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The Motley Fool August 12, 2008 Mac Greer	Fool Video: 3 Tech Stocks for Now Is it time for investors to buy tech? This question is discussed in this video.
The Motley Fool February 20, 2004 Whitney Tilson	Bearish Options Strategies Whitney Tilson explains why he purchased put options on two tech-heavy indexes. As a general rule, I do not recommend buying options. They're illiquid, the bid-ask spreads are murderous, and it's always dangerous to have time working against you. It's hard enough to be right on the direction of a stock's movement, much less being right on the timing as well. But in the case of long-term puts on the Nasdaq 100 and the Semiconductor Holdrs Trust, the risk-reward equation is simply too attractive.
The Motley Fool January 8, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Is That Stock Priced Too High? Some steep prices are too steep.
The Motley Fool February 1, 2006 David Meier	Don't Screw Up Want to maximize your investing power? Make the right kind of mistakes. Here's a value investor's approach to minimizing errors.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2005 Salim Haji	Why Value Trumps Growth Growth vs. value: This author works it out and comes up with a definitive answer. Obviously, the best possible investment is a combination -- buying a growth stock at a discount to intrinsic value.
The Motley Fool June 24, 2004 Richard Gibbons	Tech Stocks Not Worth the Risk The technology sector might look promising, but prudent investors should take a second look. Some investors swoon over technology's potential, but they might be overlooking some very real problems in the sector.
The Motley Fool June 24, 2004 Tim Beyers	What Tech Bubble? The author disagrees that tech's highly overvalued. Investing in technology has long been a highly risky but profitable endeavor.
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The Motley Fool October 22, 2004 Whitney Tilson	Focus Investing Just as important as the stocks you own is how you manage them.
The Motley Fool December 19, 2003 Whitney Tilson	2003 Report Card At the turn of each year, the author owns up to his advice from the previous year. Bad calls? He's made a few. Great picks? He's had those, too. Today, he files his 2003 report card.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2005 Richard Gibbons	How to Outperform in 2005 Here are five tips to help investors identify stocks that are set to trounce the market.
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The Motley Fool September 7, 2004 Salim Haji	How Many Stocks Should You Own? Diversification into stocks you don't fully understand could increase risk within your portfolio.
The Motley Fool May 4, 2005 David Meier	The Value of Cash What should an individual investor do if the overall stock market isn't expected to return much over the next few years? In a struggling market, valuation -- not cash -- is king.
The Motley Fool May 13, 2005 John Reeves	The Next Ultimate Growth Stock There's a science and an art to growth investing.
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The Motley Fool July 8, 2004 Selena Maranjian	A Time to Sell There are lots of times when selling is best, such as when you don't know enough about the company or don't expect to make much more on the stock.
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The Motley Fool August 9, 2004 Matt Logan	Value Investing 101 Columbia University's Bruce Greenwald shares the three steps of value investing.
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The Motley Fool August 20, 2004 Matt Logan	Value in a Diverse Team Legg Mason's Mary Chris Gay talks about the value of a diverse investment team, names her favorite investors, and lists five stock picks for the next 10 years.
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The Motley Fool August 13, 2004 Tom Gardner	Should You Own 50 Stocks? The majority of individual investors in stocks are still in learning mode and should have very diversified portfolios.
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The Motley Fool November 15, 2004 David Meier	Start Your Streak Today Here are four tenets from Legg Mason's Bill Miller to help you beat the market over the long haul.
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The Motley Fool August 17, 2004 Charly Travers	Surviving Biotech's Downturns Advice on withstanding the volatility of the biotech sector.
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The Motley Fool January 9, 2004 Whitney Tilson	A Scary Time for Stocks The author believes in bottom-up investing. He also respects the power of the macroeconomy and broad-market moves. Presented with the bull and bear cases for 2004, he thinks the bears might just have it.
InternetNews November 11, 2005 Paul Shread	Tech Giants Reach Maturity Add two more names to the list of once high-flying tech stocks that have reached maturity: Cisco and Dell... Stocks added to recent gains Friday... Net2Phone jumped on a buyout offer... Serena slipped on plans to be acquired ... etc.
The Motley Fool March 2, 2004 David Forrest	Managing Your Portfolio's Risk The author believes that understanding the "wealth effect" and keeping a good eye on Mister Market will help you to better manage your investments.
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The Motley Fool December 3, 2004 Whitney Tilson	Gaining an Investment Edge Here's how to beef up your portfolio and beat the market.
The Motley Fool June 9, 2004 Rex Moore	Battling the Bears It's been one year since a "bear scare." What have we learned? Last year, a stock rally drove some bears out of hibernation, literally "distressing" at least one of them. But equities continued their steady pace upward, and the market timers once again came up short.
The Motley Fool March 4, 2004 Salim Haji	Buffett Sells. Should You? Warren Buffett is clearly not finding many opportunities to invest the U.S. stock market today. Despite the fact that he has $27 billion of cash sitting idle, concerns about valuation are driving him to sell some stocks and increase that pile of cash. In doing so, he is sending a strong, clear message not only about the specific stocks he is selling, but also about the U.S. equity market in general.
The Motley Fool May 30, 2006 Tim Beyers	Better Know a Fund Manager Up this week: Bill Miller and Legg Mason Value Trust. Is this fund for you?
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The Motley Fool January 23, 2006 Rich Duprey	How Many Is Too Many? The legends weigh in on the eternal question of how many stocks to own. But a portfolio of quality companies takes years to build -- don't expect it to grow overnight.
The Motley Fool May 5, 2005 Marko Djuranovic	Shake That Seller's Mindset Stock price quotes are geared toward those looking to sell, but it's best to avoid that mindset. Instead, think like a buyer.
The Motley Fool January 14, 2005 James Early	How to Cheat the Market Your odds of picking stocks that beat the market aren't good. Stats are thrown about claiming that on the order of 75%-90% of professional mutual fund managers lose to the S&P 500. But wait -- there's a catch.