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Financial Advisor
June 2007
Marla Brill
Indexing Debate Heats Up Proponents of fundamental indexing say it beats traditional market-cap-weighted measures. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
March 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn
Weight Watchers New equity indexes, weighed by fundamental factors, are challenging the conventions of passive investing. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
January 22, 2010
Lost Decade? Not For Fundamental Indexing A recent study by Rob Arnott, chairman of Research Affiliates says it paid to use fundamental indexing in the past decade. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
November 2006
Kathleen M. McBride
Fundamental Indexing Goes Main Street Index investing has traditionally been linked to capital-weighted indexes, whereby a company's market cap determines how much of a company actually got into an index. And that's the fatal flaw in conventional index-linked investing. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
April 2006
Raymond Fazzi
A Look At New Horizons At a time when the margin for error is growing thinner and thinner in investment management circles, some are asking whether advisors and their clients are adequately served by cap-weighted benchmarks. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2011
Marla Brill
New Indexes Nudge Out Old Favorites Advisors who have moved into alternative indexes are finding unique ways to use them. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
July 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg
Fundamental Indexing During the 1990s, S&P 500 index funds were all the rage -- and, for most core investments, the bogey to beat. But lately the index has been offering stingy returns. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
February 15, 2011
Stan Luxenberg
Fundamental Indexes Have Had a Good Run. Converted Yet? Proponents claimed that fundamental ETFs and mutual funds would outdo the S&P 500 and other traditional benchmarks. Critics scoffed. But now many of the funds have significant track records, and the results are promising. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
September 2011
Tom Lydon
It's All In The Weighting ETF indexing has evolved, but the traditional, somewhat boring approach may still yield the best results. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 30, 2013
Allan S. Roth
Portfolio Innovator: Rob Arnott How do you spot a portfolio innovation that works? Rob Arnott, best known for developing the fundamental indexing approach to portfolio management, has almost $100 billion pointing in his direction. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
February 2006
Matt Hougan
Is `Buy The Market' Best? Enhanced indexers say they have the way to go the market one (or two) better. Financial advisors, take note. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2008
Arnott et al.
Heads I Win, Tails I Lose Less A Fundamental Index portfolio is neutral relative to the economy, weighting companies in accordance with their current economic footprint. When is it the right choice for investors? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
February 22, 2011
Dan Caplinger
3 Strategies That Beat the Market Alternatives to index funds did well since 2000, but will they keep up the pace? mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2010
Michael Johnston
6 Reasons to Consider Dumping SPY A list of six ETFs to consider instead. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
November 17, 2006
Ralph Casale
Not Your Father's Index Funds A number of investment vehicles, mostly ETFs, have been designed to take advantage of alternate company weighting in an index. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
November 27, 2006
Zoe Van Schyndel
57 Flavors of Funds New versions of ETFs mean more choices for investors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Marla Brill
Small-Cap Bounty Small-cap ETFs have grown in number and offer some interesting choices. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2011
Morgan Housel
Searching for a Better Index Going beyond the S&P 500. For those who don't have the time or inclination to dive into individual stocks, index funds are the way to go. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2009
Richard A. Ferri
Mapping Indexes Today's advisors can best serve their clients with a working knowledge of the various index methodologies. Unfortunately, this is no easy task. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
October 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn
Beyond Benchmarks Tracking alternative indexes can add a flavor of active management to the ETF menu. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
July 31, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel
A Japan ETF With a Fundamental Twist The PowerShares FTSE RAFI Japan ETF, is different from the rest of the ETF options focused on the land of the rising sun. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
April 2007
Green & McBride
Catching up with... Jeffrey Mortimer Here, the CIO-Equities at Schwab Investment Management and Laudus Funds discusses fundamental index funds. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2010
Dan Caplinger
