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The Motley Fool April 13, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Are Your Funds Worth Owning? Performance and experience are two musts for any champion fund. Find out what it takes to be a true fund champ. A key ingredient: an experienced manager with a track record of beating the S&P 500. Would your fund measure up? |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
Focus on Fees When it comes to mutual funds, it pays to be a cheapskate. Take a look at the funds you currently own. Are you paying for the "privilege" of underperformance? If so, it could be time for a mutual fund makeover. |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Check Volatility at the Door Sector funds can be a lot more risky than they at first appear. Even true champion funds aren't risk-free, but a history of keeping volatility in check adds to their appeal. |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2004 David Gardner |
Finding the Best Funds Here's how you can climb to the top of the mutual fund heap. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2004 David Gardner |
Finding the Best Funds David Gardner rolls out a new service to help you climb to the top of the mutual fund heap. |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
The Case for Mutual Funds Picking the right fund is every bit as important as picking the right stock, if not more so. |
The Motley Fool June 8, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
The Case for Mutual Funds Our resident fund jockey takes on all doubters. Are mutual funds a good investment, or just a way to underperform? |
The Motley Fool November 23, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
The Case for Mutual Funds Investors willing to do their homework can whip up on the Wise with one hand tied behind their checkbooks. Picking the right fund is every bit as important as picking the right stock, if not more so. |
The Motley Fool November 9, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
3 Reasons to Sell It's never safe to assume that any investment is a now-and-always proposition. Parting with a mutual fund isn't always such sweet sorrow. |
The Motley Fool May 13, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Funds to Save You If your financial future is shaky, certain mutual funds can save you. Before you invest in any mutual fund, make sure you've studied it well -- either on your own or with some help. |
The Motley Fool January 4, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Sizing Up Mutual Fund Predictions for 2009 After suffering through the double whammy of falling stock prices and investor redemptions in 2008, folks had little problem snapping up mutual fund shares once the equity markets began rallying in March. |
The Motley Fool June 15, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Is It Time to Sell? Here's the answer to one of the toughest questions fund investors face - when is it time to move on? |
The Motley Fool May 18, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
When Bad Things Happen to Good Funds The author and analyst of Motley Fool Champion Funds explains that when it comes to investing in mutual funds, this glass really is half-full. |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Performance-Tested Funds When you're looking for a way to gauge the consistency of a fund's performance, not to mention how successful a management team has been at staving off loss and keeping volatility in check, calendar-year returns make a good yardstick. |
The Motley Fool December 21, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Tomorrow's Winners Today If you want to find the best funds, home in on seasoned skippers with sensible strategies who have made money for their shareholders over the long haul. When it comes to investing in mutual funds, that's always the critical question. |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2003 Selena Maranjian |
One Red-Hot Fund While most managed stock mutual funds fail to do as well as a simple index fund, Bill Miller's Legg Mason Value Trust fund has a winning streak going that's on the verge of its 13th year. What stocks does Miller like now? |
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. |
Financial Advisor December 2004 Christopher P. Parr |
Look Mom! I Beat the S&P Again! Legg's Value Trust---relative fund superstar or absolute media hype? |
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 7, 2004 |
Beating the Market Can an actively managed mutual fund consistently post market-beating returns? |
The Motley Fool February 13, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman |
3 Reasons to Sell Mutual funds are supposed to be buy-to-hold investments. Still, it's never safe to assume that any investment is a now-and-always proposition. Here are three key reasons to consider parting ways with a fund you hold. |
The Motley Fool May 31, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
Mutual Fund Dart Board If you want to hit the bull's-eye, you'll need more than luck. So how, exactly, does a savvy fund investor go about finding future mutual fund standouts? An excellent question. Here's the answer. |
The Motley Fool February 1, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
Slam-Dunk Mutual Funds Look for great funds with built-in competitive advantages, such as: Low fees... Talented, steady management... Sound strategy... etc. |
