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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 February 25, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Index Funds Are Hard to Beat An eye-opening new study from Standard & Poor's reveals that the majority of managed funds fail to outperform simple index funds. That's right -- funds run by actual human beings still can't beat a copycat strategy of matching a broad index's holdings.  |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2007 Doug Short |
Beating the S&P 500 If your portfolio gained less than 15.8% last year, perhaps it's time to think outside the box.  |
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 March 16, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
This Wealth-Killing Blunder Will Cost You Some commentators are arguing that the way millions of investors put money to work in the markets through mutual funds has fundamental flaws that simply can't be overcome.  |
The Motley Fool June 26, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Danger Lurking in Your Portfolio Think you're diversified? Think again.  |
The Motley Fool November 6, 2007 Rich Greifner |
The Dangers of Diversification Diversification is one of the key benefits of mutual fund investing. But by investing in a broad range of securities, mutual funds also reduce the upside potential of winners.  |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Doug Short |
Competing With the S&P 500 If you want to increase your chance of beating the S&P 500 year after year, one good way is to broaden your investment choices to include a generous mix of smaller caps and international equities. Mutual funds and ETFs offer an easy means to get that degree of breadth.  |
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 March 10, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Where Smart Investors Put Their Money More investors are taking advantage of this strong retirement-based opportunity. Are you?  |
The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Best Method for Simple Investing Depending on how you invest, making the right choice between ETFs and index mutual funds will give you exactly the portfolio you want.  |
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 September 9, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
How to Make Money With Mutual Funds A lowdown on mutual funds.  |
The Motley Fool January 6, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Missing Link in Your Portfolio Do you have all your bases covered?  |
The Motley Fool December 30, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Can You Beat Index Funds in 2009? Get the right mix in your investments.  |
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 March 14, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Are You Overdiversified? Learn what you're really getting with an S&P 500 index fund.  |
The Motley Fool May 10, 2006 John Reeves |
Build the Best Portfolio Once you've created your portfolio, you'll still have to monitor it -- and rebalance it from time to time. But by doing it yourself, you will have saved thousands of dollars in advisor fees -- and you may discover that you enjoy charting your own financial future.  |
The Motley Fool March 29, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
Don't Say You Weren't Warned Avoid actively managed mutual funds and invest in individual stocks instead.  |
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Winning Recipe for Your Portfolio If you want to be successful, here's what you need.  |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Secret to Earning Amazing Returns While the risk-reduction aspects of diversification may hold some value, opting for a less diversified portfolio may actually get you the biggest rewards.  |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2006 Brian Richards |
The Best ETF for 2007: Vanguard Small-Cap Value If 70 years of results are good enough for you, this ETF is worth checking out.  |
The Motley Fool November 2, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Compound Your Diversification By being aware of the benefits of diversification, you can ensure that you take the necessary steps to protect yourself and minimize the risks that you face as an investor.  |
The Motley Fool December 29, 2003 |
What's a Mutual Fund? It's sort of like an investing club.  |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Fewer Stocks Can Mean Higher Returns Diversification can help you protect your portfolio from volatility. But if you want to maximize your returns, you have to be willing to invest with conviction. So, concentrate on concentration with these "focused" funds.  |
The Motley Fool January 28, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
10 Core Stocks: A Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Update The fund's success speaks to the importance of having a diversified portfolio that covers all the stops in the market capitalization spectrum.  |
The Motley Fool March 20, 2009 Tim Hanson |
It's Time to Reinvent the Index Fund The flawed "bigger is better" reasoning that underlies index investing has exposed American investors to needless amounts of risk over the past few years and ultimately cost them billions of dollars of their hard-earned money.  |
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 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 June 30, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Do These Black-Sheep Investments Deserve Your Money? Don't feel compelled to stick with a below-average fund just because it's offered by an otherwise good fund family.  |
The Motley Fool July 15, 2008 Tom Hutchinson |
Mutual Fund Advisory Madness If you use a financial advisor, you've probably been approached to invest in a diversified group of funds or a mutual fund advisory program. But be careful before you accept -- they may cost you more than your portfolio can afford.  |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2009 Ivan Martchev |
Your Retirement Plan May Be Doomed The costs associated with 401(k) plans make long-term underperformance almost certain.  |
The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Brian Richards |
Avoid This Ticker ... for Now Vanguard Small Cap Value is an ETF to avoid for now, although it still may be a winning fund for patient long-term owners.  |
Investment Advisor April 2008 Beth Piskora |
Talking Technology Technology stocks were a good holding in 2007. Tech stocks in the S&P 500 index put up an average gain of 15.5% last year, versus only a 3.5% gain for the "500" as a whole. But what will 2008 bring?  |
The Motley Fool July 3, 2008 Brian Richards |
The Worst Investment I've Ever Seen Many people do not realize that mutual fund fees are important for making an index fund investment decision. Secondly, even investors who realize fees are important do not minimize index fund fees.  |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Old Mutual Spreads Its Wings It remains to be seen if Old Mutual's plans for growth will make this firm's funds worth owning, but one fund, Old Mutual Focused Fund, is already worth a look.  |
Financial Planning September 1, 2013 Craig L. Israelsen |
Mutual Funds vs. ETFs: Which Performance Better? When a portfolio of mutual funds vies against a portfolio of ETFs, which one comes out on top?  |
The Motley Fool October 14, 2008 Ilan Moscovitz & Wade Michels |
5 Stocks You Can Feel Good About You can be loyal to both your portfolio and your conscience with these five socially responsible investments.  |
The Motley Fool November 24, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Your Stocks Are Riskier Than You Think Diversification isn't all it's cracked up to be. There are a number of reasons why adding investments doesn't necessarily decrease risk.  |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
A Fund Designed to Grow Instead of tracking the Dow or the S&P 500, the PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 ETF tracks an index weighted by company fundamentals, which has given better performance historically.  |
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 13, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Perfect Mutual Fund Portfolio Owning fewer funds just makes sense. But now the question remains -- exactly how many funds do you need to adequately diversify your portfolio?  |
The Motley Fool November 10, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
Get Your Big Yields the Right Way Some "income funds" offer less income than you'd think.  |
The Motley Fool February 14, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Investments You'll Love for Valentine's Day Cupid puts down the bow and picks up a prospectus for ETFs.  |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
You Shouldn't Have Missed These Winners Since it's impossible to predict with any certainty exactly which category may be tomorrow's big winner, the best strategy for most investors is to own some of everything by owning mutual funds in different categories.  |
The Motley Fool October 7, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Build a Great Portfolio Without Breaking the Bank Let options help you buy stocks on the cheap.  |
The Motley Fool December 29, 2006 Todd Wenning |
How to Become a Great Investor Mutual funds are managed by some the sharpest minds in the business, who, more importantly, have the time and expertise to pick the right stock for you.  |
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 April 20, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Prepare for Plunging Mutual Fund Returns Brace yourself for some ugly math about your mutual fund returns.  |
Financial Planning March 1, 2010 Donald Jay Korn |
Digging for Dividends According to Morningstar, there are 56 mutual funds with the word "dividend" in their name, plus another 33 dividend ETFs.  |