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The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
You're Holding the Bag on Financials It's too early to tell just how big the taxpayer bill for the various bailouts, bank failures, and bankruptcies might be. But one thing is for sure: Mutual fund shareholders have already taken a big hit. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Bear Stearns: 1 Year Later One year ago today, markets learned that Bear Stearns had gone kaboom, agreeing to be sold to JPMorgan Chase. What have we learned since then? |
The Motley Fool September 18, 2008 Rich Duprey |
The Marketplace of Fear If you can keep your wits about you when others are losing theirs, it's also a time when you can find great opportunity. |
The Motley Fool November 13, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
Soros and Congress' Smokescreen Hedge funds aren't the culprits in this crisis. The only losses hedge funds have sustained will be borne by their investors -- all qualified individuals and institutions. |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Worst Move You Could Make Now Unfortunately, some of the changes people are making to their portfolios right now won't do anything but cause them more heartbreak in the long run. |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2009 Jim Mueller |
3 Strategies for Superior Returns Grow your wealth no matter what the market does with these investing strategies. |
BusinessWeek July 24, 2006 Joseph Weber |
Investing: Riding The Roller Coaster A few years ago volatility traders were niche players at big banks. Now they're moving to established hedge funds or setting up their own so-called vol funds. The pitch to prospective investors: Volatility should be considered an asset class in itself, like stocks, bonds, or commodities. |
The Motley Fool March 26, 2010 Morgan Housel |
The VIX Says Sell? Bull! A lot of investors are getting fired up about the VIX, the "fear gauge," lately. Is it time to sell? |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Wrong Leaders to Follow Into the Market Active fund managers are investing in stocks again. Should you? |
InternetNews September 10, 2008 Paul Shread |
RIM Paces Tech Advance Research in Motion led tech stocks higher on Wednesday even as fears of more financial failures weighed on the rest of the market. |
The Motley Fool May 6, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
A Cheaper Way to Lock In Profits If you're looking to take advantage of a strategy that could help you preserve most of the money you've recovered in the past two months, there's good news: It's a lot less expensive to protect yourself than it was earlier this year. |
The Motley Fool March 16, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
This Wealth-Killing Blunder Will Cost You Some commentators are arguing that the way millions of investors put money to work in the markets through mutual funds has fundamental flaws that simply can't be overcome. |
InternetNews September 12, 2008 Paul Shread |
Get Ready for Another Financial Rescue Weekend When traders come back to their desks on Monday, Lehman could be the latest Wall Street institution to disappear. |
The Motley Fool March 31, 2008 Todd Wenning |
The Scariest Market in Six Years Is now the time to invest? |
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 December 31, 2008 |
The 10 Biggest Stories of 2008 What Bear Stearns' fallout means for investors... The people responsible for Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac... Why you should care that Lehman went bust... Black Sunday on Wall Street... AIG's failure is so much bigger than Enron's... etc. |
The Motley Fool June 21, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Is Turnover the Key to Wealth? Here's a tip that can help you zero in on the best mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Are Options Your Only Hope? With share values falling through the floor, some investors have turned to the options market for protection from further declines. But there's a catch. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2007 Donald Jay Korn |
Hedge Funds Redux Despite a midsummer month's nightmare, hedge funds are still pointing to successful records and raking in money. |
The Motley Fool October 23, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Are Your Investments All Wrong? In most bear markets, you can find somewhere to hide. But this time around, there's really no harbor from the financial storm. |
The Motley Fool March 19, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Wall Street Should Thank You One finance professor has figured out how much investors pay in commissions, fees, and other investing costs -- and the number will shock you. |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
AIG: Bailout, Then Breakup? Since the government already owns a controlling stake in the parent company, the latest bailout action raises the possibility that the 90-year-old insurer will ultimately be broken up. |
The Motley Fool November 21, 2008 Rich Duprey |
Hedge Funds Ask: Where's the Love? It's been a long, strange trip since the hedge fund industry's summer-of-love confab. |
Investment Advisor May 2010 Robert F. Keane |
30 for 30 Interviews: John Bogle Vanguard founder John C. Bogle comments on how the mutual fund business has changed over thirty years. |
The Motley Fool October 14, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
5 Signs Irrational Exuberance Is Back Here are five signs that exuberance is returning to the market at an alarming rate. |
BusinessWeek October 25, 2004 Toddi Gutner |
Yellow Light On The Street? The VIX, a long-watched volatility index, is down, which could signal trouble for the stock market. |
