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You Say Potato, I Say Value Investment professionals should immediately know growth and value strategies when they see them. But in some cases the difference between growth and value has been blurred. How do you benchmark your growth versus value approach? |
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Is It True Bonds Have More Fun? A multi-year shift by investors out of equity mutual funds and into equity exchange-traded funds is now broadening to include fixed income, too, as investors seek lower fees as well as the relative ease of shifting asset allocations afforded by ETFs. |
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Capturing Alpha With ETFs An actively managed portfolio of exchange-traded funds can generate risk-adjusted excess returns above those of its individual funds -- a positive alpha. |
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The Best Small-Cap ETFs These exchange-traded funds win the best-in-class award. Let's take a closer look at the iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF, the Vanguard Small-Cap ETF, the iShares Morningstar Small Core ETF, the iShares S&P 600 Value ETF, and the Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF. |
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Chasing Returns Emerging market ETFs are big winners this year, but concerns about unsustainable values are mounting. |
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Is the SPDR S&P 500 a Buy? A clear-headed assessment of the data may not support buying the S&P 500 just yet, despite the correction that began in May. |
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Global Investing Made Simple No-fuss ways to expand your portfolio's horizons. Funds -- and more funds... Indexing with ETFs... Instant portfolio -- just add trades!... etc. |
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How to Plug the Holes in Your Portfolio Great investment funds still don't always cover all your bases. |
Investment Advisor
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The ETF Advisor: Pick a Country, Any Country The rally in foreign and emerging market stocks during the first half of 2009 has awakened within U.S. investors an apparently long slumbering desire to invest in other countries. |
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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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Do the Averages Matter? In general, although news of record highs among various stock market indices can make for a nice headline or leading story on the nightly news, market averages aren't too important to most investors. |
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It's All In The Weighting ETF indexing has evolved, but the traditional, somewhat boring approach may still yield the best results. |
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An ETF Passage to India WisdomTree's new offering is the first India-only ETF. |
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Small-Cap Bounty Small-cap ETFs have grown in number and offer some interesting choices. |
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May 19, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
How to Win With Fidelity's Free iShares ETFs Rather than going the same route as Schwab and Vanguard -- by offering in-house funds -- Fidelity has decided to make a partnership deal with ETF provider iShares. |
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Finding Higher Returns With Lower Risk There is surging interest in low-volatility investment strategies. Still, some investors are finding ways to make volatility work for them. |
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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. |
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Simplifying Investing: 5 All Cap ETF Options Get exposure in all the right places. |
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Vanguard's Best Index Funds Which index funds should you have in your portfolio? Vanguard 500 Index Fund... Vanguard Small-Cap Index... Vanguard Total International Stock Index... etc. |
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Look What Financial Innovation Got Us Now As the number of ETFs continues to grow, it seems as though new fund offerings are hitting a point of diminishing returns, not providing enough additional value to justify their cost. |
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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. |
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Dan Caplinger |
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Jerry Gleeson |
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