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The Motley Fool
November 25, 2008
Dan Caplinger
Did Asset Allocation Work? Some funds claimed to protect you from the downturn. Did they deliver? mark for My Articles similar articles
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March 2004
Marla Brill
Was Last Yearis Rally A Headfake? Jeremy Grantham says yes, and thinks the bear market will return in 2005. mark for My Articles similar articles
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August 2010
James Picerno
Searching For Progress Financial innovation is under fire. Failing to beat the market is only one reason. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
October 1, 2008
Tim Knepp
Question Assumptions It's time to ask ourselves whether the blunt tools of broad asset class definitions and traditional asset allocations provide an adequate defense against the complex risk and interaction of today's markets. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Craig L. Israelsen
A Better Balanced 'Core' Balanced funds are based on outdated models and need to be better diversified. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2009
Geoff Considine
Not Without Risk Any discussion of whether the theoretical constructs of asset allocation and diversification broke down must start with a reasonable estimate of what they were supposed to provide. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2011
Donald Jay Korn
Double Plays When clients want a total return fund, it may be difficult for advisors to sort out the options. Determining what role a total return fund can play in a client's portfolio requires a deeper understanding of this confusing category. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2007
Amanda B. Kish
Funds for Impatient Investors Asset allocation funds typically invest in a mix of stocks and bonds to hopefully lower risk and gain higher returns over time. Research shows that investors tend to hold these mutual funds longer. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2009
Aaron Pressman
Allocation Funds Are on the Rise New funds that switch among different asset classes are gaining popularity with investors tired of constant loss. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
April 1, 2007
Craig L. Israelsen
Send in the Clones? Target-date funds are proliferating, and they're astonishingly similar. Sadly, they're not astonishingly excellent. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2009
Dan Caplinger
The Investing Secret You Need to Know A winning mutual fund strategy boils down to asset allocation. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
June 1, 2011
Carl Resnick
ETFs: The Ideal Asset Allocation Tool? True diversification has become the primary focus of smart advisors. To the benefit of these advisors and their clients, a wide range of well-built exchange-traded funds has emerged to represent just about every asset class available. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
October 2006
Joshua M. Kaplan
When Did REITs Become An Asset Class? REITs as an asset class eventually will fade away, most likely when the returns become less attractive and the real estate market slows further. It's a fad, plain and simple. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
October 1, 2009
Craig L. Israelsen
An Age-Old Question Age plays an important role in determining asset allocation. The general consensus is, the older you get, the less risk you should take. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
July 1, 2010
John Rosevear
You Need This Offbeat Investment Some funds -- which Morningstar calls "moderate allocation" funds -- take nonstandard approaches to investing: Some take short positions, some buy and sell options, some invest in commodities, some combine all of the above and more. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2010
Alex Dumortier
Are You Scared of Emerging-Market ETFs? It's time to reduce allocations to emerging markets. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
April 2010
Robert J. Lindner
Expert's Corner: Putting It in Neutral Advisors can improve a client's portfolio by using a market neutral strategy. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
August 2008
Melanie Waddell
Time for an Alternative The volatile market is sparking more use of alternative assets mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
September 1, 2008
J Gibson Watson
The Sleeping Bear Has Emerged. Now What? The hardest-hit market segments are often the ones that will lead the pack during the subsequent recovery. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
October 2, 2007
Craig L. Israelsen
Smoothing the Path When comparing active and passive management, financial planners should look at the performance of the whole portfolio. What you find may surprise you. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
January 10, 2011
Alex Dumortier
3 Winning Investment Themes for 2011 If you're interested in asset allocation, the start of the year is an opportunity to think about the best way to position your portfolio for success around a small number of investing ideas. Here are three ideas to get you started. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2011
Amanda B. Kish
A Helping Hand With Your Investments Options for folks who want a little bit of help in crafting their asset allocation. mark for My Articles similar articles
On Wall Street
September 1, 2011
Elizabeth Wine
Active Resistance It's not been a good recovery for actively managed mutual funds. Investors have been steadily pulling money out, while sending waves of cash into passively managed index funds and exchange-traded funds. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 3, 2011
Dan Caplinger
How Investors Beat the Great Recession A simple strategy brought many back to even. Many investors use asset allocation strategies to spread their risk across various types of investments. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 23, 2007
Dan Caplinger
