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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.  |
The Motley Fool January 16, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
A Wealth-Building Strategy for the Next 10 Years This straightforward strategy will help you rebound from the past 10 years.  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool August 17, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Why Young Investors Should Love the Crash It's a good time to buy. Pick some stocks that will outlast you.  |
The Motley Fool December 26, 2008 Tim Beyers |
These Tech Stocks Will Make Me Rich Follow along as one Motley Fool analyst invests his real money on these five tech stocks.  |
The Motley Fool April 6, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Don't Mess With the Aristocrats The Dividend Aristocrats are S&P 500 companies that have upped their payouts to shareholders for a truly impressive 25 years in a row.  |
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 September 30, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
How to Beat the New Normal Bill Gross merely believes that financial markets are adapting to what he calls the "New Normal" -- an environment in which growth and investment returns are lower than they've been in the past.  |
The Motley Fool January 6, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Easy Way to Make Your First Million Don't let scary markets divert you from your dreams. Here's an investing strategy even a beginning investor can follow.  |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Do You Sell Too Early? It's interesting to ponder why index funds do so much better than mutual funds that are carefully managed by thinking people who presumably have some stock-evaluation skills. One reason is simply cost.  |
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 December 29, 2008 Julie Clarenbach |
How to Recover Your Portfolio It's time to take buy and hold one further step: buy and hold and buy.  |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
You're Not as Diversified as You Think While the right mix of mutual funds can help you create a diversified portfolio that gives you broad exposure to a wide range of financial markets, you have to stay on the lookout to avoid unnecessary overlap in the stocks your funds own.  |
The Motley Fool March 6, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Investments to Fight Inflation You probably own some of these inflation-fighting investments already. If not, you should.  |
Entrepreneur March 2007 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Worth a Look A new twist on an old concept shakes up the index fund universe. With some research and observation, it could work for you.  |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2007 Jill Ralph |
Don't Sabotage Your Retirement To give yourself a chance at a truly golden retirement, don't let inertia take hold of you -- in either your saving or your investing.  |
The Motley Fool October 27, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Funds That Are in the Closet Are No Bargain Make sure you're not severely overpaying for your funds. The problem is closet-indexing, which happens when a fund has too much in common with the S&P 500 index of 500 of America's biggest companies, or with some other index that serves as its benchmark.  |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2010 Chuck Saletta |
How Ordinary Investors Trounced the Lost Decade Dollar-cost averaging with dividend reinvestment still works.  |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman |
The 60-Second Investor Taken together, learning how to maximize your 401(k) and open an IRA constitute an investing one-two-punch that newcomers should find appealing.  |
The Motley Fool September 1, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Fund Fakery Is your expensive, managed fund really an index fund in disguise?  |
The Motley Fool November 27, 2009 Todd Wenning |
5 Stocks for Growth and Income The total return from a stock is a delicious combination of two factors: an income return from dividends and capital appreciation of the stock's price. Here are five that deliver both: Caterpillar... Garmin... PepsiCo... Hillenbrand... McDonalds...  |
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.  |
The Motley Fool March 27, 2006 Rex Moore |
Who Are History's Great Market Timers? There is one great truth in investing: The key to wealth is to continuously add money, month in and month out, through good times and bad. You shouldn't be overly concerned with the macro situations that are out of your control. You just need to get in the game as soon as you can.  |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2010 Todd Wenning |
5 Keys to Successful Dividend Investing Amid all the dividend cuts and suspensions of the past two years, here are five key lessons that we can use to our advantage going forward.  |
The Motley Fool January 19, 2007 Mary Dalrymple |
Index Funds Win Again Index funds are cheap, easy, and they reliably outperform many other funds.  |
