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2 Out-of-Favor Investments to Buy Now Just because an investment is down and out doesn't mean it isn't a good long-term value.   |
The Motley Fool
July 29, 2011
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Why You're Losing Money on Your Investments Past performance is not indicative of future results when it comes to mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool
August 15, 2007
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2 Growth Funds You Should Own Now Growth stocks are set to take off; here's how to get in on the ground floor. Most growth stocks have a lot of room to run, and investors who stock up now are likely to rep the benefits. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2007
Steve Savage |
Short-Term Slumps Many great managers share common traits, including a willingness to own unpopular names, to make decisions based on long-term analysis and to maintain the discipline to ignore painful shorter-term market swings. This ability to ignore painful shorter-term swings is being tested as we speak. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Is This Stock-Picking Method Broken? Before you write off the whole approach as a failure, keep your eyes open for quantitative-based funds that could lead the pack once market sentiment and investor focus swing back in their favor. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2005
Israelsen & Clement |
Of Stocks and Funds Financial advisers need to explain to their clients that diversification can be a double-edged sword; protection against loss can sometimes insulate against return. Here's a performance comparison of individual stocks vs. equity funds in 2004. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Forward-Thinking Family This mutual fund family vows to keep costs low while giving a solid performance. If you don't know much about Bridgeway Funds, you might want to learn more. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
3 Investments for Your 401(k) 3 high-turnover funds that might be good to own in a tax-deferred account like a 401k. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2007
Craig L. Israelsen |
Tales of the Tape When you look at annual returns, stocks, equity mutual funds and indexes tell surprisingly different stories. |
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? |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2006
Israelsen & Walker |
Evening the Odds A significant flaw in many active-versus-passive studies occurs when tallying the number of funds that under- or out-perform an index. Three steps could help level the playing field in the active-versus-passive debate. |
Financial Advisor
October 2006
Marla Brill |
Quant With A Conscience For Bridgeway Funds founder John Montgomery, investing is about more than money. |
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. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2006
Stephen Savage |
Satellite of Beta When constructing a core-satellite portfolio, where do your indexes really belong? Here's an approach that is closer to the inverse of the traditional core-and-satellite approach. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2009
Amanda B. Kish |
The Next Market Leader After the big rebound in lower-quality securities, large-cap blue chips may be poised for their own big comeback. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
Morningstar's Stars Shining Brighter Critics have long questioned the value of the Morningstar ranking system, which awards five stars to top-performing funds and one star to those in the bottom of the barrel. Has the firm's tinkering with the system helped? |
The Motley Fool
July 16, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Large Caps Making a Comeback? So how can smart investors best capitalize on any coming large-cap rebound? Well, don't abandon small caps completely. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2012
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Benchmarking the Benchmarks The news hasn't been good lately for actively managed funds and their investors. In 2011, only one-third of large-cap fund managers beat the S&P 500 index. |
The Motley Fool
January 25, 2005
Shannon Zimmerman |
Time to Buy Here's a tip for fortifying your portfolio during troubled times: Growth funds are on sale. Get 'em while they're not hot. |
The Motley Fool
August 17, 2004
Shannon Zimmerman |
Time to Buy? The market downturn this summer has handed smart fund investors a world-class opportunity to go shopping down the equity market's large-cap growth aisle. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Are Your Funds Really Performing? It's not enough to simply pick good mutual funds and hope that your money will grow. You need constant evaluation and comparison to keep your investment program on track. |
Investment Advisor
August 2007
Palash R. Ghosh |
Small-Cap Value Still Chugging Along While small-cap stocks have generally underperformed large-caps in recent years, small-cap value has kept pace with its larger-cap value peers. |
Financial Planning
October 2, 2007
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Fund Manager Profile: Happy Hunting Bill D'Alonzo snares "marge-cap" names for the Brandywine Blue Fund. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen |
Swapping Out If designed well, a diversified, multi-asset portfolio can provide growth during pre-retirement accumulation years and stable income flows during post-retirement distribution years. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2011 |
Benchmark Electronics Earnings Preview Benchmark Electronics will unveil its latest earnings on Thursday, July 28. |
On Wall Street
March 1, 2012
Tom Roseen |
Recent Losses Continue to Haunt Equity Investors Over the last 87 years the number of years of equity outperformance (63) handily beat the number of years of underperformance (24). Armed with this knowledge, we shouldn't let the fear of loss alone drive our investment decisions. |
The Motley Fool
December 9, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Are "Free" Mutual Funds Worth It? Look before you leap. |
Financial Advisor
March 2007 |
Where They Stand Separate accounts ranked by three-year returns as of December 31: Large-cap growth... Large-cap value... etc. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2006
Craig L. Israelsen |
Think Inside the Box The many investments within a style box are not all alike. Market-cap variance can lead to significant performance differences within style boxes -- particularly among large-cap funds. |
The Motley Fool
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Zoe Van Schyndel |
Good Things Come in Small Packages Micro-cap funds add diversification and potentially high returns to your portfolio. |
