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The Motley Fool August 29, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Best Small-Cap ETFs These exchange-traded funds win the best-in-class award. Let's take a closer look at the iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF, the Vanguard Small-Cap ETF, the iShares Morningstar Small Core ETF, the iShares S&P 600 Value ETF, and the Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF. |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
These Growth Stocks Are Also Good Values Stocks with good growth prospects can also be good values on a relative basis. Read on to see how. |
The Motley Fool September 25, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Watch Out for Broken ETFs Government action sometimes has unintended consequences. |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Can You Defend Your Portfolio in One Fell Swoop? A new index, the ETFI Highly Defensive PerformIdex, aims to track defensive giants. |
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. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Protect Your Portfolio Many fund managers predict a market slide. Are you prepared? |
The Motley Fool August 22, 2008 Anand Chokkavelu |
Don't Buy the S&P 500 If throttling the market is your goal -- and it should be -- you need to buy individual stocks -- and you need a way to separate the winners from the losers. |
The Motley Fool October 8, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Wow -- Some Stocks Are Still Up?! Who knew stocks could rise in this environment? |
The Motley Fool May 19, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
A Hidden Trap for Bond Investors Bond-index weighting methods may have you buying dangerous bonds. |
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 May 24, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
This ETF Sector Is Getting Pricey While large-cap stocks dominated in the late 1990s, small-cap stocks have had a truly amazing run in the decade since then. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Danger: Slowing Returns Ahead There's little doubt that the past five years have been good to investors. Don't look now, but a gray cloud of slower returns may be appearing on the horizon. |
The Motley Fool August 5, 2009 Jennifer Schonberger |
Leveraged ETFs: Buyer Beware! Risks for investing in leveraged ETFs. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Stan Luxenberg |
The Smart Way to Use Index Funds Now In the cold light of the bear market, advisors have discovered inherent flaws in the indices and the funds that track them. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
This Could Be an ETF Game Changer Longtime index company Russell Investments comes out with new ETFs. |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
It's Time to Sell Your Small-Cap Stocks Large-cap valuations are unusually attractive. |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2009 Julie Clarenbach |
Value? Growth? Both! What gets lost in the "value vs. growth" debate is this: You shouldn't be buying only one stock anyway. You should be building a portfolio. And that portfolio should be diversified. |
The Motley Fool June 12, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
These Passive Investments Are Actually Active The line between active and passive mutual funds is blurry. |
The Motley Fool October 15, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
A New Way to Battle the Economy Should you defend your portfolio with the new Sabrient Defensive Equity Index ETF? |
The Motley Fool December 11, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Find the Best Deal on Dividend Stocks Once you decide that you want to add some dividend stocks or funds to your portfolio, you need to figure out how to do it. |
The Motley Fool December 9, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Why Mega-Cap Stocks Are Not Enough Before you jump into the biggest, most popular index funds that are based on the S&P 500 index, think twice. |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
This Cheap Sector Just Got Even Cheaper Information technology offers an opportunity. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Find Small-Cap Winners the Simple Way Picking a good small-cap ETF makes it easy to broaden your portfolio and improve its long-term returns. Which of these four ETFs has the secret to top returns? |
The Motley Fool October 8, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Is It Too Late to Sell? You're probably tempted to get out at any cost. |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
This Drop Is What You've Been Waiting For Falling markets scare the hardiest of investors. But for those who'd thought they'd never get a great opportunity to invest, the time has come. |
BusinessWeek November 1, 2004 Young & Woolley |
Making the Most of Your Losses Your portfolio's ailing stocks can help trim your tax bill -- with this simple strategy. Sell your losers to generate tax losses that can offset any gains you've taken or plan to take. But there are some caveats. |
The Motley Fool September 23, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
The Simple Strategy That Improves Your Returns Buying when everyone else is selling takes a lot of discipline. But even if you miss the bottom, you don't have to have perfect timing to profit in down markets like this one. |
Registered Rep. December 28, 2012 Stan Luxenberg |
Passive or Active Funds Overseas It's true that retail investors have been selling domestic-oriented equity mutual funds for the last five years. But they are buying foreign ETFs. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2008 Stephen Savage |
Anatomy of a Recovery Let's look at performance history to analyze how past market downturns have played out and, more specifically, the ultimate impacts of different levels of decline. |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Why Investors Are Fleeing China The economy is overheating. |
Registered Rep. September 10, 2010 Stan Luxenberg |
Are Index Funds' Distorting Markets? With money pouring into index funds and ETFs, passive portfolios are distorting markets, harming many investors. Index funds are creating disturbing conditions in a variety of asset classes, including emerging markets, small stocks, and commodities. |
The Motley Fool February 5, 2008 Sham Gad |
Bear Markets, Best Profits Sitting still and being patient through a bear market can really pay off. |
Entrepreneur August 2008 Farnoosh Torabi |
On The Upside The economy may be heading downhill, but for short funds, things are looking up. |
The Motley Fool September 10, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
The Best Stocks for a Down Market You don't have to just let a bear market happen to you, taking your lumps along the way. Take note of these defensive bear market stocks to prepare for a downturn, and to profit from it. |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Jared Cummans |
Simplifying Investing: 5 All Cap ETF Options Get exposure in all the right places. |
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 November 5, 2009 Julie Clarenbach |
Value? Growth? Both! Wouldn't you like to have both value and growth stocks in your portfolio? The lower risk that value investing provides, along with the unimaginable upside of a great growth stock? You can. |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Why Your Stocks Will Bounce Back The bear market won't last forever. Pick the right stocks now. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2008 Stacy Schultz |
The Storm Continues The year 2008 began with talk of recession, causing investors to flee to vehicles least affected by the turmoil. Many have turned to bond exchange-traded funds. |
On Wall Street September 1, 2008 J Gibson Watson |
The Sleeping Bear Has Emerged. Now What? The hardest-hit market segments are often the ones that will lead the pack during the subsequent recovery. |
Financial Planning May 1, 2011 Temma Ehrenfeld |
Indexing Works Even fans of index funds often believe they do worse than funds with active managers during bear markets. |
The Motley Fool October 4, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Watch Out for These Costly Investments High costs can make ETFs look bad. |
The Motley Fool October 31, 2011 Brian D. Pacampara |
4-Star ETFs Poised to Pop: Vanguard Small-Cap Market-trouncing returns could be written in this four-star. |
The Motley Fool April 15, 2011 Jared Cummans |
Friday's ETF to Watch: Financials Sector Fund Bank of America reports earnings today. |
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 October 13, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
How Long Should You Ride This Rally? This rally has been a great ride, but is it time to hop off? |
The Motley Fool June 22, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
The Best Stocks for a Down Market Fortunately, you don't have to just let a bear market happen to you, taking your lumps along the way. There are ways to not just prepare for it -- but profit from it. |
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 October 20, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
This Easy Move Will Save You $215,900 It's all in what you pay. Doing what you can to minimize your costs, however, will always put money back in your pocket. |
BusinessWeek March 12, 2007 Lauren Young |
The Trouble With ETFs As more esoteric funds proliferate, they're failing to live up to their promises. |