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The Motley Fool May 21, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Triple Your Returns? Don't Bet on It Leveraged ETFs don't deliver the results many investors are expecting over the long haul. |
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Berries for the Bears The increased shorting of ETFs by hedge funds is a sign that the smart money crowd knows a good thing when they see it. |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2010 Tom Lydon |
Leveraged ETFs: Useful, but Be Careful Make sure you know what you're doing. |
Financial Advisor February 2, 2009 Marla Brill |
Handle With Care Inverse and leveraged inverse ETFs can help battle a bear market, but you need to watch them carefully. |
The Motley Fool May 3, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Do These ETFs Work After All? Research suggests criticism of leveraged ETFs may be unfair. |
The Motley Fool September 26, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Most Expensive ETFs You'll Never Need As more and more of these funds are being rushed to market, expenses on some ETFs have begun to creep up. In fact, some ETFs now charge more than many actively managed mutual funds. Why are some of these funds so expensive? |
The Motley Fool December 21, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
How Did All These ETFs Drop in 2011?! Leveraged ETFs again were a losing long-term bet. |
The Motley Fool May 13, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
When Inverse ETFs Make Sense If you ever need a bet against a particular market, take a closer look to see whether unleveraged inverse ETFs might be the right way to play. |
The Motley Fool December 2, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
A Big Surprise for Investors This Year ETFs are supposed to be tax-efficient, but sometimes they fall short. |
The Motley Fool May 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Easiest Way to Gamble Your Money Away Investors are taking a big bet on leveraged ETFs. |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
How Bear-Market ETFs Punished Investors As much bear-market ETF shareholders may appreciate finding gains when nearly everything else lost value last year, they may get a nasty surprise in the coming weeks as brokers release tax information. |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel |
R.I.P., ETFs? As so many big Wall Street firms merge or collapse, ETFs have not been spared from the carnage. The credit crisis could send a slew of funds to their graves. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
The Best ETF for 2007: ProShares Ultra S&P 500 Double the return or double trouble? Since its inception in June 2006, the ETF has done a good job of meeting its objective, helped in large part by a stock market that has mostly gone straight up during that period. |
Investment Advisor June 2009 Vaughan Scully |
ETF Advisor: ETFs for Cash Over the past year, ETFs holding money market securities -- Treasury, municipal, and corporate bonds that mature in less than a year -- have sprung up to give investors a "cash-equivalent" ETF option. |
Investment Advisor March 2010 Vaughan Scully |
The Battle for 401(k) Accounts ETFs have only established a small beachhead so far in the 401(k) arena. That may not change any time soon. |
The Motley Fool March 4, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Big Winner in the Bear Market The end of the bull market brought with it a sea change in the way many investors look at their investments. And no one was better poised to take advantage of that change than the companies that produce ETFs. |
The Motley Fool July 8, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Leveraged ETFs Are Going Down Regulators want more disclosure about these funds. |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Bears Are Back and They're Buying This Take a look at the Active Bear ETF, and you'll find just about everything you'd expect from an exchange-traded fund. But instead of owning holdings, this fund takes short positions. |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Another Painful Year for Leveraged ETFs 2010 has once again shown how trying to turn leveraged ETFs into a long-term play on an investment trend can turn out very badly -- even if you pick the direction of the market correctly. |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Will These Investments Get the Job Done? Leveraged funds did somewhat better in 2009, but that doesn't make them good investments. |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
2 ETF Mistakes That Will Cost You Not understanding how your ETF investments work can be deadly. |
The Motley Fool June 4, 2010 Saletta & Caplinger |
Are ETFs the Best Way to Short the Market? As part of our special series on short-selling, two Motley Fool analysts look at whether short ETFs are the best. |
The Motley Fool April 21, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
These Investments Just Don't Work The appeal of leveraged exchange-traded funds is that they let you multiply your returns over those of particular indexes or sectors of the market. But the reality proves much more disappointing. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
You Should Watch These High-Powered ETFs Leveraged ETFs are dangerous, but keeping your eyes on them gives you valuable insight on price movements. |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
