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The Motley Fool
May 7, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Vanguard's Best Index Funds Which index funds should you have in your portfolio? Vanguard 500 Index Fund... Vanguard Small-Cap Index... Vanguard Total International Stock Index... etc.   |
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. |
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Marla Brill |
Small-Cap Bounty Small-cap ETFs have grown in number and offer some interesting choices. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
September 6, 2004
Lewis Braham |
How To Spot A Closet Index Fund When funds charge through the nose for index-like performance, it's particularly offensive. If you're holding an expensive index hugger, the best advice is to sell it. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
March 22, 2005 |
Beyond the S&P 500 Index investors have more choices than just the S&P 500. |
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. |
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." |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
These Investments Could Steer You Wrong Index funds and exchange-traded funds aren't perfect. |
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
January 9, 2004 |
Alternatives to Index Funds Is it cheaper to choose exchange-traded funds over traditional index funds? |
Registered Rep.
June 10, 2011
Stan Luxenberg |
At Vanguard, Active Beats Passive -- Frequently Since John Bogle retired as chief executive in 1996, Vanguard has continued singing the praises of index funds and staying largely mute about the virtues of actively managed funds. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
It's Time to Sell Your Small-Cap Stocks Large-cap valuations are unusually attractive. |
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. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2011
Temma Ehrenfeld |
Indexing Works Even fans of index funds often believe they do worse than funds with active managers during bear markets. |
BusinessWeek
April 19, 2004
Tergesen & Young |
Index Funds Aren't All Equal High costs and managers who hold cash too long -- or pay inflated commissions -- can shave returns. So it pays to compare |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn |
Weight Watchers New equity indexes, weighed by fundamental factors, are challenging the conventions of passive investing. |
Registered Rep.
December 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
Some Mutual Funds Win in Tax Game It's true, on average, that exchange-traded funds and separate accounts have tax advantages over mutual funds. But advisors shouldn't dismiss mutual funds too quickly. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2010
Jared Cummans |
Simplifying Investing: 5 All Cap ETF Options Get exposure in all the right places. |
On Wall Street
April 1, 2012
Jeff Tjornehoj |
Benchmarking the Benchmarks The news hasn't been good lately for actively managed funds and their investors. In 2011, only one-third of large-cap fund managers beat the S&P 500 index. |
The Motley Fool
October 17, 2006
Buz Livingston |
Sergeant Pepper's Index Fund Vanguard 500 Index Fund celebrated its 30th birthday last August. The success of the index fund has spawned exchange traded funds and other passive investment strategies. |
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. |
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
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. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Your Index Fund Is Making a Bad Investment Funds have to do what the indexes they track do. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2011
Craig L. Israelsen |
Multiply Returns by Dividing Gaining exposure to U.S. stocks by using three equally weighted index funds produced better performance than a single mega-market index fund during the Lost Decade of 2001 to 2010. |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Index Funds: So Hot Right Now Indexing is stylish, but can you profit from its idiosyncrasies? |
Real Estate Portfolio
May/Jun 2006
Steve Bergsman |
Indexes: An Investment Strategy or Investment Benchmark While real estate index fund investing remains a niche play, the number of individual funds continues to expand, which means conservative investors or those investors seeking to reduce volatility associated with actively managed funds have more options from which to choose. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Why Pay for Nothing? From the standpoint of the individual investor, mutual fund fees often go unnoticed. However, they're extremely significant and represent a large handicap for savers to overcome in trying to reach their financial goals. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
I'm Bucking the Trend Index funds are gaining momentum -- but should they? |
The Motley Fool
June 10, 2005
Nathan Parmelee |
Improving the Index Fund A recent study shows that the weighting of index funds by market capitalization is potentially creating a large drag on performance, because the index is overweighting the overvalued and underweighting the undervalued. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
How to Build a Better S&P 500 As terrific as S&P 500 index funds can be, they're not perfect. But a newer, potentially better kind of index fund could help fix one of their biggest weaknesses. |
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
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. |
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. |
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. |
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
May 12, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Fees Count in ETFs, Too Keep looking at fees in your funds and seek out low ones. A slightly lower fee can make a world of difference to your bottom line. |
The Motley Fool
October 15, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
A New Way to Battle the Economy Should you defend your portfolio with the new Sabrient Defensive Equity Index ETF? |
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. |
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
June 24, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
6 Stocks to Sell Before Everyone Else Does It's time for the annual changes to the Russell indexes. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Make Money Despite Higher Fees A low fee isn't everything. |
BusinessWeek
March 1, 2004
Lauren Young |
ETFs: What The Buzz Is About In the wake of the mutual fund scandal, more exchange-traded funds are finding their way into individual investors' portfolios |
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
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. |
Inc.
December 1, 2002
Kenneth Klee |
Rational Pessimism Turns out there's a bright side to falling stock prices. |
