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The Key to Successful Mutual Fund Investing Mutual fund expenses may be one of the best ways to tell whether a fund will outperform or not.   |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2011
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How to Make Money With Mutual Funds A lowdown on mutual funds. |
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
June 20, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Make Money Despite Higher Fees A low fee isn't everything. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Investments Even Dilbert Would Love These index funds and ETFs can strengthen your portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
No Starring Role for This Investment Not all exchange-traded funds are created equal. In fact, some, like leveraged and inverse leveraged funds, may offer more distractions than true benefits to investors. |
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Hooray for Cheaper Funds! The fund industry just got the memo: Expenses matter. How do your fund's expenses measure up? The following chart details the average expense ratio for several different categories of funds. |
The Motley Fool
August 16, 2010
Jordan DiPietro |
This Investment Will Sink Your Portfolio Avoid mutual funds and invest in individual stocks. |
The Motley Fool
November 25, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
These 3 Tips Will Make You a Winning Investor Don't waste money on unnecessary investing costs. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
Does Your Manager Invest Alongside You? And why that shouldn't be the only question you ask your fund manager. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Funds That Are in the Closet Are No Bargain Make sure you're not severely overpaying for your funds. The problem is closet-indexing, which happens when a fund has too much in common with the S&P 500 index of 500 of America's biggest companies, or with some other index that serves as its benchmark. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
The Key to ETF Success As firms such as Vanguard and Barclays continue to duke it out for dominance in the ETF arena, costs will likely continue to fall across the board. That should be a good thing -- for both investors and the ETF market in general. |
The Motley Fool
November 27, 2007
Adam J. Wiederman |
How to Invest When You're Busy If you're pressed for time, mutual funds may be the perfect investment opportunity for you. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Watch Out for These Costly Investments High costs can make ETFs look bad. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Make the Right Investment Every Time Even after close examination, it can be hard to tell many investments apart. Therefore, how can you ensure that you make the best choice every time? |
The Motley Fool
June 1, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
Coming Soon to Your 401(k): ETFs Schwab plans to offer ETFs for 401(k). |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
6 ETFs That Won't Rip You Off Don't pay more than you have to for ETFs. |
BusinessWeek
May 2, 2005
Adrienne Carter |
Mutual Funds: Why Fees Still Defy Gravity Investors are seeking answers about why annual fees are assessed when fund company assets have increased. Now regulators want to know, too. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2009
Stan Luxenberg |
How to Pick Outperforming Fund Managers This group of managers doesn't disappoint: Morningstar's "fund managers of the year." After winning the award, most managers go on to beat their categories. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Wall Street Should Thank You One finance professor has figured out how much investors pay in commissions, fees, and other investing costs -- and the number will shock you. |
The Motley Fool
October 20, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
This Easy Move Will Save You $215,900 It's all in what you pay. Doing what you can to minimize your costs, however, will always put money back in your pocket. |
On Wall Street
October 1, 2008
John Ameriks |
The Myth of the Stockpicker's Market When investors try to outrun both the bulls and the bears, look to sports cliches for help: The best offense is a good defense. |
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
August 2, 2004
Mathew Emmert |
Dividend Funds Missing Dividends When you boil down the names, the strategies, and the yields, you really just end up with some fairly average growth funds. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
Some Mutual Funds Win in Tax Game It's true, on average, that exchange-traded funds and separate accounts have tax advantages over mutual funds. But advisors shouldn't dismiss mutual funds too quickly. |
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. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2008
Stan Luxenberg |
Beating The Bear Will active funds eventually wither away? Not likely. Actively run funds are alive and well, and many are beating the current bear market. |
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
September 16, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Why You're Not Beating the Market All stocks seem to be moving in tandem. Actively managed mutual funds have been one of the primary victims of this flight from equity, with $191 billion pulled from equity funds in 2008 and 2009, according to Investment Company Institute data. |
BusinessWeek
August 27, 2009
Tara Kalwarski |
Time to Take Action? There's a surprisingly strong case to be made for buying into actively managed funds. |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2004
Shannon Zimmerman |
You're Paying How Much? With mutual funds, you usually get what you don't pay for. When it comes to gauging a fund's prospects, few attributes have more predictive power than the expense ratio. |
The Motley Fool
August 27, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
When Buying an Index Fund Is Stupid Not all index funds are created equal. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2005
Shannon Zimmerman |
You're Paying How Much? With mutual funds, you usually get what you don't pay for. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Will This Investment Crush Your Funds? Boring old index funds might be more powerful than you think. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
The Most Important Fund Criteria Yes, even more important than a Morningstar rating. |
The Motley Fool
August 13, 2008
Chuck Saletta |
Beat the S&P 500 -- Guaranteed! Put a too-often-neglected investing tool, reinvesting index fund dividends, to work for you. |
Financial Advisor
July 2012
Tom Lydon |
In The ETF Price War, Investors Win Advisors have many options for helping clients save on fees. |
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
April 15, 2011
Chuck Saletta |
Seed Money + Time = You're a Millionaire It's OK to restart investing after taking a break. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2006
Pamela Black |
White Paper: Predicting Emerging Market Fund Performance This study examines the ability of fund characteristics such as size, expense ratio, turnover, past performance, Morningstar rating and manager tenure to predict emerging market fund performance. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Do These Black-Sheep Investments Deserve Your Money? Don't feel compelled to stick with a below-average fund just because it's offered by an otherwise good fund family. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
An ETF Strategy To Save You Money A favorite mutual fund might have a matching ETF -- with lower expenses. |
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
January 28, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
10 Core Stocks: A Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Update The fund's success speaks to the importance of having a diversified portfolio that covers all the stops in the market capitalization spectrum. |
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
January 16, 2010
Alex Dumortier |
A Wealth-Building Strategy for the Next 10 Years This straightforward strategy will help you rebound from the past 10 years. |
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
June 27, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
The 5-Minute Fund Test Follow these easy steps to find worthy mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
You're Holding the Bag on Financials It's too early to tell just how big the taxpayer bill for the various bailouts, bank failures, and bankruptcies might be. But one thing is for sure: Mutual fund shareholders have already taken a big hit. |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Another Investing Fad Bites the Dust Say sayonara to 130/30 mutual funds. |
