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The Motley Fool July 22, 2004 |
How Are Your Stocks Really Doing? We live in a society that doesn't seem to pay much attention to how our investments are doing compared with the market's averages.  |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2005 |
All Hail the Mock Portfolio Before you lose some hard-earned money, try a mock portfolio.  |
AskMen.com April 14, 2002 Rashmikant Patel |
Starting A Portfolio Investors can easily understand and build a portfolio that conforms to their needs...  |
The Motley Fool December 29, 2003 |
What's a Mutual Fund? It's sort of like an investing club.  |
Entrepreneur January 2006 Scott Bernard Nelson |
World View Seeking a well-rounded portfolio? There's never been a better time to take a portion of your investments global. The simplest solution is to find a good, low-cost international index fund.  |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2004 |
Suffering From Performance Anxiety? Quick: How are your investments doing? If you're stumped, read on.  |
The Motley Fool May 13, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Funds to Save You If your financial future is shaky, certain mutual funds can save you. Before you invest in any mutual fund, make sure you've studied it well -- either on your own or with some help.  |
The Motley Fool February 4, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Embracing a Foolish Inconsistency As you begin, investing can be simple. Your first steps should be to get out of debt, read broadly on investing, and perhaps invest your initial dollars in an index fund.  |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Lumpy Results Ahead Don't expect smooth sailing when you're investing. In the short run, the stock market is especially volatile, and your performance over a few months could be a gain of 25%, or a loss of 18%, or something else.  |
The Motley Fool April 28, 2005 |
Your 60-Second ETF Education When you need a little something for your portfolio, consider an exchange-traded mutual fund (ETF).  |
Entrepreneur April 2005 Dian Vujovich |
Working Assets The Calamos Growth Fund is ranked No. 1 among multi-cap growth funds. The fund manager explains how he controls risk for the portfolio.  |
Entrepreneur July 2006 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Pulled Under Since expectations for mutual funds can be artificially sunny, consider using index funds to stay afloat.  |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
Are Self-Service Funds For You? Exchange-traded funds make a great starter stock.  |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2005 Tim Beyers |
How I Learned to Invest Anyone can become an investor. If you have the guts to try, here is a plan to help you get started.  |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2005 Seth Jayson |
Dueling Fools: Socially Responsible Investing Bear Rebuttal Socially responsible investing through funds is a crapshoot -- just like investing in mutual funds in general. It may not be good investing, and it may not rise to your standards of social responsibility.  |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2004 David Gardner |
Finding the Best Funds Here's how you can climb to the top of the mutual fund heap.  |
The Motley Fool May 6, 2005 Rex Moore |
Boosting Your Returns "Index Plus a Few" is a low-risk strategy with market-beating potential.  |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Save Your Portfolio From Yourself Boost your performance by not being your own worst enemy. Add some top-notch mutual funds to your portfolio. They will relieve you of having to decide which stocks to buy and sell, and when to do so.  |
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.  |
CIO July 1, 2005 Susannah Patton |
Getting the Word on Portfolio Management IT leaders can benefit from portfolio management because they face pressure to cut costs while providing more services.  |
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman |
Investment Strategery Investors, when it comes to diversification, don't forget about strategy -- especially when investing in mutual funds.  |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2004 Bill Mann |
Index Funds: Still Your Best Bet So we're running to actively managed funds now? Not so fast, my friend. When Nathan Slaughter pointed his guns at the trusty, old index fund, many had to stop and ask whether The Motley Fool was abandoning one of its oldest principles.  |
AskMen.com September 30, 2001 Rashmikant Patel |
Beating A Market Crash Forget about specific stock analyses and trying to figure out when's a good time to get in or out of the markets. Instead, stick to the factors that you can control, because they are more likely to help you out in the long run than any uncontrollable factors like stock prices...  |
The Motley Fool August 25, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson |
Can This Portfolio Be Saved? Even the worst portfolio can be redeemed. Sometimes investors have to face unpleasant truths, accept their losses, and rebuild for the future.  |