The Motley Fool September 22, 2008 Anand Chokkavelu |
Fool Poll: The Biggest Financial Shock of the Week Last weeks financial stories were amazing. Crazy rumors trumped by crazier reality. Which one of these made you gasp the loudest? |
The Motley Fool June 16, 2009 John Rosevear |
Buy and Hold Isn't Dead. It's Just Wounded. The rules for successful investing are changing. Here's what to do now. |
Registered Rep. August 17, 2011 Brad Zigler |
ETF Strategies to Profit During Times of Stagflation Advisors need to be heard as the voice of reason over the din of market panic. |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
How Much Is Management Costing You? Be picky. Look at fees. Look at a fund's turnover, because the higher the turnover, the higher the taxes on gains will likely be. Look at the long-term returns, too, because given the thousands of mutual funds out there, many are run by not-very-good managers. |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2008 Morgan Housel |
Market Meltdown: What Happens From Here It's official: Chicken Little has been vindicated. |
The Motley Fool November 5, 2008 Jim Mueller |
Is the U.S. an Emerging Market? When you think about markets in emerging countries what pops into your head? Huge swings in prices? The possibility of government seizures? Big opportunities? That's a pretty good description of the U.S. markets right now. |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2008 Chokkavelu & Richards |
The Biggest Financial Story of the Past 50 Years This weekend's news is bigger than the dot-com bust and bigger than Black Monday in 1987. Let's process this weekend's wild Wall Street news. |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Fool Awards: The Biggest Surprise of the Year We narrowed the biggest events of the year down to these five shockers. Sadly, none of them were good surprises. |
The Motley Fool March 29, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
Don't Say You Weren't Warned Avoid actively managed mutual funds and invest in individual stocks instead. |
The Motley Fool November 6, 2008 Dave Mock |
This Strategy Still Wins The recent panic and market gyrations have many investors looking for calmer pastures. Thankfully, studies show that there is one strategy that not only continues to fuel tremendous growth in portfolios but also combats volatility. |
Financial Advisor November 2008 Eric Rasmussen |
Draining The Swamp 2008 has been said to be the worst year for hedge funds in two decades. |
Investment Advisor October 2008 James J. Green |
Wall Street Stunned Wall Street is not what it used to be, for good or ill. Culminating a months-long period of market volatility and uncertainty two marquee names in financial services ceased to exist. |
The Motley Fool April 2, 2008 Richards & Hanson |
Now Is No Time to Stop Buying Stocks If we accept downturns as a fact of investing, we'll know not to panic. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2009 Bleeker & Williamson |
Who's More to Blame: The SEC or Fannie and Freddie? March Madness series: Which government-ish entity do you choose? The SEC has more than enough complicity in this mess, but Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae were set up to fail from the start. |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2006 Paul Elliott |
Don't Invest Another Penny Until you read this... Mutual funds have a price. It may be a lot higher than you think. |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Are Holding Periods Pointing Toward a Crash? Many individuals and funds are selling too soon, and too often. While you're searching your investing soul for your holding-period habits, do so with your mutual funds, too. |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2010 Andrew Bond |
Will Hedge Fund Investors Panic Next? Be mindful of institutional positions to protect your portfolio. This past week marked the 15th in a row in which money flowed out of U.S. stock mutual funds, a new record, according to the Investment Company Institute. |
The Motley Fool October 29, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Winning With Buy-and-Hold Mutual Funds In the aftermath of last year's stock market crash, buy-and-hold investing became a controversial strategy. But one year later, mutual funds pursuing a long-term, low-turnover approach to investing seem to be holding up surprisingly well. |
The Motley Fool September 16, 2008 Bill Mann |
An Open Letter From The Motley Fool The current state of the stock market and of the financial industry can be disconcerting. But we encourage you to remain calm. You may be tempted to act rashly, but please remember: This, too, shall pass. |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2008 |
The Motley Fool Crisis Survival Kit With a calm head and a smart game plan, each of us can get through the current crisis. Read on for advice. |
The Motley Fool October 23, 2008 Alex Dumortier |
When Will the Wild Price Swings End? Better question: How can you profit from them? |
The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Back Away From That Mutual Fund If you buy a mutual fund just before its capital gains tax distribution, you'll face taxes on an investment you didn't own for very long -- and in many cases, one you never owned. |
On Wall Street October 1, 2009 Elizabeth Wine |
Hedge Funds: Are They Worth It? Strategists in the wirehouses and elsewhere say hedge funds were wrongly maligned, and that the good funds can still serve the purpose of diversifying a portfolio and reducing risk. |
The Motley Fool September 19, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
One Day Won't Fix Everything Euphoria is no better than panic. |