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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. |
AskMen.com Luis Rodrigues |
Mutual funds With interest rates remaining as low as they are, more and more people are looking towards the stock market to earn a higher return on their money investing. |
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Fend Off Fund Fees: Part 2 Here are more tips to save cash by avoiding unnecessary mutual fund fees. |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
How to Make the Most From Your Funds Investors make big mistakes with their mutual funds. Here's how to avoid them. |
The Motley Fool November 29, 2007 Adam J. Wiederman |
The Worst Investment Out There Take a look at Shepherd Large Cap Growth Fund, which year to date has impressively outperformed the market, but may have set itself up disastrously for the long term. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Old Mutual Spreads Its Wings It remains to be seen if Old Mutual's plans for growth will make this firm's funds worth owning, but one fund, Old Mutual Focused Fund, is already worth a look. |
The Motley Fool January 4, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
Say Goodbye to Class-B Mutual Funds Class B never served you well. Now they don't serve Wall Street, either. |
The Motley Fool May 22, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
New Fund Name, Same Lousy Performance? Beware mutual funds that change their monikers, but not their methods. |
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 April 2, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Money So Easy It Feels Like Cheating You don't have to get rich on your own -- let others do it for you by investing in solid, well-run 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 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. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2009 Craig Israelsen |
Variable Products, Variable Results The question is: Do the higher costs of variable products cause them to systematically underperform mutual funds? |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Only Way to Stop Losing Money By taking charge of investing your own large portfolio, you can save a bundle in fees. |
The Motley Fool December 20, 2007 Adam J. Wiederman |
One Way to Ensure High Returns A new study shows a direct correlation between the amount of money a mutual fund manager has invested in his fund and its performance. |
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. |
BusinessWeek January 23, 2006 Lauren Young |
How Do Your Picks Compare? How to customize the Mutual Fund Scoreboard to sort by what's most important to you. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Mac Greer |
Fool Video: Time to Sell Your Mutual Fund? In the past two months there have been huge outflows from U.S.- focused stock mutual funds. Should you get out too? Watch a video discussion about this topic. |
The Motley Fool June 20, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money Despite Higher Fees A low fee isn't everything. |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Forced Selling Could Smack These Stocks If funds have to dump shares, these might be at the top of the list. |
The Motley Fool March 18, 2004 |
Picking the Best Mutual Fund Past performance is what other investors earned. Current expenses are what you'll pay. |
Registered Rep. June 1, 2012 Diana Britton |
Alternatives Going Mainstream According to data released by Cerulli Associates and Strategic Insight/SIMFUND, alternative mutual funds account for 2.8 percent of overall mutual fund assets today. But Cerulli projects they will account for 9.7 percent of all mutual fund assets in five years. |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2004 |
Beating the Market Can an actively managed mutual fund consistently post market-beating returns? |
The Motley Fool June 26, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Danger Lurking in Your Portfolio Think you're diversified? Think again. |
The Motley Fool April 5, 2005 |
Behold the Turnover Ratio Turnover ratios can tell you a lot about your mutual funds. |
Entrepreneur February 2006 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Over the Wall China holds a host of investment possibilities. The problem for investors -- and for companies that want a piece of China -- is that the business landscape is still littered with landmines. Mutual funds or exchange-traded funds remain the best bets. |
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. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 John Churchill |
Investing on Faith Fees and performance may be at the top of the list of mutual fund characteristics investors look for, but don't count out faith. |
Registered Rep. January 2, 2014 Stan Luxenberg |
The Case for Mutual Funds Proponents of ETFs often argue that traditional mutual funds are obsolete -- black-and-white TVs in an age of streaming video. But the advantages of the ETF structure are limited, and they are eroded by the costs of trading. |
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. |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Something Smells in Mutual Fund Land One good strategy for mutual fund investors, given the state of expense fees these days, is to make sure you're investing in top-notch funds. Anything less will mean that the fees eat up a greater percentage of the total return. |
The Motley Fool January 27, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
The Worst Fund Ever Finally Dies What we can learn from the all-time greatest mutual fund stinker. |
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 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 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 June 4, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
These Buyers Will Launch Stocks Higher For fund managers who've kept money on the sidelines this year, the pressure's on to get fully invested -- and when those holdouts start buying, they'll likely push stocks even higher. |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Who Owns Most of the Market? Remember that even though mutual funds hold huge chunks of companies, the real owners of the shares are us. If we don't assert our rights, no one's going to do it for us. |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel |
A Golden Oldie Fund That's Still Kickin' One of the oldest existing mutual funds, CGM Mutual Fund, shows it still has plenty of spunk left. |
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. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Pamela Black |
White Paper: Predicting Emerging Market Fund Performance This study examines the ability of fund characteristics such as size, expense ratio, turnover, past performance, Morningstar rating and manager tenure to predict emerging market fund performance. |
The Motley Fool January 10, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
You Can Start Small You don't need a big bankroll to start investing. A wide range of options are available for investors of modest means, so that you can take what you've already saved and get started. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
What's the Best Way for You to Invest? You've got a lot of choices in the financial services arena. |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
How to Make Money With Mutual Funds A lowdown on mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool August 24, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Fund Fees Under the Magnifying Glass Make sure you know how much you're paying for your fund. |
The Motley Fool February 28, 2005 |
Understanding "Window Dressing" Some mutual funds are pulling the wool over your eyes. |
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 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. |
The Motley Fool January 15, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
Warning: Your Mutual Fund Might Disappear Which could actually be a good thing. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Steve Deutsch |
Parallel Universes Allocations to separate accounts and mutual funds are strikingly similar, but advisers should hesitate to make returns-based conclusions, particularly when it comes to separate accounts relative to other investment vehicles. |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Meet Some Weird Mutual Funds Here is a look at some odd mutual funds. |