The Motley Fool August 18, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Rich Dad, Dumb Dad? Robert Kiyosaki may have sold a lot of books, but don't buy all his advice. Kiyosaki's preferred growth vehicles -- real estate, businesses, and options -- can be just as risky, if not much more risky than a simple index fund.  |
The Motley Fool January 26, 2005 Rex Moore |
Juicing the Market's Returns You want to know exactly what actions you should take to finally get your investing house in order. The "Index Plus a Few" is a low-risk strategy with market-beating potential.  |
Entrepreneur October 2005 Dian Vujovich |
New Frontiers An exchange-traded fund can help your money see the world.  |
The Motley Fool August 19, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
How Many Hidden Gems Are Enough? One stock, two stocks, three stocks, 24. What's the right number to own?  |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2004 Dayana Yochim |
Is Wall Street Getting Lazy? Is your money manager getting lazy? Count the number of exchange-traded funds in your portfolio for a litmus test.  |
The Motley Fool December 9, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Beware of Lists of Top Funds One danger of investing is the list of top-performing mutual funds that you'll find often in many financial periodicals. Why are such lists problematic? Let us count the ways.  |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Wondering About Magellan A recent Money magazine article asked a question that's on the minds of many mutual fund investors: "Can Magellan Bounce Back?"  |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2004 David Gardner |
Finding the Best Funds David Gardner rolls out a new service to help you climb to the top of the mutual fund heap.  |
The Motley Fool October 25, 2006 |
Mutual Funds, Explained A mutual fund is thousands of people's money, pooled together by an investment company and invested in stocks, bonds, and other things, all managed for you by Wall Street professionals -- for a sometimes hefty fee.  |
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 January 2, 2004 Zeke Ashton |
New Year's Resolutions for Investors January is a traditional time for resolutions for the New Year. Here are 10 resolutions for investors to help cut down on mistakes, shape up portfolios, and achieve financial goals.  |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Why I Was Wrong, and Then Wrong Again Don't get all excited about a mutual fund based on its performance in a single year.  |
The Motley Fool February 14, 2006 Shruti Basavaraj |
Fools' First Loves: Vanguard Target Retirement Investing in funds doesn't have to stifle your portfolio. Think of it, rather, as a way to maximize your portfolio's returns.  |
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Whatever You Do, Avoid Mutual Funds Funds can bring you a world of hurt, so be careful.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool December 21, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Investor, Help Thyself Mark Hebner's Index Funds: The 12-Step Program for Active Investors shows investors how to break destructive pattern of investing.  |
The Motley Fool December 1, 2005 |
Think Thrice Before Dividing in Thirds Portfolio allocations don't come in one-size-fits-all. A more sensible approach is to consider investment timeframes and, of course, what you can tolerate in terms of market volatility.  |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Profiting From My Mistakes If you want to make a profit, then do as I say, not as I've done. The author has been investing for a decade now, and she's made her share of missteps along the way. Take time to learn from her mistakes so you can avoid the same pitfalls.  |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
How Millionaires Are Born There's hope for the next generation when teens begin investing their money.  |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Is It Time to Invest Abroad? A good way to approach international investing is to view it not as an urgent short-term need but as part of your overall long-term portfolio.  |
AskMen.com Ryan Ortega |
Invest On A Budget With a little planning and common sense, you can invest on a budget with very little money up front and, hopefully, a large payout in the end.  |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Privatized Social Security: Trouble for Funds? The possible plan may not be a mutual fund windfall. The greatest challenge may lie with the investors themselves. Most simply will not be equipped to manage their own retirement funds.  |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
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.  |
Real Estate Portfolio Sep/Oct 2003 Christopher M. Wright |
Q&A with Burton Malkiel Princeton University professor Burton G. Malkiel, author of the classic text, "A Random Walk Down Wall Street," shared his thoughts on investment strategy, the capital markets and REIT investing.  |
Entrepreneur October 2004 Dian Vujovich |
In the Balance No matter how you slice it, having a blend of stock and bond funds in your personal portfolio is a must. If you're looking for an all-in-one fund, check out Oakmark Equity and Income Fund.  |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
I'm Bucking the Trend Index funds are gaining momentum -- but should they?  |