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"The Dow," Demystified Did you know "The Dow" is all about just 30 companies?   |
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February 25, 2009
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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. |
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December 30, 2008
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Can You Beat Index Funds in 2009? Get the right mix in your investments. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2007
John Rosevear |
Why 13,000 Doesn't Matter How much should we care about the grand old Dow? Is this classic index really worth the attention it gets? |
The Motley Fool
November 10, 2009
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The Dow's New High Signals Change Is the shift to quality beginning? This high could be symbolic of a shift in the market away from lower-quality/higher-risk names to higher-quality stocks. |
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2012
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What You Need to Know About the Dow's Monday Rally A recap of the day's biggest movers. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Americans Favor Mutual Funds Stock funds are hot, as they should be. |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2003
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Dow 10,000! Big Deal. Do these 30 companies really matter to you? |
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
May 26, 2006
S.J. Caplan |
Happy Birthday, Dow! The Dow Jones Industrial Average turns 110 years old today. |
The Motley Fool
May 21, 2008
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Doubling Bets Is for Sissies In times like these you can make huge wagers on the market. But should you? |
BusinessWeek
June 16, 2011
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Why Apple Isn't in the Dow Only ExxonMobil is bigger in the U.S. than Apple. While it might add 1,000 points to the Dow if it were on board, its high stock price would distort the index. |
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February 2, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Why the Dow Makes Little Sense Don't pay so much attention to this oft-cited index. |
Entrepreneur
July 2006
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Pulled Under Since expectations for mutual funds can be artificially sunny, consider using index funds to stay afloat. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2006
Alex Dumortier |
What the Dow's New High Means There is nothing of much use to conclude from the market's new high -- it's a completely pedestrian observation (thinking strictly in terms of the absolute level, whether a new high or otherwise, is much more useful). |
The Motley Fool
June 16, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
How to Evaluate Your Returns How can an investor track the market? How can he know how well the market has done from a given date to the present? Read on to see how. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2004 |
Did You Know: The NAREIT Equity REIT Index outperformed the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average for the fourth consecutive year. |
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
October 15, 2004
Roy Lewis |
Index Options Over ETFs? If you're a short-term trader, then options are the lower-tax bet. |
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October 5, 2009
Alex Dumortier |
What's Next for Stocks? After the best quarter since 1998, what can you expect, and how should you react? |
BusinessWeek
January 9, 2006
Aaron Pressman |
Should The Dow Ditch General Motors? General Motor's troubles are skewing the index and battering investors who bet on it. |
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. |
AskMen.com
Charles Frisbie |
Guy's Guide To Index Funds Index funds are a good way to diversify your portfolio with modest growth. Learn here how to pick a good one. |
The Motley Fool
February 12, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Do the Averages Matter? In general, although news of record highs among various stock market indices can make for a nice headline or leading story on the nightly news, market averages aren't too important to most investors. |
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
January 13, 2007
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Beating the S&P 500 If your portfolio gained less than 15.8% last year, perhaps it's time to think outside the box. |
The Motley Fool
January 7, 2012
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A Roller-Coaster Week for the Dow And the ride is not over yet. |
InternetNews
December 21, 2004
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Technical Analysis: Outside Day And a new high for the Dow. |
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
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. |
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May 1, 2006
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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
December 21, 2011
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Why the Dow Didn't Fall Today It was a flat day for the market, but a bad day for tech. |
The Motley Fool
December 30, 2011
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Why the Dow Dropped Today The market closed out the year on a slightly down note, with all three major indices falling. |
The Motley Fool
October 19, 2009
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Is Your Index Fund Behaving Stupidly? You don't have to settle for investment allocations in your funds that you don't like. |
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January 15, 2009
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Technical Analysis: S&P Hangs On The S&P is the only one of the major stock indexes providing much in the way of hope here. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2009
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
A Little More Doom in the Dow American Express shares dipped below $10 for a bit, becoming the sixth member of the 30-stock Dow Jones Industrial Average to dip below the $10 mark during this downturn. |
The Motley Fool
December 20, 2011
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2 Reasons the Dow Jumped Today Today was an exciting day for the market. The Dow Jones Industrial Average popped 2.9% to more than 12,000 today. |
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February 12, 2010
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Must-Read Mutual Fund News Stay up-to-date on fund happenings: Bruce Berkowitz of the Fairholme Fund makes a move... Eight new ProShares exchange-traded funds... The incredible shrinking mutual fund industry... |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2005 |
The Math of the Dow Ever wonder how the Dow Jones Industrial Average is calculated? The Dow is just an average -- but a weird one. |
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June 12, 2009
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These Passive Investments Are Actually Active The line between active and passive mutual funds is blurry. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2010
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Dow Back Over 11,000! Who Cares? The Dow Jones industrial average does not give a good read on the overall economy. |
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July 25, 2005
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Technical Analysis: Nasdaq, S&P Stall At Resistance The Dow continues to lag. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2006
Craig L. Israelsen |
Hidden Measures How did U.S. stocks perform versus U.S. equity mutual funds last year? The market-cap bias in measuring stock returns tends to obscure the true return picture. |
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June 1, 2009
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The Value Premium While industry experts might be trumpeting growth as the place to be when the market rebounds, advisors should remember that longer-term, the market values value. |
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June 1, 2009
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Stupid Dow Tricks The Dow Jones Industrial Average rearranges its deck chairs. |
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
February 12, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
I Love the S&P 500 The main reason to love this index is that over time, it tends to beat the pants off the majority of managed mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool
June 5, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Why Citigroup Is Destined for Greatness Rejects from the Dow have outperformed their replacements. |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Index Funds Win Again Index funds are cheap, easy, and they reliably outperform many other funds. |