ETFs Can Be Taxing Watch out for tax pitfalls when investing in exchange-traded funds. |
The Motley Fool June 12, 2009 John Rosevear |
You Can Make Money in Any Market Somebody will make money in the next downturn. Why not you? |
The Motley Fool November 19, 2008 Shannon Zimmerman |
Better Living Through Leverage The associated costs and risks are of course crucial to bear in mind when contemplating leveraged ETFs -- but so too are the asset allocation benefits that savvy investors can have when using them intelligently. |
The Motley Fool February 8, 2011 Chris Harris |
Why Are the All-Stars Scared of Ultrashort ETFs? While ultrashort ETFs can present numerous problems for individual investors, they can be a valuable way to hedge a portfolio. |
The Motley Fool May 22, 2007 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Why I Sold My Only ETF Here, the author explains why he isn't the ETF investor he thought he could be. |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
A Tax Cut Everyone Can Agree on Taxing mutual fund and ETF capital gain distributions has never made sense. |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Watch Out for These Costly Investments High costs can make ETFs look bad. |
The Motley Fool September 20, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
3 ETF Strategies for Beginning Investors You don't have to be a trader to use ETFs. |
The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Best Method for Simple Investing Depending on how you invest, making the right choice between ETFs and index mutual funds will give you exactly the portfolio you want. |
The Motley Fool May 25, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Foolish Weekly Fund Wrap-Up Bear-market ETFs are suddenly red hot: ProShares benefits from investor jitters... Fidelity launches Income Replacement Funds... Two more ETFs you never knew you needed... |
The Motley Fool September 26, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Bring Your Investing Into the 21st Century If you haven't tried out ETFs in your portfolio, it's time to give them another try. For many investors, ETFs can make it easier to create the perfect mix of investments for any set of goals. |
The Motley Fool September 23, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
No Starring Role for This Investment Not all exchange-traded funds are created equal. In fact, some, like leveraged and inverse leveraged funds, may offer more distractions than true benefits to investors. |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2006 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Boring Bond ETFs? For income and diversification, consider bond ETFs. |
The Motley Fool August 17, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
This Trap Could Cost You Thousands ETFs can be useful, but you may not be as diversified as you think. |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel |
This Fund Isn't Complaining About Lehman For a year and a half, investors wanting to bet on continued problems in the financial industry have used the UltraShort Financials ProShares ETF. So far, that bet has been highly rewarding; the shares have returned 65% over the past year. |
Financial Advisor December 2005 Jim Wiandt |
Taxing Questions Are ETFs really more tax efficient than mutual funds? Financial advisors, take note. |
The Motley Fool December 31, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel |
2008 Year-End ETF Review A look at the 2008 ETF universe. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2008 Donald Jay Korn |
ETFs After the Fall The impact of the equities market shocks in September and October on ETF asset accumulation isn't yet known; and what the impact of the change in the general investment climate this fall will be on ETFs is anybody's guess. |
Financial Advisor October 2006 Matt Hougan |
Making Lemonade From Lemons The time to actually do something about taxes is now. Swapping ETFs to harvest losses can make a lot of sense. Financial advisors, take note. |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
ETFs Get Active With all the attention and assets flowing toward exchange-traded funds, new variations on these funds were inevitable. Actively managed ETFs are coming soon. |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2006 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Spiders for Arachnophobes Far from being creepy, ETFs can spin some nice profits in your portfolio. |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
6 ETFs That Won't Rip You Off Don't pay more than you have to for ETFs. |
Financial Advisor June 2006 Matt Hougan |
Death And Taxes? Capital gains distributions. Dividend taxes. 1099s. The very words send a shiver down the spine of prudent investors. What's an advisor to do? Well for starters, you should take a close look at exchange-traded funds (ETFs). |
BusinessWeek June 6, 2005 Adrienne Carter |
The Hottest Funds In Town The fast growth of exchange-traded funds has the mutual-fund business scrambling. |
The Motley Fool February 17, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
The Secret to Finding the Best ETFs In the investing world, exchange-traded funds are the new must-have accessory of the season. But be warned, there are more funds that aren't worth your time then funds that are. |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
ETFs You Just Don't Need Active ETFs are coming, but why buy? |