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Investment Advisor July 2009 Savita Iyer-Ahrestani |
Retirement Planning: Fund Firms Get Ahead of Summary Prospectus Deadline Experts believe the SEC will soon extend the summary prospectus requirement to variable annuities. |
Investment Advisor April 2008 Melanie Waddell |
It's About Time Investment industry executives agree that the SEC's proposed short-form mutual fund prospectus is long overdue. |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Time to Deep-Six 12b-1 Fees? Be on the lookout for these mutual fund fees, which do more harm than good. |
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 October 27, 2004 |
Fussing About Fund Fees Mutual fund fees may look small, but they can eat much of your earnings. |
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 September 6, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Fend Off Fund Fees Here are tips on how to avoid unnecessary mutual fund fees and keep the money for yourself. |
The Motley Fool July 29, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Beware of Redemption Fees There's an almost-reasonable fee funds charge, but don't get caught by it. |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Fund Fees Rising When They Should Be Falling Are you getting ripped off by your fund family? While many mutual funds are now enjoying lower operating costs, many fund companies have actually raised the annual fees they charge shareholders. |
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 December 4, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
How to Own the Fastest-Growing Stocks One good way to own the fastest-growing stocks is through mutual funds. By investing in funds, you let skilled professionals choose the most promising stocks they can find for you. |
The Motley Fool October 20, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Save Yourself $2,250 Beware of loaded mutual funds. |
Registered Rep. April 7, 2005 Kristen French |
NASD Advocates More Disclosure, Less Paper Broker/dealers and their reps may get a big break on point-of-sale disclosure if the Securities and Exchange Commission heeds recent NASD advice. |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Fee, Fie, 401(k), Fum How much do you know about your 401(k) fees? |
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 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 11, 2006 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Hedge Fund Wannabes If you have champagne tastes but a beer budget, hybrid mutual funds can represent a practical way to get hedge-fund-like exposure. Templeton Global Long-Short... Diamond Hill Focus Long/Short... Hussman Strategic Growth... |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Funds and 12b-1 Fees Are you paying counterproductive fees? |
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 February 18, 2004 Robert Brokamp |
The Fund Fees You Don't See A study shows that almost half of shareholder costs are undisclosed or nearly impossible to find. While the recent mutual fund scandals raise serious questions about whom we should trust with our money, the actual dollar cost to most individual investors isn't that high. There are far more significant ways funds siphon off our dollars. And they're just as hidden. |
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 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 September 3, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
This Fund Charges What? Pay attention to the expense ratios of your funds, or pay too much. |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2004 Robert Brokamp |
My Fund Manager Ate My Retirement! How much of your investment is consumed by your mutual fund's expenses? |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
The Amazing Disappearing, Reappearing Fund Fee A fee by any other name will still cost just as much. |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Who Sneaked These High-Risk Stocks Into Your Portfolio? Although mutual funds don't have to disclose their holdings all that often, most do on a quarterly basis -- so take a quick look and see what changes your fund managers have made. |
The Motley Fool October 15, 2010 Bill Barker |
Why We Oppose 12b-1 Fees This little sales charge doesn't benefit existing shareholders, is insufficiently transparent, and the SEC has a new proposal to limit that fee. |
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. |
The Motley Fool December 26, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
The SEC's Gift to You Securities regulation helps guard investors against fraud. |
Investment Advisor January 2008 |
Group Think The SEC published a prototype summary prospectus for mutual funds, and has asked for public comment from investors... To help evaluate industry designations, The American College has developed a Designation Toolkit... etc. |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2004 Dayana Yochim |
Sell Your Funds or Stay Put? Fund companies have some soothing words. Before you relax, review your holdings. |
Entrepreneur October 2009 Rosalind Resnick |
Conquering Your Fear of Fees Savvy investors know to read the fine print about money-management charges. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2007 Marshall Eckblad |
Funds and Games Several regulatory issues are floating around the SEC. Will any of them get resolved? |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2006 Mary Dalrymple |
Frightening Fine Print Have you checked your 401(k) fees? What looks like a small difference could have big consequences. |
Investment Advisor April 2010 |
Group Think Updates from SEC, IRI, and MDRT: SEC announces Chief Economist James A. Overdahl will leave the agency... The Insured Retirement Institute has released a survey which found that 90% of consumers would read their prospectus if it was provided as a short summary rather than in full detail... more... |
Financial Advisor July 2006 Tracey Longo |
Advisors In The Spotlight A recent Investment Company Institute conference reveals financial advisors are the top source of investors' fund purchases. |
The Motley Fool October 26, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Does Your Fund Make You Cringe? The bottom line here is that the more you learn about any funds you own or are thinking about buying into, the better off you'll likely be. Make sure your funds are a good fit for your investing style and temperament. |
The Motley Fool November 6, 2007 Rich Greifner |
The Dangers of Diversification Diversification is one of the key benefits of mutual fund investing. But by investing in a broad range of securities, mutual funds also reduce the upside potential of winners. |
The Motley Fool May 28, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Islam and Investing Certain funds make complying with the Shariah much easier. |
BusinessWeek November 10, 2003 Jeffrey M. Laderman |
Mutual Funds: What To Do Now Wondering how to cope with the growing scandal? Here are some answers. |
The Motley Fool May 30, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
The World of Religious Mutual Funds Religion-based mutual funds do exist, and they're growing in number. Timothy funds... Amana fund family... etc. |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2006 Mary Dalrymple |
College Savings Math It's certainly not getting any cheaper to send the kids to college, but there's some good news for parents trying to build a college savings account. The expenses charged by state-sponsored 529 college savings plans have been falling. |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Contradictions in Investing: When Big Is Bad Warren Buffett has this problem, too. When seeking great funds, we need to keep in mind that massive size can be a problem or at least a challenge for mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool June 25, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Pay Attention to Turnover If you're thinking of buying some of a mutual fund's top holdings as individual stocks for your portfolio, be careful. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
A Free Enterprise Fund For certain conservatives, the Free Enterprise Action fund might be appealing. |
The Motley Fool April 18, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The SEC Gets It Right The agency revisits governance rules and fees for mutual funds. |
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 May 22, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Enter Mutual Fund Land With Just $100 You don't need a lot of money to start investing in mutual funds. |
BusinessWeek October 20, 2003 Dwyer & Thornton |
Mutual Funds Feel The Heat Did they feed information to hedge funds, brokers, and others? |
The Motley Fool August 6, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Where Did The Average Investor's Money Go? Some heartbreaking statistics about mutual funds, and what you can do about it to invest wiser. |