The Better Way to Beat the Market? The jury's still out on alternative indexes. Different market conditions will make index funds perform in various ways. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
November 2006
Fundamental Index Strategies The report, Retrospectives on Selected Fundamental Index Strategies, offers a long view of Research Affiliates' past and present fundamental indexing strategies. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 7, 2013
Stan Luxenberg
Is Smart Beta a Smart Idea? Can smart beta funds shine over the long term? Yes, said Rob Arnott, chairman of Research Affiliates, which operates the RAFI family of smart beta benchmarks. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
March 1, 2007
Donald Jay Korn
ETF Mania! As the number of exchange-traded funds explodes, planners are deploying them to bring sophisticated institutional strategies to affluent clients. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
November 2010
James Picerno
Rethinking Rebalancing Is it a risk management tool or a source of alpha? Maybe it's both. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2007
Mary Dalrymple
Index Funds Win Again Index funds are cheap, easy, and they reliably outperform many other funds. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
September 1, 2006
Scott A. Leonard
The Smaller, the Better Rumors that the small-cap effect is dead are most definitely premature. By focusing on the smallest of the small caps, financial advisors can see that the small-cap effect appears to be alive and well. You just need to know where to look for it. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
June 7, 2011
Stan Luxenberg
Concentrated ETFs PowerShares QQQ has been racing ahead. During the past five years ending March, the ETF has returned 7 percent annually, outdoing the average large growth mutual fund by 4 percentage points mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2011
Cindy Johnson
It's Time to Sell Your Small-Cap Stocks Large-cap valuations are unusually attractive. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
April 2008
C. & J. Carty
Capturing Alpha With ETFs An actively managed portfolio of exchange-traded funds can generate risk-adjusted excess returns above those of its individual funds -- a positive alpha. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2010
Jared Cummans
Simplifying Investing: 5 All Cap ETF Options Get exposure in all the right places. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
December 2007
Marla Brill
The New Indexing Maze The mushrooming ETF market has spawned a new breed of indexes that represent a radical departure from traditional benchmarks in both their construction and purpose. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
October 1, 2002
Stan Luxenberg
The Smart Way to Use Index Funds Now In the cold light of the bear market, advisors have discovered inherent flaws in the indices and the funds that track them. mark for My Articles similar articles
Investment Advisor
February 2010
Vaughan Scully
The ETF Advisor: S&P 500 ETFs While some S&P 500 Index funds are virtually identical to the SPDR fund, a handful of other ETFs offers more substantial modifications to the original formula. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
May 1, 2006
Elizabeth O'Brien
S&P Muscles in on Wilshire More and more index makers are offering the same products -- but they insist there's a difference. Planners should take the time to explain the differences to their individual clients in order to "manage expectations." mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2008
Sydney LeBlanc
Investment Utopia With index investing used as a foundation, numerous strategies are being employed to help generate returns that may beat the market while keeping costs low and allowing investors to sleep at night. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Advisor
March 2012
Michael J. Reed
Avoiding Losers This model aims to avoid underperforming stocks rather than picking outperforming ones. mark for My Articles similar articles
Financial Planning
June 1, 2005
Craig L. Israelsen
Three's Not a Crowd How passive fund investors can get the best exposure to the whole U.S. market. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2007
Amanda B. Kish
The Best Small-Cap ETFs These exchange-traded funds win the best-in-class award. Let's take a closer look at the iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF, the Vanguard Small-Cap ETF, the iShares Morningstar Small Core ETF, the iShares S&P 600 Value ETF, and the Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF. mark for My Articles similar articles
Registered Rep.
May 28, 2013
Brad Zigler
When Equal Weight Makes Sense Choosing whether to invest in an equal-weight fund or capitalization-weighted fund of the same index can have a profound impact on returns. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2010
Dan Caplinger
These Investments Could Steer You Wrong Index funds and exchange-traded funds aren't perfect. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2008
Dan Caplinger
Make the Right Investment Every Time Even after close examination, it can be hard to tell many investments apart. Therefore, how can you ensure that you make the best choice every time? mark for My Articles similar articles