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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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Your Index Fund Is Making a Bad Investment Funds have to do what the indexes they track do. |
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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." |
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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. |
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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. |
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December 21, 2004
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Technical Analysis: Outside Day And a new high for the Dow. |
The Motley Fool
April 30, 2007
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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
December 7, 2010
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Why You Should Love "Unstable" Investments This ever-changing index can roll with the market's punches. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2008
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I'm Bucking the Trend Index funds are gaining momentum -- but should they? |
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February 3, 2005
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Technical Analysis: Stocks Stall At Resistance Friday's jobs report could help them decide. |
Registered Rep.
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The Real Real Return The S&P 500 Index may not be all it's cracked up to be, according to Thornburg Investment Management. |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2007
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Index Funds Win Again Index funds are cheap, easy, and they reliably outperform many other funds. |
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March 22, 2005 |
Beyond the S&P 500 Index investors have more choices than just the S&P 500. |
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Technical Analysis: It's Now Up To The Blue Chips The Dow and S&P are the only hope for the bulls at this point. |
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? |
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March 4, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Are ETFs Cutting Corners? This practice makes sense for funds, but could mean pain for you. It seems that most ETFs don't completely mimic their underlying indexes |
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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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October 26, 2004
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Technical Analysis: Bulls Make A Comeback The major indexes clear some important levels. |
InternetNews
October 6, 2005
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Technical Analysis: Stocks Threaten Support Thursday's decline broke more major support levels. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2009
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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. |
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July 6, 2010
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A Fund Designed to Grow Instead of tracking the Dow or the S&P 500, the PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 ETF tracks an index weighted by company fundamentals, which has given better performance historically. |
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October 1, 2009
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Cast the Biggest Net for Profits Building a strong portfolio doesn't have to be hard. If you pick wisely, you can do it with just a few index funds. |
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November 16, 2006
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Google Scores a 100 Google may finally hit $500 today, but it is surely about to hit 100: the S&P 100. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2002
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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
July 23, 2007
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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. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2003 |
REITs Three-Peat For the third consecutive year, real estate stocks outperformed most other benchmarks. |
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November 2, 2006
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Technical Analysis: Blue Chips Hang On The Dow and S&P kept their up-trends intact. |
The Motley Fool
June 24, 2009
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6 Stocks to Sell Before Everyone Else Does It's time for the annual changes to the Russell indexes. |
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February 2, 2009
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Why the Dow Makes Little Sense Don't pay so much attention to this oft-cited index. |
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April 6, 2004
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Learn About Stock Indexes For many people, index investing is the best way to get rich. |
The Motley Fool
January 29, 2010
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Berkshire Shares Could Rise Another 20% The "index effect" -- the excess returns on a stock that is added to a major index -- is a well researched phenomenon. |
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May 28, 2009
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Why Google and Berkshire Will Never Join the Dow A flawed market measure meets stubborn stocks, and the two shall never unite. |
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Technical Analysis: A Breather at Resistance The Nasdaq and S&P face some major resistances and could fall. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2009
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What's Next for Stocks? After the best quarter since 1998, what can you expect, and how should you react? |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2006
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Index Funds: So Hot Right Now Indexing is stylish, but can you profit from its idiosyncrasies? |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2006
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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
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. |
BusinessWeek
January 9, 2006
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Should The Dow Ditch General Motors? General Motor's troubles are skewing the index and battering investors who bet on it. |
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April 2006
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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. |
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September 27, 2005
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Technical Analysis: Stocks Stay Stuck The techs remain the biggest laggards of late. |
The Motley Fool
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You Probably Just Bought These Stocks More index moves demand investor attention. |
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. |
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June 22, 2005
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Technical Analysis: Nasdaq Fails Again The put-call ratio remain supportive, despite the inability of the Nasdaq to sustain the 2100 level. |
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. |
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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. |
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October 11, 2005
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Technical Analysis: Nasdaq Approaches Support Some key levels for the index are just below. |
The Motley Fool
December 9, 2010
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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. |
InternetNews
April 28, 2005
Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Back To The Lows The market's downtrend remains intact. |
InternetNews
August 2, 2005
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Technical Analysis: Nasdaq, S&P Test Big Levels The indexes face some major resistance levels here. |
