progress. |
BusinessWeek September 6, 2004 Lewis Braham |
How To Spot A Closet Index Fund When funds charge through the nose for index-like performance, it's particularly offensive. If you're holding an expensive index hugger, the best advice is to sell it. |
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. |
Entrepreneur June 2005 Dian Vujovich |
Living Large Large-cap companies are looking attractive again. |
Investment Advisor October 2005 Palash R. Ghosh |
S&P Mutual Fund Sector Focus: Financials Come in All Flavors Financial services stocks have bloomed under a benign climate of historically low interest rates the past few years. Now that the Federal Reserve is committed to raising rates, this asset class may come under pressure as earnings, margins, and credit quality contend with tightening credit. |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2004 Whitney Tilson |
Focus Investing Just as important as the stocks you own is how you manage them. |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2005 Paul Elliott |
Wall Street's Worst-Kept Secret If you invest in stocks for the long term, you must own small-cap stocks. |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2005 David Meier |
The Value of Cash What should an individual investor do if the overall stock market isn't expected to return much over the next few years? In a struggling market, valuation -- not cash -- is king. |
The Motley Fool November 24, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Focus Fuels a Comeback Recently, a bunch of mutual funds have been enjoying strong comebacks after the devastation of 2008. |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2005 |
Think Thrice Before Dividing in Thirds Portfolio allocations don't come in one-size-fits-all. A more sensible approach is to consider investment timeframes and, of course, what you can tolerate in terms of market volatility. |
The Motley Fool December 3, 2004 Josie Raney |
Funds Prep to Play Santa It may be high shopping season, but December is often the cruelest month when buying funds. |
Entrepreneur September 2004 Dian Vujovich |
Way to Grow Large-cap growth funds may not sound exciting, but there's a solid place for them in a diversified portfolio. This fund uses a computer model to pick its winners. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
When Good Funds Go Bad Sometimes parting isn't such sweet sorrow. Consider, for example, the strange case of Fidelity Magellan. |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2006 Warren Gump |
Learning From Longleaf Reading the periodic reports of mutual funds that successfully implement strategies similar to your own can be a great source of investment information. |
Registered Rep. November 1, 2004 Stan Luxenberg |
The Retiring Kind Keeping the loyalty of retirees is urgent business for fund companies. Retaining retirees is particularly crucial for Fidelity. |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2004 Dayana Yochim |
Peek Into Your Boss' Portfolio It turns out that company executives invest as conservatively as they dress. |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2004 Dayana Yochim |
How the Big Cheese Invests A new report reveals how highly paid executives allocate their savings. |
BusinessWeek April 17, 2006 |
Three Scenarios Variable Returns: Portfolio 1 -- 75% large cap... 25% bonds... Portfolio 2 -- 50% large cap... 25% small cap... Portfolio 3 -- 16.67% large cap... 16.67% mid cap... 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. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2005 Pat Regnier |
The Rise and Rise of Mutual Funds For planners and individual investors alike, equity mutual funds made portfolio management possible. |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2005 Paul Elliott |
Wall Street's Worst-Kept Secret If you invest in stocks for the long term, you must own small-cap stocks. |
The Motley Fool July 26, 2011 |
HMS Holdings Earnings Preview HMS Holdings will unveil its latest earnings on Friday, July 29. |
Investment Advisor January 2006 Kathleen M. McBride |
Many Happy Returns Stratton Growth Fund has displayed a disciplined approach to all-cap value investing that has outperformed for decades. |
The Motley Fool June 4, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
These Buyers Will Launch Stocks Higher For fund managers who've kept money on the sidelines this year, the pressure's on to get fully invested -- and when those holdouts start buying, they'll likely push stocks even higher. |
The Motley Fool May 27, 2005 Bill Barker |
$40 Billion Small Caps How your "small-cap" fund might own some of the biggest companies in the market. |
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 August 9, 2004 Chris Mallon |
Through the Earnings Looking Glass Look-through earnings provide a new and insightful view of your stock portfolio. |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2004 |
Asset Allocation for Retirees A helpful way to approach asset allocation is to jot down how much you have, how much you want to withdraw each year, how quickly you expect your nest egg to grow invested in your various options, and how long your money needs to last. |
The Motley Fool June 16, 2006 James Early |
10 Ways to Make Money in Stocks A few carefully chosen blue-chip stocks can make a great foundation for a successful long-term portfolio by offering solid returns with a little bit less downside volatility. And that can be a pretty good deal in a crazy market like this one. |