The Motley Fool May 21, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Going Beyond the Index Rather than using a weighted index based on the market cap of the component stocks, WisdomTree ETFs base their portfolio allocations for index components on fundamental aspects of those stocks, such as dividend yield and company earnings.  |
The Motley Fool June 6, 2008 Brian Richards |
Roundtable: Dow 10,000? After topping the 14,000 mark last October, the Dow now sits around 12,300. What should investors make of the drop? Where is the market headed from here?  |
Financial Planning June 1, 2006 Donald Jay Korn |
Pay Pals Dividend-paying stocks are likely to post solid returns, but planners may have to choose between leaders and leapers.  |
The Motley Fool April 29, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
If Fish Can Count, You Can Invest A few simple explanations to get you started on your way to wealth.  |
The Motley Fool February 29, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
S&P 500 Dividend News The dividend world is getting richer -- are you taking advantage of it?  |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Retirement Funds Ballooning Investors have fatter retirement accounts, with much in mutual funds.  |
The Motley Fool November 6, 2006 Tim Hanson |
Don't Try to Beat the Market It's entirely possible to be a hands-off investor and still put the long-term wealth-building power of the stock market to work for you. The secret? Index funds.  |
The Motley Fool January 15, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Give Up on Your Dreams Yet 2008 ruined a lot of investors' plans, but here's how to recover.  |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
3 Signs of a Strong Dividend Not all dividends are created equal. Here's how to find the best candidates for your portfolio.  |
The Motley Fool January 24, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Which Dividends Can You Count On? Some dividends are safe; while others are at risk.  |
The Motley Fool September 17, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
You're Holding the Bag on Financials It's too early to tell just how big the taxpayer bill for the various bailouts, bank failures, and bankruptcies might be. But one thing is for sure: Mutual fund shareholders have already taken a big hit.  |
The Motley Fool June 16, 2009 John Rosevear |
Buy and Hold Isn't Dead. It's Just Wounded. The rules for successful investing are changing. Here's what to do now.  |
The Motley Fool January 6, 2009 Austin Edwards |
What Will These 3 Mistakes Cost You? Doing plenty of research and having a well-thought-out plan is so important in today's tumultuous market.  |
The Motley Fool November 19, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Let Me Be Your Horrible Warning One analyst tells her investing mistakes in the hope that you'll learn from them.  |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2009 John Rosevear |
It's Not Too Late to Save Your Retirement No matter your age, there are still things you can do to improve your retirement.  |
The Motley Fool May 8, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Lights Out for Dividend ETFs? Funds fell into the dividend trap, but that doesn't mean the idea is bad.  |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
The Best ETF for 2007: iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Wondering what exactly is in the iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index? Wonder no more. It invests in the 100 (or so) highest-yielding companies in the Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index.  |
The Motley Fool May 16, 2008 Austin Edwards |
This Is Why You'll Never Be a Great Investor Do you have a good hold on your time? Do you have a good hold on your investments?  |
The Motley Fool August 2, 2010 Tom Gardner |
Hey, Financial Service Firms: What Are You Hiding? Banks, brokerages, and mutual funds are called out for keeping their clients in the dark.  |
The Motley Fool October 30, 2009 John Rosevear |
The Secret to Growth You Can Count On The secret to growth you can count on is to buy stocks with sustainable dividends and reinvest them.  |
The Motley Fool June 16, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
How to Evaluate Your Returns How can an investor track the market? How can he know how well the market has done from a given date to the present? Read on to see how.  |
The Motley Fool January 15, 2010 Austin Edwards |
Are We Headed for Another Lost Decade? When it comes to investing, you might be so busy looking for the right answer, that you've stopped asking the right question.  |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Should You Take Some Money Out of Stocks Now? Don't let yourself become one of those devastated by the markets.  |
The Motley Fool October 24, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Meet the Dividend Achievers If you're looking for dividend-paying stocks, you need to know the Mergent Dividend Achievers.  |
The Motley Fool August 9, 2004 Mathew Emmert |
Diversifying Your Dividends Exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and closed-end mutual funds (CEFs) offer some of the best solutions for most income investors.  |