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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
April 22, 2008
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Sunny Days for Your Green Portfolio There's a new ETF for those looking to cash in on sun power. |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Index Funds: So Hot Right Now Indexing is stylish, but can you profit from its idiosyncrasies? |
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
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
December 19, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
You Probably Just Bought These Stocks More index moves demand investor attention. |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
If You Can't Beat the Indexes, Join Them As easy as it is to have an all-index portfolio, you may be curious: Is it a good idea? |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
3 Reasons to Move Beyond Index Funds If you want to take your investing prowess to the next level you'll want to move beyond index funds -- at least with part of your savings. |
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2005 |
Beyond the S&P 500 Index investors have more choices than just the S&P 500. |
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
January 19, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Index Funds Win Again Index funds are cheap, easy, and they reliably outperform many other funds. |
The Motley Fool
July 17, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel |
This ETF Makes IPOs Fashionable Want to buy into going-public mania? Here's a simple option. FPX tracks the U.S. IPOX-100 Index, which includes the 100 largest, typically best-performing, and most liquid IPOs in the U.S. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2006
Scott A. Leonard |
The Smaller, the Better Rumors that the small-cap effect is dead are most definitely premature. By focusing on the smallest of the small caps, financial advisors can see that the small-cap effect appears to be alive and well. You just need to know where to look for it. |
The Motley Fool
October 1, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Cast the Biggest Net for Profits Building a strong portfolio doesn't have to be hard. If you pick wisely, you can do it with just a few index funds. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2006
Elizabeth O'Brien |
S&P Muscles in on Wilshire More and more index makers are offering the same products -- but they insist there's a difference. Planners should take the time to explain the differences to their individual clients in order to "manage expectations." |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2006
Tom Taulli |
An ETF for New Stocks IPOs become the latest to join the ETF party. The IPOX-100 Index Fund is essentially a mid-cap index -- with a nice marketing angle. |
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
September 1, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Fund Fakery Is your expensive, managed fund really an index fund in disguise? |
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. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2012
Donald Jay Korn |
First Impressions Not every planner will want to delve deeply into individual IPOs. A simpler approach to IPOs is simply to wait and see. "Waiting is prudent," Krapfel says. "You'll want to see an economic moat to keep out competitors, and you'd like to see profits." |
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
August 22, 2005 |
Learn About Stock Indexes An index is a group of stocks, the performance of which is measured as a whole. As an investor, you've got more choices than just the S&P 500. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Oh, Boy! A New China Index! If you want to invest in China, here comes a new way to do so. The Nasdaq Stock Market thinks that what the world needs now is a new "Nasdaq China Index." |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
6 Stocks to Sell Before Everyone Else Does It's time for the annual changes to the Russell indexes. |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
An Index-Driven Stock Surge? A change in an index's components can benefit certain stocks. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Vanguard's Best Index Funds Which index funds should you have in your portfolio? Vanguard 500 Index Fund... Vanguard Small-Cap Index... Vanguard Total International Stock Index... etc. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
July 18, 2005
Adrienne Carter |
Pushing Index Funds A Bit Higher Mutual funds that start with indexing and then tweak here and there to help increase returns. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
The Better Way to Beat the Market? The jury's still out on alternative indexes. Different market conditions will make index funds perform in various ways. |
The Motley Fool
April 8, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
5 Stocks to Buy Before the Crowd Does It's never too early to start thinking about index rebalancing. |
The Motley Fool
May 31, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel |
This Fund Is All Wet The global water industry is one where demand is likely to grow with increases in population. Here is a global water ETF that helps you capitalize on the trend. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
The Best Enhanced Index Funds: Part 2 More top funds with a return-boosting twist: Calvert Large Cap Growth... Vanguard Growth & Income... |
The Motley Fool
August 20, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Better Than Google? Only a few S&P 500 stocks have outperformed Google. Take a look at which they are. |
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
December 18, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Improving on Index Funds As the fund universe continues to evolve, new funds have emerged that try to improve on their first-generation counterparts. One fund in particular has its sights set high -- the Rydex S&P Equal Weight ETF. |
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
May 21, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Going Beyond the Index Rather than using a weighted index based on the market cap of the component stocks, WisdomTree ETFs base their portfolio allocations for index components on fundamental aspects of those stocks, such as dividend yield and company earnings. |
The Motley Fool
January 13, 2007
Doug Short |
Beating the S&P 500 If your portfolio gained less than 15.8% last year, perhaps it's time to think outside the box. |
InternetNews
July 26, 2004
Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: The Chips Hang On But the Nasdaq loses another support level. |
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Marla Brill |
Small-Cap Bounty Small-cap ETFs have grown in number and offer some interesting choices. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
When Buying an Index Fund Is Stupid Not all index funds are created equal. |
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
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? |
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2007
Lewis Braham |
A Two-Way Wager On Commodities Rydex' new fund allows investors to play the ups and downs of the futures market. |
Investment Advisor
February 2010
Vaughan Scully |
The ETF Advisor: S&P 500 ETFs While some S&P 500 Index funds are virtually identical to the SPDR fund, a handful of other ETFs offers more substantial modifications to the original formula. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2004
Christopher M. Wright |
But Don't I Already Own REITs? Broader index shares (e.g. S&P 500 or Russell 2000) do not a REIT allocation make. |
Investment Advisor
March 1, 2011
Vaughan Scully |
Quantitative Methodology ETFs Search for Better Performance A new breed of ETF has emerged, based on indices that are designed not to reflect the investable universe of a particular market niche, but to pick the best stocks within a specific sector or style. |
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
July 28, 2010
Jared Cummans |
Simplifying Investing: 5 All Cap ETF Options Get exposure in all the right places. |