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 November 2, 2006 Richards & Hanson |
Beat the Pros at Their Own Game Which is the better hypothetical long-term investment, owning stock mutual funds or the common stocks of the companies that run those mutual funds? |
The Motley Fool October 11, 2006 |
On Funds and Meetings If you hold shares through a mutual fund, can you attend annual company meetings? |
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. |
The Motley Fool November 14, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Funds Are Failing Us David Swensen, head of the $15 billion Yale University endowment, takes aim at the fund industry. |
The Motley Fool November 19, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Don't Let a Little Underperformance Spook You Even the best funds will disappoint you. |
The Motley Fool June 25, 2004 Tim Beyers |
Fund Independence Day Yesterday, the Securities and Exchange Commission turned up the heat on the mutual fund industry by requiring that funds maintain a board of trustees that is at least 75% independent from management. |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2010 Andrew Bond |
You Can Beat Stock Market "Legends" The idea of the mythical investor is a bit of a fallacy. |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
Secrets of Successful Fund Managers An oft-overlooked key point in the great stocks vs. mutual funds debate is that investing is never an either/or proposition. |
The Motley Fool January 25, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Lumpy Results Ahead Don't expect smooth sailing when you're investing. In the short run, the stock market is especially volatile, and your performance over a few months could be a gain of 25%, or a loss of 18%, or something else. |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Vanguard 500 vs. Total Stock Market Which fund gets the nod? |
The Motley Fool February 11, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Mistake That Could Derail Your Portfolio for Years Just because a mutual fund did well before doesn't mean it will continue to do so. |
The Motley Fool August 3, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Fund Fight When faced with the question of whether to invest in either (a) index funds or (b) actively managed picks, there's no need to settle for a zero-sum solution. You can invest in both. |
The Motley Fool November 27, 2007 Adam J. Wiederman |
How to Invest When You're Busy If you're pressed for time, mutual funds may be the perfect investment opportunity for you. |
The Motley Fool December 9, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Beware of Lists of Top Funds One danger of investing is the list of top-performing mutual funds that you'll find often in many financial periodicals. Why are such lists problematic? Let us count the ways. |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Masterful Money Managers A fund can only be as strong as the person picking the stocks. If that guy's a dud, chances are just about 100% that his fund will be, too. How to separate good fund management from bad. |
The Motley Fool November 30, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
We're Beating the Market. Are You? A Champion Funds performance update. |
The Motley Fool June 21, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
Funds and Fatherhood Mutual funds and Father's Day -- a perfect combination. |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Good vs. Evil Mutual Funds In the battle of good and evil, evil is winning. |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Is Your Mutual Fund One of the Worst? The dismal performance of some top mutual funds in 2008 is probably enough to send most investors out the door, and to keep many would-be investors away. But should these funds really be avoided? Perhaps not. |
The Motley Fool May 3, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
A Big Change at Vanguard Indexing whiz Gus Sauter passes the baton. Should you care? |
The Motley Fool June 2, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Americans Favor Mutual Funds Stock funds are hot, as they should be. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Slam-Dunk Mutual Funds Here's your game plan for finding the best funds out there. Call it hubris, but the author wants to be the Shaquille O'Neal of fund analysis. Here's his game plan. |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
You're Paying How Much? With mutual funds, you usually get what you don't pay for. When it comes to gauging a fund's prospects, few attributes have more predictive power than the expense ratio. |
The Motley Fool November 2, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Not So Fast, Bill Miller Unless something catastrophic happens to Legg Mason funds during the last two months of 2009, the legendary fund manager will be back to beating the market. |
The Motley Fool July 21, 2008 Adam J. Wiederman |
Was Bill Miller Just Lucky? Legg Mason Value Trust's winning streak of outperforming the S&P 500 Index is gone and largely undone -- it's now losing to the market over a trailing 10-year period. |
The Motley Fool May 3, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Why Advisors Can't Pick the Right Investments Don't count on advisors to make the right choices on ETFs and mutual funds. |