Don't Leave Your Investments on Autopilot An occasional look can reveal profitable adjustments to your portfolio. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
October 1, 2006
Joshua M. Kaplan
Out of Balance The mutual fund universe is quite expansive, with multitudes of funds that have reasonable initial investment minimums. By opting for a balanced fund, clients need to understand that they are relinquishing control of their allocation. mark for My Articles similar articles
BusinessWeek
January 31, 2005
A Fixed-Income Fund with a Twist Bill Eigen of Fidelity Strategic Income says a broadly diversified focus and careful risk management help his fund outperform mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
February 1, 2010
Paul Menchaca
Growth Spurts It's still tricky to invest for retirement, but planners are starting to seek out long-term growth. Next trick: convincing skittish clients. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2009
Craig L. Israelsen
Upper-Left Quadrant Prudent investing requires the construction of multi-asset portfolios. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
March 1, 2010
Craig L. Israelsen
A Yale Tale The venerable Yale Endowment Fund serves as a performance benchmark for pension managers, endowment fund managers and money managers. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
July 1, 2006
Israelsen & Walker
Right on Target? Life-cycle funds are relatively new. Here are the pros and cons of investing in target-date funds. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2007
Israelsen & Nagengast
Missing The Target? The asset allocation timeline for target-date funds may be too aggressive for many investors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
October 2005
David Reilly
Is Risk Really A Four Letter Word? Once esoteric investing strategies, such as managed currency and commodity futures, real estate, short selling, arbitrage and event-driven strategies, allow portfolio risk management to be taken to the next level. Advisers, take note. mark for My Articles similar articles
Real Estate Portfolio
Nov/Dec 2004
Christopher M. Wright
Q&A with Roger Gibson Roger Gibson is a nationally recognized expert in asset allocation and portfolio design. In a recent interview he discusses among other things, diversification and where REITs fit into his clients' portfolios. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 5, 2010
Tim Hanson
The Stocks You Need to Buy Now Do you know what you're missing? With an asset allocation plan and additional foreign exposure, your portfolio will be better positioned to profit over the next decade. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
December 2008
James J. Green
The Failure of Asset Allocation Asset allocation can explain past market performance, but not predict which allocation will work in the future. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
November 1, 2005
Randy Lert
Stick to Your Guns! Investment managers have stayed bullish on investment underdogs despite a market that has been going the other way. Their favorite category by far is large-cap growth stocks, yet according to several surveys, those stocks only rose 1.7%. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
September 2010
Savita Iyer-Ahrestani
Overlooked Managers: Two Guys With Two Goals For Sierra Investment Management, understanding risk inherent in every asset class has enabled it to outperform, while avoiding the worst disasters in financial market history. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
December 1, 2008
Donald Jay Korn
Submerging Markets Does it make sense to put money into emerging-markets stocks or funds now, at the current depressed prices? mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
December 2009
Evan Simonoff
Absolute Return Obsession With the correlation landscape changing, the interest in absolute return funds is growing. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
January 2006
Callahan & Howard
Boxes Are Not Classes Advisors who use style boxes as proxies for asset classes are performing a disservice to clients. Here's why characteristic boxes are not asset classes and allocating among various characteristic boxes is useless at best. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
December 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn
Seven-Year Hitch? Small-cap stocks have been big winners ever since the last century, but keeping the good times rolling could be a major challenge for financial planners. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
November 2009
Melanie Waddell
Danger & Opportunity: Crafting a Better Target Date Fund A conversation with Bob Reynolds about Putnam's revamped target date funds as well as the investing environment in general. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 8, 2011
Amanda B. Kish
Are Emerging Markets in Danger? Time will tell whether the current blip in emerging markets' fortunes is temporary or the start of a more pervasive downward trend. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2008
Marion Asnes
The New, New Economy The real estate crisis is still going on. Oil prices have skyrocketed. The financial markets are swinging like pendulums. Welcome to the new economy. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2009
Amanda B. Kish
Don't Buy This Junk The high-yield "junk" bond sector of the market has been on fire this year, but you should leave these bonds in the bin. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
August 26, 2014
Brad Zigler
What's An Asset Allocation ETF Really Worth? There are now 40 exchange traded products in the asset allocation category -- most of which are young with short track records mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2011
Eric Dutram
Comparing Three Diversified Portfolio ETFs Keep your portfolio diversified! mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
February 2009
A New Benchmark for Advisors With many advisors using an asset allocation strategy, the S&P 500 is no longer a great benchmark against which to set your pace. Take a look at these new benchmarks. mark for My Articles similar articles