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The Motley Fool
January 20, 2006
Doug Short |
Competing With the S&P 500 If you want to increase your chance of beating the S&P 500 year after year, one good way is to broaden your investment choices to include a generous mix of smaller caps and international equities. Mutual funds and ETFs offer an easy means to get that degree of breadth.   |
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. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2005
Craig L. Israelsen |
Three's Not a Crowd How passive fund investors can get the best exposure to the whole U.S. market. |
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Bogle Bashes ETFs The father of index funds warns of ETF pitfalls. |
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
July 28, 2004
Bill Mann |
Index Funds: Still Your Best Bet So we're running to actively managed funds now? Not so fast, my friend. When Nathan Slaughter pointed his guns at the trusty, old index fund, many had to stop and ask whether The Motley Fool was abandoning one of its oldest principles. |
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." |
Registered Rep.
September 10, 2010
Stan Luxenberg |
Are Index Funds' Distorting Markets? With money pouring into index funds and ETFs, passive portfolios are distorting markets, harming many investors. Index funds are creating disturbing conditions in a variety of asset classes, including emerging markets, small stocks, and commodities. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
December 2007
Marla Brill |
The New Indexing Maze The mushrooming ETF market has spawned a new breed of indexes that represent a radical departure from traditional benchmarks in both their construction and purpose. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2012
Allan S. Roth |
John Bogle Interview; Index Fund Champion John Bogle, the legendary champion of index funds, believes advisors add value - and it s not in trying to beat the market. |
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
December 11, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Index Funds: So Hot Right Now Indexing is stylish, but can you profit from its idiosyncrasies? |
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
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. |
Investment Advisor
August 2009
Vaughan Scully |
The ETF Advisor: Those Outperforming Small Caps Exchange traded funds offer a relatively convenient and cost-effective way to invest in small cap stocks. |
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? |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2006
Steve Bergsman |
Indexes: An Investment Strategy or Investment Benchmark While real estate index fund investing remains a niche play, the number of individual funds continues to expand, which means conservative investors or those investors seeking to reduce volatility associated with actively managed funds have more options from which to choose. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Advisor
June 2010
Marla Brill |
ETF Tune-Up The middle of the year is a good time to re-evaluate ETF portfolios and do fine-tuning. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
I'm Bucking the Trend Index funds are gaining momentum -- but should they? |
Financial Advisor
March 2011
Marla Brill |
New Indexes Nudge Out Old Favorites Advisors who have moved into alternative indexes are finding unique ways to use them. |
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. |
Financial Planning
October 2, 2007
Craig L. Israelsen |
Smoothing the Path When comparing active and passive management, financial planners should look at the performance of the whole portfolio. What you find may surprise you. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2006
Scott A. Leonard |
The Dogs of the Dogs Should you be buying the worst of the worst for your clients? To get the most out of academic research, and to take full advantage of the added returns offered by value stocks, the easy conclusion is that when it comes to value, more is better. |
The Motley Fool
May 12, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Fees Count in ETFs, Too Keep looking at fees in your funds and seek out low ones. A slightly lower fee can make a world of difference to your bottom line. |
The Motley Fool
May 3, 2005
Shannon Zimmerman |
A Big Change at Vanguard Indexing whiz Gus Sauter passes the baton. Should you care? |
Knowledge@Wharton
April 9, 2003 |
John C. Bogle's Advice: Live Long and Prosper, on Index Funds In a perilous climate, what does one of the country's best-known stock market experts advise investors to do? Just stay the course, says John C. Bogle, founder and retired chairman and CEO of The Vanguard Group. |
Financial Advisor
September 2011
Tom Lydon |
It's All In The Weighting ETF indexing has evolved, but the traditional, somewhat boring approach may still yield the best results. |
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Marla Brill |
Small-Cap Bounty Small-cap ETFs have grown in number and offer some interesting choices. |
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
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
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
July 28, 2010
Jared Cummans |
Simplifying Investing: 5 All Cap ETF Options Get exposure in all the right places. |
BusinessWeek
April 30, 2007
John C. Bogle |
What's Wrong With ETFs? They encourage frequent trading, which helps Wall Street more than investors, says the father of the index fund |
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
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
January 19, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Index Funds Win Again Index funds are cheap, easy, and they reliably outperform many other funds. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2011
Temma Ehrenfeld |
Indexing Works Even fans of index funds often believe they do worse than funds with active managers during bear markets. |
The Motley Fool
May 6, 2005
Rex Moore |
Boosting Your Returns "Index Plus a Few" is a low-risk strategy with market-beating potential. |
Entrepreneur
July 2007
Scott Bernard Nelson |
Play It Safe There's plenty of room in your portfolio for stocks - but to ride the wave of market volatility, diversify with bonds, too. |
Financial Advisor
May 2010
Gail Liberman |
Understanding Indexes Popularity, turnover, structure and other factors affect index funds and ETFs. |
Financial Advisor
April 2006
Raymond Fazzi |
A Look At New Horizons At a time when the margin for error is growing thinner and thinner in investment management circles, some are asking whether advisors and their clients are adequately served by cap-weighted benchmarks. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
3 New ETFs Worth Buying Here are three new ETFs worth a second look. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2008
Todd Wenning |
Stop Playing the Loser's Game The number of ways you can play the market today is overwhelming. So is the number of ways you an lose. |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Improving the Index Fund A recent study shows that the weighting of index funds by market capitalization is potentially creating a large drag on performance, because the index is overweighting the overvalued and underweighting the undervalued. |
Financial Advisor
February 2006
Matt Hougan |
Is `Buy The Market' Best? Enhanced indexers say they have the way to go the market one (or two) better. Financial advisors, take note. |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Doubling Bets Is for Sissies In times like these you can make huge wagers on the market. But should you? |
The Motley Fool
December 7, 2010
Michael Johnston |
ETFs for the Forgotten Asset Classes Is this all-ETF portfolio well-rounded enough? |
