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The Motley Fool March 14, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Are You Overdiversified? Learn what you're really getting with an S&P 500 index fund. |
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 March 10, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
I'm Bucking the Trend Index funds are gaining momentum -- but should they? |
The Motley Fool July 23, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
The S&P 500 Breaks a Record What should you do if you're afraid of a major market meltdown happening soon after you buy in? Staying out of the market forever isn't the best option. Instead, given a long time horizon, you might just jump in, prepared to wait it out if you need to. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2004 David Gardner |
Finding the Best Funds David Gardner rolls out a new service to help you climb to the top of the mutual fund heap. |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2004 David Gardner |
Finding the Best Funds Here's how you can climb to the top of the mutual fund heap. |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
How to Make Money With Mutual Funds A lowdown on mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool April 23, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Investments That Don't Stand a Chance An active fund that only seeks to match its benchmark is a waste of your money. If that's all a fund can offer, you're much better off going with the index fund. |
The Motley Fool June 5, 2006 Chuck Saletta |
Get Paid for Your Patience You can beat the market over time with a dividend-focused strategy. Such a strategy will also assure that you get paid while you wait for the market to realize just how valuable your companies truly are. |
The Motley Fool September 5, 2006 Kate Ward |
The Best Person to Manage Your Money While there are many well-intentioned money managers out there who genuinely care about their clients, they can be difficult to find. If you do it yourself, on the other hand, you know exactly what you're getting. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
The Cost of Active Investing One sensible approach is to engage in both active and passive investing, devoting a big chunk of your portfolio (perhaps most of it) to a broad-market index fund, and then adding some strong stocks and funds to that. |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2006 Charly Travers |
A Foolish Baby Shower: Vanguard 500 Index While returns over the next 18 years may not match those of the last 20, it's likely that returns will be between 7%-10% a year for baby, and that's a pretty good start for building a portfolio that will last a lifetime. |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Whatever You Do, Avoid Mutual Funds Funds can bring you a world of hurt, so be careful. |
The Motley Fool October 13, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Beat the Odds With These 3 Low-Risk Investments Most actively managed funds do badly, but there are some winners. |
The Motley Fool May 8, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
The Mind-Boggling Power of Dividends Who knew they drove so much value growth? |
The Motley Fool June 26, 2008 Adam J. Wiederman |
The Truth Behind Buffett's Big Bet The Oracle of Omaha bet against top hedge fund managers. Here's why. |
The Motley Fool March 1, 2009 Todd Wenning |
Has Buffett Been Wrong All Along? Long-term investing is still the way to go |
The Motley Fool March 20, 2009 Tim Hanson |
It's Time to Reinvent the Index Fund The flawed "bigger is better" reasoning that underlies index investing has exposed American investors to needless amounts of risk over the past few years and ultimately cost them billions of dollars of their hard-earned money. |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2008 Todd Wenning |
This Will Scare You Silly As scary as the current and potential 10-year returns for the S&P sound, investors who added international stocks to their portfolio in 1998 have still come out ahead. |
The Motley Fool March 2, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
3 Big Bets for Today's Market While there is a far amount of skepticism out there surrounding actively managed mutual funds, there are a small number of managers with the skill to actually outperform the market over the long run. |
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Bill Miller's Timing Buying into a fund solely because of its calendar-year records isn't the best idea. Instead, look at the long-term overall record. |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Lumpy Results Ahead Don't expect smooth sailing when you're investing. In the short run, the stock market is especially volatile, and your performance over a few months could be a gain of 25%, or a loss of 18%, or something else. |
Registered Rep. June 10, 2008 Nancy N. DiCostanzo |
The Ultimate Dartboard Contest Warren Buffett makes a $1 million wager putting his money where his mouth is: Specifically, he says the Vanguard S&P 500 index fund can beat 10 hedge funds, net of fees, over 10 years. |
Registered Rep. June 8, 2011 Joel Greenblatt |
Anyone -- Even The Little Guy -- Can Beat the Market As most financial advisors know, the secret to successful investing is relatively simple: Figure out the value of something and then -- pay a lot less. |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Low-Risk Investments for Volatile Markets These mutual funds can help your portfolio through tough times. |
The Motley Fool November 25, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
These 3 Tips Will Make You a Winning Investor Don't waste money on unnecessary investing costs. |
Financial Advisor June 2006 Matt Hougan |
Death And Taxes? Capital gains distributions. Dividend taxes. 1099s. The very words send a shiver down the spine of prudent investors. What's an advisor to do? Well for starters, you should take a close look at exchange-traded funds (ETFs). |
The Motley Fool November 6, 2006 Tim Hanson |
Don't Try to Beat the Market It's entirely possible to be a hands-off investor and still put the long-term wealth-building power of the stock market to work for you. The secret? Index funds. |
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 Andy Louis-Charles |
Is Now A Good Time for the S&P? The S&P 500 has recently fallen to levels unseen since the start of the Iraq War in 2003. The question is, are investors better or worse off owning it? |
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 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 January 12, 2011 Jason Moser |
This Is How You Find Winning Stocks Check for these three things. |
On Wall Street December 1, 2008 Bennett Voyles |
Investor's Loss Is Taxpayer's Gain Losing investments can help your clients' portfolios at tax time. |
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 July 14, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
What If the Market Goes Nowhere? Take a look at two of the market's most overlooked forces: dollar-cost averaging and dividend reinvestment, and how they can grow your portfolio even if the market goes nowhere. |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2004 |
Seeking Outstanding Mutual Funds Don't settle for below-average performance when you can earn average or better. |
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. |
The Motley Fool February 25, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Index Funds Are Hard to Beat An eye-opening new study from Standard & Poor's reveals that the majority of managed funds fail to outperform simple index funds. That's right -- funds run by actual human beings still can't beat a copycat strategy of matching a broad index's holdings. |
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 February 9, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Do You Sell Too Early? It's interesting to ponder why index funds do so much better than mutual funds that are carefully managed by thinking people who presumably have some stock-evaluation skills. One reason is simply cost. |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2005 Nathan Parmelee |
The Investing Strategy That Keeps Giving The best results from dividends require patience, a long-term time horizon, and excellent companies for your investment dollars. |
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 4, 2007 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Trade Like a Hedge Fund Although this strategy is often used by hedge funds and applied to equities, you can also build your own 130/30 portfolio using ETFs. |
The Motley Fool June 3, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Reduce Your Investing Risk A few changes in your investing M.O. can improve your performance. |
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 October 18, 2010 Mike Pienciak |
This Single Strategy Delivers Superior Long-Term Returns Going long and short is the key to a fatter payoff. |
The Motley Fool May 19, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Schwab Gets Competitive Both the company and its customers can profit from this index fund revamp. |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2004 Dayana Yochim |
Is Wall Street Getting Lazy? Is your money manager getting lazy? Count the number of exchange-traded funds in your portfolio for a litmus test. |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
More Top Investments for Your Retirement Cover your retirement bases with some familiar fund names: Vanguard 500 Index... State Street Global S&P 500 Index... American Funds EuroPacific Growth... PIMCO Total Return... American Funds Growth Fund of America... |
The Motley Fool May 18, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
What Warren Buffett Thinks About ETFs The investment guru weighs in on the debate over index mutual funds vs. ETFs. |