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BusinessWeek August 27, 2009 |
Picking Winners All of these actively managed funds get an A for stewardship from Morningstar, thanks to their top-notch management companies and fees that are below-average for their fund category |
The Motley Fool July 20, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
A Few Well-Regarded Funds Reopen Should you buy in? Tweedy Browne Value... Fidelity New Millennium... |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Why I Was Wrong, and Then Wrong Again Don't get all excited about a mutual fund based on its performance in a single year. |
The Motley Fool June 20, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money Despite Higher Fees A low fee isn't everything. |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Secret of Chart-Topping Funds Whichever fund family you prefer, keep in mind that firms with the greatest success retaining their investment talent are often equally good at generating above-average returns. Dodge & Cox Stock... American Funds Capital World Growth & Income... etc. |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Best Closed Mutual Funds: Part 1 Though closed to new money, these large-cap funds still excel: Dodge & Cox Stock... Vanguard Primecap... Fidelity Contrafund... |
The Motley Fool October 25, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
30% Annual Returns? Wow! Don't be misled by big numbers from mutual funds. Here, take a closer look at Hodges. The five-year average annual return was 30%, but the year-by-year tells a different story. |
The Motley Fool January 18, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
You're Paying How Much? With mutual funds, you usually get what you don't pay for. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Are These Tomorrow's Top-Performing Funds? Looking for the best mutual funds? There's a new fund-rating system in town that lets you look up a fund and see its grade, from A to F, along with its standing according to four different models. |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
You're Paying How Much? With mutual funds, you usually get what you don't pay for. When it comes to gauging a fund's prospects, few attributes have more predictive power than the expense ratio. |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The Perfect Fit for Long-Term Investors Low-turnover funds invest like you do. |
The Motley Fool June 25, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Pay Attention to Turnover If you're thinking of buying some of a mutual fund's top holdings as individual stocks for your portfolio, be careful. |
The Motley Fool July 27, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Good Funds Opening and Closing The Neuberger Berman International Fund is closing its doors to new investors, but the Longleaf Partners International Fund, which closed its doors to new investors back in February of 2004, is reopening them. |
The Motley Fool November 23, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
The Case for Mutual Funds Investors willing to do their homework can whip up on the Wise with one hand tied behind their checkbooks. Picking the right fund is every bit as important as picking the right stock, if not more so. |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Good vs. Evil Mutual Funds In the battle of good and evil, evil is winning. |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Another Investing Fad Bites the Dust Say sayonara to 130/30 mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The 5-Minute Fund Test Follow these easy steps to find worthy mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2009 John Rosevear |
Don't Miss This New Opportunity There are a lot of benefits to owning good actively managed funds during periods of market turmoil -- and now some of the best ones are open to new investors again. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
A Free Enterprise Fund For certain conservatives, the Free Enterprise Action fund might be appealing. |
The Motley Fool January 15, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
Warning: Your Mutual Fund Might Disappear Which could actually be a good thing. |
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. |
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 August 2, 2004 Mathew Emmert |
Dividend Funds Missing Dividends When you boil down the names, the strategies, and the yields, you really just end up with some fairly average growth funds. |
The Motley Fool May 29, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The World's Most Expensive Mutual Fund Frontier Micro Cap fund takes the cake for sky-high expenses with an eye-popping 18.4% expense ratio. |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2006 Buz Livingston |
A Passport for Your Portfolio Add international diversity to your portfolio with a single well-chosen fund. |
BusinessWeek March 22, 2004 |
No Stars, Stellar Work Strong performance drew so much cash to the Dodge & Cox Stock Fund (DODGX ), one of our 2003 award winners, that it closed to new investors in January. Would-be investors aren't completely shut out: They can still buy shares in the $13.2 billion Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Your Mutual Fund's Hidden Costs When sizing up funds, put expense ratios in context. |
The Motley Fool November 27, 2007 Adam J. Wiederman |
How to Invest When You're Busy If you're pressed for time, mutual funds may be the perfect investment opportunity for you. |
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. |
BusinessWeek May 2, 2005 Adrienne Carter |
Mutual Funds: Why Fees Still Defy Gravity Investors are seeking answers about why annual fees are assessed when fund company assets have increased. Now regulators want to know, too. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
What's in Your Fund? Are you a redundant investor? |
The Motley Fool February 1, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Funds for a Pittance There are no more excuses. You don't need lots of money to start investing in mutual funds. Read on for two recommendations. |
The Motley Fool May 28, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
3 Keys to Avoiding Bad Investments When truly great funds reopen, you should be the first to step up and buy. But not every newly opened fund is great. Before you pick a reopening fund, be sure that it's really the best place for your money. |
The Motley Fool January 23, 2007 Rob Runett |
Find Compelling Investments Around the World Don't let the swashbucklers have all the fun. With the right mix of patience and prudent research, international investing can bring you S&P-beating gains. |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
A Tale of Two Funds Read what mutual fund managers say to see whether you trust them with your money. Dodge & Cox Stock Fund... Boyle Marathon Fund... |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
A Number to Know: 72 Here's one of Wall Street's dirty little secrets. According to Standard & Poor's data cited in Money magazine, 72% of actively managed large-cap funds have failed to beat the stock market over the past five years. How can you find the other 28%? |
The Motley Fool January 27, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Getting Into Closed Funds There's no need to stress out if you're locked out of a good fund. |
The Motley Fool December 9, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Beware of Lists of Top Funds One danger of investing is the list of top-performing mutual funds that you'll find often in many financial periodicals. Why are such lists problematic? Let us count the ways. |
The Motley Fool March 14, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
More Proof of a Losing Investment Strategy Finding outperformance among actively managed funds. |
The Motley Fool July 27, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
3 Off-the-Radar Small-Cap Gems These quality funds can give your portfolio the exposure it needs. |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2009 John Rosevear |
Put This Overlooked Gem in Your IRA Now This below-the-radar fund is worth a closer look. The Aston/River Road Dividend All Cap Value Fund may not have the fund industry's most elegant name, but this Morningstar five-star fund has a lot of positives. |
The Motley Fool April 4, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Finding Needles in Funds' Haystack 7,000 reasons to separate good funds from bad ones. Too often, investors look first for funds with the highest recent returns, then perform due diligence only on funds at the top of that list. |
The Motley Fool August 21, 2007 Nathan Alderman |
4 Keys to Easier Investing Mystified by mutual funds? Here's what to look for. Once you know these four key elements to seek out when judging a fund, you'll be ready to start your own search to build your perfect fund portfolio. |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Alarming Mutual Funds Always consider a fund's total expense ratio because those hidden costs will eat away at your gains. |
The Motley Fool September 3, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
This Fund Charges What? Pay attention to the expense ratios of your funds, or pay too much. |
The Motley Fool December 4, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
How to Own the Fastest-Growing Stocks One good way to own the fastest-growing stocks is through mutual funds. By investing in funds, you let skilled professionals choose the most promising stocks they can find for you. |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Do Reopened Funds Perform Better? How do investors fare when closed funds start taking new money again? |
The Motley Fool March 3, 2006 Rex Moore |
You Won't Believe What a Half-Percent Will Cost You You shouldn't pay any more than you absolutely have to for a fund that simply tracks an index. Check your index fund's expense ratio today, and then shop around to see if you can do better. |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Funds and the Feds At long last, the SEC will require mutual fund managers to disclose their personal stakes in the funds they run. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2005 Israelsen & Farr |
Now You See It... Domestic small-cap equity funds, particularly those with a value tilt, are a fundamental component of any well-designed equity portfolio. The trick is finding ones that are for sale. |