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The Motley Fool March 14, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Are You Overdiversified? Learn what you're really getting with an S&P 500 index fund. |
The Motley Fool October 28, 2006 Todd Wenning |
One Major Retirement Mistake Compounding interest statistics can be misleading to investors planning for retirement. Here's how to be conservative with your growth estimates. |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Right Investments for Your Retirement Set up a portfolio that will last throughout your golden years. |
The Motley Fool September 1, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Fund Fakery Is your expensive, managed fund really an index fund in disguise? |
The Motley Fool December 10, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
A High IQ Won't Make You a Great Investor We investors, even us smarties, often place more importance on how we think a fund performs than on its fees. |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
Why You Should Love "Unstable" Investments This ever-changing index can roll with the market's punches. |
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. |
InternetNews January 3, 2007 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Ouch If the first day of trading is any indication, volatility may return in '07. |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Turn the Tables on the Lost Decade If you lost money during the last 10 years, you made a simple mistake. It's not enough to keep all your money invested in the same big companies. |
The Motley Fool December 30, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Can You Beat Index Funds in 2009? Get the right mix in your investments. |
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
The S&P 500 Breaks a Record What should you do if you're afraid of a major market meltdown happening soon after you buy in? Staying out of the market forever isn't the best option. Instead, given a long time horizon, you might just jump in, prepared to wait it out if you need to. |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
How to Build a Better S&P 500 As terrific as S&P 500 index funds can be, they're not perfect. But a newer, potentially better kind of index fund could help fix one of their biggest weaknesses. |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Market-Beating Returns Made Simple This twist on the old index fund does well. Equal-weight funds have done quite well compared to traditional index funds over periods of several years. |
Investment Advisor May 2006 |
Upgrades Standard & Poor's launched the S&P Completion Index... Rydex Investments received a private letter ruling from the IRS... Fidelity Investments registered with the SEC... etc. |
The Motley Fool December 11, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Index Funds: So Hot Right Now Indexing is stylish, but can you profit from its idiosyncrasies? |
InternetNews October 6, 2005 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Stocks Threaten Support Thursday's decline broke more major support levels. |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2006 Mary Dalrymple |
401(k) Confusion A recent report examining the behavior of 2.8 million 401(k) plan participants suggests that there's some confusion out there. Here's some advice. |
The Motley Fool April 6, 2006 Rex Moore |
Trim That Disgusting Fat Bloated mutual funds can have trouble keeping up with the market. |
AskMen.com Charles Frisbie |
Guy's Guide To Index Funds Index funds are a good way to diversify your portfolio with modest growth. Learn here how to pick a good one. |
Entrepreneur July 2007 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Play It Safe There's plenty of room in your portfolio for stocks - but to ride the wave of market volatility, diversify with bonds, too. |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
Beat the S&P 500 -- Guaranteed! Put a too-often-neglected investing tool, reinvesting index fund dividends, to work for you. |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
The Surprising S&P 500 Learn fun facts about the venerated index, which just turned 50. Many index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are tied to it. |
The Motley Fool March 25, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
The World's Easiest Retirement Plan Doing anything -- anything at all! -- to prepare for retirement, is better than doing nothing. Read on for our simple plan. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Tim Hanson |
The Stocks You Need While the lesson that the market is no get-rich-quick scheme is a valuable one, there is no substitute for stocks when it comes to supercharging your retirement savings. Perfect your portfolio through smart asset allocation. |
The Motley Fool May 1, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Safer Way to Seek Great Returns Dipping your toes into new stocks that you've never looked at before will be enough to get you started on the road to better returns. |
AskMen.com Ryan Ortega |
Invest On A Budget With a little planning and common sense, you can invest on a budget with very little money up front and, hopefully, a large payout in the end. |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
I'm Bucking the Trend Index funds are gaining momentum -- but should they? |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Wait Another Minute to Do This The bear market will inevitably push some investors to take less risk than they should. But you don't have to sacrifice your dreams out of fear. Start investing today and get yourself on the road to financial security. |
The Motley Fool January 2, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Resolve to Invest Smarter Three tips to help your portfolio become fit and gain weight in a good way. |
The Motley Fool February 25, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Index Funds Are Hard to Beat An eye-opening new study from Standard & Poor's reveals that the majority of managed funds fail to outperform simple index funds. That's right -- funds run by actual human beings still can't beat a copycat strategy of matching a broad index's holdings. |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Uh-Oh: Your Retirement Has Been Rescheduled A market downswing can derail retirement plans with little warning. |
The Motley Fool January 27, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
These Investments Could Steer You Wrong Index funds and exchange-traded funds aren't perfect. |
The Motley Fool June 23, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
You're Smarter Than the S&P 500 Maybe you can beat an index fund, but don't get cocky; remember, hindsight doesn't count. |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
Investors Are on the Verge of Disaster In the frenetic craze to find security for their portfolios, investors are jumping on the bond bandwagon, despite terrible returns. |
The Motley Fool January 4, 2006 Tim Hanson |
10 Years to Change Your Life Go from zero to $80,000 by shifting a few financial gears. Here are some retirement options. |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Your Index Fund Is Making a Bad Investment Funds have to do what the indexes they track do. |
The Motley Fool April 24, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Invest Well or Your Kids Will Blame You Many investors have turned to 529 plans to help with their college savings. Yet the bear market has had a huge impact on these savings vehicles as well. What can you do now? |
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman |
Get Off to a Smart Start Just getting your feet wet with investing? We've got a cheat sheet. |
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Jeffrey M. Laderman |
Mutual Funds: What To Do Now Wondering how to cope with the growing scandal? Here are some answers. |
InternetNews July 22, 2004 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Another Day, Another Reversal Market overdue for a bounce. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2006 |
Are Stocks Risky? Stocks aren't risk-free, but for many they offer the best possible returns. The more you learn, the more you can manage risk. |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Lumpy Results Ahead Don't expect smooth sailing when you're investing. In the short run, the stock market is especially volatile, and your performance over a few months could be a gain of 25%, or a loss of 18%, or something else. |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Do-It-Yourself Way to Save Your Retirement If you want to protect yourself from stock market losses, doing it yourself can help you save a bundle. |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Investor, Know Thyself The best time to assess your risk tolerance is when the markets force you to tolerate risk. |
The Motley Fool September 19, 2006 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Retirement Planning the Easy Way? As you plan for retirement, a target fund might be worth considering. Make sure that the fund you select matches your risk tolerance and your personal retirement goals. |
The Motley Fool January 5, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
Will This Investment Crush Your Funds? Boring old index funds might be more powerful than you think. |
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 |
The Stock Market Is Risky Learn to take fewer chances when you invest. |
Financial Advisor December 2004 Christopher P. Parr |
Look Mom! I Beat the S&P Again! Legg's Value Trust---relative fund superstar or absolute media hype? |
The Motley Fool August 14, 2007 Robert Brokamp |
A Brief History of a Stupid Investor If you want to increase your wealth, if you want to protect your wealth, and if you want to parlay that wealth into a long retirement, an intelligently created and maintained asset allocation is the way to go. |
The Motley Fool July 3, 2008 Brian Richards |
The Worst Investment I've Ever Seen Many people do not realize that mutual fund fees are important for making an index fund investment decision. Secondly, even investors who realize fees are important do not minimize index fund fees. |