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An Investment Guru's New Trick Bruce Berkowitz's latest fund trades safety for flexibility. |
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Are Big Bets Sinking Fairholme? Recent stumbles mar manager Bruce Berkowitz's long-term success. |
Financial Advisor August 2006 Matthew Hougan |
Too Much Of A Good Thing? Do the new leveraged ETFs have a place in the financial advisor's toolbox? |
The Motley Fool August 6, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Must-Read Mutual Fund News The week in mutual funds and how to profit from it. |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Let This Pro Make You Rich Bruce Berkowitz discloses his newest picks. As interesting as looking at professionally managed portfolios like Bruce Berkowitz's Fairholme Fund can be, it's only a starting point. |
The Motley Fool January 4, 2011 Andrew Bond |
A Great Year for This Growth Investor Noah Blackstein's Dynamic U.S. Growth Fund returned more than 50% last year. That was enough to top the list of unlevered diversified stock funds. |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
How to Make Money With Mutual Funds A lowdown on mutual funds. |
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. |
The Motley Fool August 8, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
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The Motley Fool March 10, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
I'm Bucking the Trend Index funds are gaining momentum -- but should they? |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
The Hottest Trillion-Dollar Investment Read these tips before jumping into the popular world of exchange-traded funds. |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Billy Fisher |
Dueling Fools: Washington Mutual Bear The bearish argument about Washington Mutual is that the recent turmoil in the mortgage industry paints a bleak outlook looking forward for the company. |
The Motley Fool May 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Easiest Way to Gamble Your Money Away Investors are taking a big bet on leveraged ETFs. |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Investments Even Dilbert Would Love These index funds and ETFs can strengthen your portfolio. |
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Beating the Market Can an actively managed mutual fund consistently post market-beating returns? |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
2 Giant Threats to the Manager of the Decade Two former Fairholme co-managers take on Bruce Berkowitz with their own fund. |
The Motley Fool August 17, 2010 Andrew Bond |
Follow The Leader: Bruce Berkowitz Bruce Berkowitz heads Fairholme Capital Management, which manages Fairholme Fund, which was the fastest-growing mutual fund in the country through the first two quarters of 2010. Let's take a look at this legend's top holdings. |
The Motley Fool November 28, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Bet Against the Dow and Win There are a number of exchange-traded funds that provide investors the opportunity to benefit from market declines. |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2007 Jill Ralph |
Don't Sabotage Your Retirement To give yourself a chance at a truly golden retirement, don't let inertia take hold of you -- in either your saving or your investing. |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
A Tax Cut Everyone Can Agree on Taxing mutual fund and ETF capital gain distributions has never made sense. |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
ETFs on the Rise Will exchange-traded funds put mutual funds out of business? |
The Motley Fool November 19, 2010 Andrew Bond |
Bruce Berkowitz Adds an Old Icon The master Fairholme Fund investor shows some love to another unpopular stock. |
The Motley Fool September 7, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
How These Big Losers Could Pay Off for You So far this year, active funds are really stinking up the joint. But there may be a silver lining from the egregious underperformance of active funds in 2011. |
Financial Advisor February 2, 2009 Marla Brill |
Handle With Care Inverse and leveraged inverse ETFs can help battle a bear market, but you need to watch them carefully. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Don't Follow the Herd Down This Road Investors are rewarded by blazing trails, not following herds. If you're considering investing in a fund because it buys lots of popular, in-favor stocks, think twice before pulling the trigger. |
The Motley Fool May 13, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
When Inverse ETFs Make Sense If you ever need a bet against a particular market, take a closer look to see whether unleveraged inverse ETFs might be the right way to play. |
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Americans Favor Mutual Funds Stock funds are hot, as they should be. |
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 March 4, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Big Winner in the Bear Market The end of the bull market brought with it a sea change in the way many investors look at their investments. And no one was better poised to take advantage of that change than the companies that produce ETFs. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2008 Elizabeth O'Brien |
Growing Old Together Bruce Berkowitz, manager of the $9.0 billion Fairholme Fund, says a fund's steward should invest a meaningful amount in his own fund, enough to feel the same "pain and joy" at any fluctuations in value as its mom-and-pop shareholders. |
The Motley Fool June 4, 2010 Saletta & Caplinger |
Are ETFs the Best Way to Short the Market? As part of our special series on short-selling, two Motley Fool analysts look at whether short ETFs are the best. |
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 April 25, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
What the Smartest Investors Are Buying Now Take note of what the smarty-pants are doing and incorporate some of those moves into your own investing regimen. |
The Motley Fool September 26, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Most Expensive ETFs You'll Never Need As more and more of these funds are being rushed to market, expenses on some ETFs have begun to creep up. In fact, some ETFs now charge more than many actively managed mutual funds. Why are some of these funds so expensive? |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Did Barclays Fix Leveraged ETFs? The search for safer leverage is back. Barclays has rolled out a line of exchange-traded notes that promise to fix the biggest flaw that leveraged ETFs have. |
The Motley Fool November 7, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Hold On to These Lagging Investments These two funds are worth keeping. |
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. |
Entrepreneur August 2004 Dian Vujovich |
Exchange Rate Turned off by mutual funds but like the idea of investing in a packaged product that's designed to track an index or sector? Consider exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2008 John Rosevear |
You Can Make Money in Any Market Somebody is making money. They've learned to use tools and strategies we haven't. ProShares have created families of short ETFs -- investments that go up when the indices they track go down. |
The Motley Fool May 21, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Triple Your Returns? Don't Bet on It Leveraged ETFs don't deliver the results many investors are expecting over the long haul. |
The Motley Fool November 8, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Fund Stars Stop Streaking Barring a huge recovery between now and year-end, 2007 looks like it may be the end of the road for impressive eight-year performance streaks for many mutual funds. |
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 June 22, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Why Mutual Funds Are Here to Stay The death of funds is greatly exaggerated. |
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A Bigger Slice Of all the challenges that the fund industry has faced and still faces, a stagnant stock market may be the most serious. |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2004 |
Seeking Outstanding Mutual Funds Don't settle for below-average performance when you can earn average or better. |
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Financial Planning September 1, 2013 Craig L. Israelsen |
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