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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.   |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
How to Make Money With Mutual Funds A lowdown on mutual funds. |
Registered Rep.
March 2, 2015
John F. Wasik |
How to Spot a Closet Indexer With expenses continuing to fall on exchange traded funds and passively managed mutual funds, it's hard to justify investing in an actively managed portfolio that isn't pulling its own weight. |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Index Funds Win Again Index funds are cheap, easy, and they reliably outperform many other funds. |
BusinessWeek
April 7, 2011
Nazareth & Patterson |
Record Earnings Point to More Stock Market Gains Individual investors who missed the rally are piling in, providing more fuel. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
October 28, 2010
Suzanne Woolley |
A 401(k) Funds Popularity Contest A look at which actively managed mutual funds shepherd the most retirement assets, how well they do it, and where they are putting your money. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen |
Material World The natural resources mutual fund sector has a number of attractions, but one characteristic that is probably not immediately evident to many investors is that these funds do not correlate closely with broad stock indexes. This, it turns out, is a valuable feature. |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Lewis Braham |
How To Spot A Closet Index Fund When funds charge through the nose for index-like performance, it's particularly offensive. If you're holding an expensive index hugger, the best advice is to sell it. |
The Motley Fool
April 23, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Investments That Don't Stand a Chance An active fund that only seeks to match its benchmark is a waste of your money. If that's all a fund can offer, you're much better off going with the index fund. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Fund Fakery Is your expensive, managed fund really an index fund in disguise? |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
Leaning Toward Lockstep Correlations between U.S. and foreign markets are increasing, but adherents insist that foreign investing can still reduce risk. |
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
April 24, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Growth Fund of America Tips the Scales Has this fund gotten too big for its own good? |
BusinessWeek
March 11, 2010
Nazareth & Kisling |
Bull Market Believers Three money managers who called the turn in March 2009 see big gains ahead; a fourth dissents. |
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. |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2007
Donald Jay Korn |
Different Strokes This summer's volatile markets proved that allocating funds among uncorrelated assets really does work. |
BusinessWeek
June 10, 2010
Bhaktavatsalam & Condon |
Stock Funds Hit a Rough Patch Eight of the 10 biggest U.S. mutual funds are showing lackluster results, with only Fidelity beating benchmarks. |
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
June 4, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
These Buyers Will Launch Stocks Higher For fund managers who've kept money on the sidelines this year, the pressure's on to get fully invested -- and when those holdouts start buying, they'll likely push stocks even higher. |
Registered Rep.
January 3, 2008
John Churchill |
Morningstar's "Best Of 2007": A Dubious Distinction? Morningstar announces the three winners chosen as "Mutual Fund Managers of the Year." But with many studies showing one year's hot managers often don't perform as well the following year, is it a distinction anyone really wants? |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
You're Smarter Than the S&P 500 Maybe you can beat an index fund, but don't get cocky; remember, hindsight doesn't count. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
I'm Bucking the Trend Index funds are gaining momentum -- but should they? |
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. |
BusinessWeek
September 24, 2009
Roben Farzad |
Searching for True North Investing gauges are broken, market signals are mixed, and money managers don't know where to turn. What exactly is the "new normal"? |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2008
Todd Wenning |
This Will Scare You Silly As scary as the current and potential 10-year returns for the S&P sound, investors who added international stocks to their portfolio in 1998 have still come out ahead. |
BusinessWeek
February 17, 2011
Kisling & Kearns |
The Stock Market Is Calm. You're Warned Stocks haven't risen this much with such narrow price swings since 1971. This puts equities at risk for short-term loss. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2006
Chuck Saletta |
Dueling Fools: Mutual Funds Bear Rebuttal Beating a benchmark only has meaning if you're looking at the right one. Over a lifetime, managing to barely beat Vanguard's Short-Term Bond Index should be an embarrassment for a stock investor. |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Improving on Index Funds As the fund universe continues to evolve, new funds have emerged that try to improve on their first-generation counterparts. One fund in particular has its sights set high -- the Rydex S&P Equal Weight ETF. |
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2002
Stan Luxenberg |
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 6, 2004 |
Seeking Outstanding Mutual Funds Don't settle for below-average performance when you can earn average or better. |
The Motley Fool
November 6, 2006
Tim Hanson |
Don't Try to Beat the Market It's entirely possible to be a hands-off investor and still put the long-term wealth-building power of the stock market to work for you. The secret? Index funds. |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Make Money Despite Higher Fees A low fee isn't everything. |
BusinessWeek
July 18, 2005
Adrienne Carter |
Pushing Index Funds A Bit Higher Mutual funds that start with indexing and then tweak here and there to help increase returns. |
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
June 16, 2009 |
Bogle on Buy and Hold and the "Long" of Long-Term Investing Index master John Bogle holds court in an exclusive interview in which he speaks about buy-and-hold strategy. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2007
Lewis Braham |
A Two-Way Wager On Commodities Rydex' new fund allows investors to play the ups and downs of the futures market. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
These Investments Could Steer You Wrong Index funds and exchange-traded funds aren't perfect. |
BusinessWeek
July 14, 2010
Whitney Kisling et al. |
The Numbers Say Tech Stocks Are Cheap The tech's average p-e ratio is as low as it's been in two decades. |
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
The Best Enhanced Index Funds: Part 2 More top funds with a return-boosting twist: Calvert Large Cap Growth... Vanguard Growth & Income... |
BusinessWeek
September 16, 2010
Whitney Kisling |
As Market Pessimism Grows, Should You Buy Stocks? Investors are disenchanted with the market. To contrarians, that constitutes signs of a rally |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
Turn the Tables on the Lost Decade If you lost money during the last 10 years, you made a simple mistake. It's not enough to keep all your money invested in the same big companies. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Why Pay for Nothing? From the standpoint of the individual investor, mutual fund fees often go unnoticed. However, they're extremely significant and represent a large handicap for savers to overcome in trying to reach their financial goals. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2008
Todd Wenning |
This Will Scare You Silly Take a look at some scary annualized returns from index and bond funds, and what you can do to maximize your portfolio's returns. |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Are You Overdiversified? Learn what you're really getting with an S&P 500 index fund. |
