Similar Articles |
|
The Motley Fool April 26, 2011 Eric Dutram |
Tuesday's ETF to Watch: S&P Retail SPDR How will April's consumer confidence rating affect this retail ETF? |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2010 Eric Dutram |
Tuesday's ETF to Watch: Retail ETF (XRT) The recent consumer confidence report puts this Retail ETF in focus. |
Investment Advisor February 2010 Vaughan Scully |
The ETF Advisor: S&P 500 ETFs While some S&P 500 Index funds are virtually identical to the SPDR fund, a handful of other ETFs offers more substantial modifications to the original formula. |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2010 Stoyan Bojinov |
Wednesday's ETF to Watch: SPDR Homebuilders ETF (XHB) The National Association of Realtors releases the existing home sales report for November today. |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Jared Cummans |
Simplifying Investing: 5 All Cap ETF Options Get exposure in all the right places. |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
It's Time to Sell Your Small-Cap Stocks Large-cap valuations are unusually attractive. |
The Motley Fool August 29, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Salvage Your Losers With This Easy Strategy Use exchange-traded funds to avoid the "wash sale" tax rule. |
Investment Advisor August 2009 Vaughan Scully |
The ETF Advisor: Those Outperforming Small Caps Exchange traded funds offer a relatively convenient and cost-effective way to invest in small cap stocks. |
The Motley Fool April 1, 2011 Eric Dutram |
Friday's ETF to Watch: Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR Due to the reports from earlier in the week and the crucial nature of today's payroll news, investors should look for the Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR to be in focus. |
The Motley Fool October 6, 2009 Chris Jones |
Could These ETFs Be Your Ticket to Better Returns? Can revenue-weighted ETFs consistently beat the market? |
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 March 11, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
How to Build a Better S&P 500 As terrific as S&P 500 index funds can be, they're not perfect. But a newer, potentially better kind of index fund could help fix one of their biggest weaknesses. |
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 June 29, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The Better Way to Beat the Market? The jury's still out on alternative indexes. Different market conditions will make index funds perform in various ways. |
InternetNews May 7, 2004 Sharon Gaudin |
IT Loses Jobs in April but Rate of Decline Ebbs Government economists report that the high-tech industry is still losing jobs, but the loss rate is slower than it was a year ago. |
The Motley Fool November 27, 2006 Zoe Van Schyndel |
57 Flavors of Funds New versions of ETFs mean more choices for investors. |
The Motley Fool August 6, 2010 Eric Dutram |
Friday's ETF to Watch: U.S. Dollar ETF (UUP) Keep your eyes here today. |
The Motley Fool November 17, 2006 Ralph Casale |
Not Your Father's Index Funds A number of investment vehicles, mostly ETFs, have been designed to take advantage of alternate company weighting in an index. |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2010 Cathy Carlson |
Can Coach Purses And $4 Coffees Drive Consumer Discretionary ETFs? Can luxury stocks hold up consumer discretionaries? |
The Motley Fool August 24, 2010 Eric Dutram |
Three ETFs to Watch as The Housing Market Crumbles Is the housing market about to completely collapse? |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2010 Michael Johnston |
6 Reasons to Consider Dumping SPY A list of six ETFs to consider instead. |
The Motley Fool December 10, 2010 Jared Cummans |
Friday's ETF to Watch: SPDR Retail Fund (XRT) The University of Michigan releases its consumer confidence results today, and therefore this retail ETF is one to watch. |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Simple Ways to Win With Large Caps Put together a great set of investments in just a few steps by using exchange traded funds. |
The Motley Fool September 29, 2010 Michael Johnston |
iShares Rolls Out Three New International ETFs Get in on the international action. |
The Motley Fool September 15, 2010 Jared Cummans |
Wednesday's ETF to Watch: British Equity ETF (EWU) Changes in England's unemployment figures put this ETF in focus today. |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
3 Reasons to Move Beyond Index Funds If you want to take your investing prowess to the next level you'll want to move beyond index funds -- at least with part of your savings. |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2011 Eric Dutram |
Tuesday's ETF to Watch: IQ Australia Small Cap ETF Is the U.S. economy slowing? |
The Motley Fool February 5, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Bottom-Feeding With ETFs With the market down, investing in beaten-down ETFs -- those funds trading well below their peak prices or that no longer reflect the trend of the day -- can be a profitable exercise. |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
The Weight of Wal-Mart's World Standard & Poor's is tweaking the weighting formula on its various indexes, including its widely tracked S&P 500 benchmark. The intention is noble. With $1 trillion invested in index funds, liquidity is a major concern. |
Registered Rep. July 1, 2006 Stan Luxenberg |
Fundamental Indexing During the 1990s, S&P 500 index funds were all the rage -- and, for most core investments, the bogey to beat. But lately the index has been offering stingy returns. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2009 Richard A. Ferri |
Mapping Indexes Today's advisors can best serve their clients with a working knowledge of the various index methodologies. Unfortunately, this is no easy task. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Find Small-Cap Winners the Simple Way Picking a good small-cap ETF makes it easy to broaden your portfolio and improve its long-term returns. Which of these four ETFs has the secret to top returns? |
Financial Planning October 1, 2011 Craig L. Israelsen |
Multiply Returns by Dividing Gaining exposure to U.S. stocks by using three equally weighted index funds produced better performance than a single mega-market index fund during the Lost Decade of 2001 to 2010. |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Index Funds Win Again Index funds are cheap, easy, and they reliably outperform many other funds. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 Scott A. Leonard |
The Smaller, the Better Rumors that the small-cap effect is dead are most definitely premature. By focusing on the smallest of the small caps, financial advisors can see that the small-cap effect appears to be alive and well. You just need to know where to look for it. |
Financial Advisor August 2009 Marla Brill |
Small-Cap Bounty Small-cap ETFs have grown in number and offer some interesting choices. |
The Motley Fool December 9, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
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. |
The Motley Fool August 17, 2010 Eric Dutram |
Tuesday's ETF to Watch: Retail HOLDR (RTH) Retailers step into the spotlight today. |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Don't Give Up On These Investments Here are three exchange-traded funds that are trailing the market this year -- and why you might want to keep them around. |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
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. |
The Motley Fool June 4, 2011 Tom Lydon |
Stock ETFs End the Week Lower as Financial Stocks Add to Job Woes Exchange-traded funds closed out a fifth week of losses with more selling on Friday, after Bank of America and American Express led financial ETFs lower. |
The Motley Fool February 22, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
3 Strategies That Beat the Market Alternatives to index funds did well since 2000, but will they keep up the pace? |
Investment Advisor December 2009 Vaughan Scully |
The ETF Advisor: Basic Materials ETFs Cyclical but intriguing. |
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 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? |
Financial Advisor September 2011 Tom Lydon |
It's All In The Weighting ETF indexing has evolved, but the traditional, somewhat boring approach may still yield the best results. |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2010 Jared Cummans |
Thursday's ETF to Watch: Switzerland Index Fund (EWL) Second-quarter employment level numbers may affect the Swiss economy. |
FDIC FYI September 5, 2002 |
Corporate Earnings Growth Suggests Business Sector Recovery The recession that began in March 2001 has been termed a corporate sector recession because of pervasive weakness in the business sector. Recent earnings reports from companies in the S&P 500 index suggest that the trend of declining corporate profits may have run its course. |