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Financial Planning
April 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn |
Rx for Investing Healthcare stocks may cure investors' ills over the long term, but the current prognosis is less clear. For clients in diversified funds, planners should decide whether additional healthcare exposure is justified, through individual stocks or specialized funds.   |
Investment Advisor
April 2010
Vaughan Scully |
The ETF Advisor: Prospects for Healthcare ETFs Better Than Those for Reform There are about two dozen exchange traded funds that offer a wide variety of exposures to the healthcare sector, including broad-based, global, and leveraged ETFs, as well as those targeting individual industries. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
Another Ride Are advisers and their clients really ready to get on the technology fund roller coaster again? |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Beware These "Very Attractive" ETFs There are some big red flags here. |
The Motley Fool
February 28, 2011
David Williamson |
Don't Miss These Health-Care ETFs Two ways ETFs can help your portfolio |
Financial Advisor
October 2011
Marla Brill |
On The Defense Plain-vanilla sectors are leading the ETF pack. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2006
Donald Jay Korn |
Letter Perfect As exchange-traded funds (ETFs) proliferate, financial planners find that they're useful for alpha as well as beta. |
The Motley Fool
September 17, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Healthy Exchange-Traded Funds Regardless of how much they exercise or how much they spend on plastic surgery, the baby boomers just keep getting older. Therefore, this may be the right time to consider funds focused on the health-care industry. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2005
Ilana Polyak |
Fund Manager Profile: Medicine Man Parsing out the hype from the substance has been a cornerstone of Sam Isaly's approach. As founder of OrbiMed Advisors and subadviser to the $2.5 billion Eaton Vance World Health Sciences fund, which he's run since 1989, Isaly has had a comfortable perch from which to watch drug stocks. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2007
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Health Care, Thinly Sliced Five new health-care-focused ETFs, the HealthShares family, provide increasingly specific ways to invest in health care. |
Registered Rep.
March 1, 2005
David A. Twibell |
What Ails You? Investors who are wary of big pharma investments have good reasons to be. But this does not mean that the sector is to be avoided at all costs. Indeed, for savvy, well-informed investors, now might be a good time to jump in. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2008
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Prognosis: Mixed Healthcare stocks do tend to outperform in a weak economy. But lackluster drug pipelines and other pressures mean that the traditional definition of this industry as a refuge may not be as true as in the past. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
New Directions Exchange-traded funds offer strategic advantages to financial planners who believe in active management, as well as those who favor indexing. |
Financial Advisor
October 2006
Matt Hougan |
Making Lemonade From Lemons The time to actually do something about taxes is now. Swapping ETFs to harvest losses can make a lot of sense. Financial advisors, take note. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2005
Russell Wild |
Style War Some financial advisers argue that there's more than one way to slice a portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2005
Josie Raney |
Do Targeted Funds Hit Your Mark? Look before you take the lifecycle leap. If you're a beginning investor, these funds can offer inexpensive, no-fuss, diversification -- provided you choose the one that best suits your investing timeline and tolerance for risk. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2004
Mathew Emmert |
Power Your Portfolio After the problems experienced in the utility arena these past several years, many investors are understandably gun-shy when it comes to pulling the trigger on its stocks. |
The Motley Fool
January 31, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
Top-Priority Investments Finding the right mix of investments for retirement can be a special challenge. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2005 |
Your 60-Second ETF Education When you need a little something for your portfolio, consider an exchange-traded mutual fund (ETF). |
Registered Rep.
September 26, 2011
Stan Luxenberg |
Despite Ill Winds, Health Stocks Look Healthy Health stock valuations look compelling, and many companies should report solid earnings growth. |
The Motley Fool
May 20, 2011
Arlene Weintrab. |
Miller Tabak Fund Manager Says Investors Are Ignoring the Upsides in Healthcare This manager says investors in 2013 are going to look back and wish they had invested more in healthcare funds today. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2006
Bob Hirschfeld |
Ninth-Inning Save Although indexes were lackluster, large caps rallied toward the end of the year. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2004
Tim Beyers |
Finding Profitable Funds In this Q & A, Champion Funds chief analyst Shannon Zimmerman covers how he looks for funds, why sector funds might not be a good bet, and whether or not the fund scandal is really winding down. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2005
Shannon Zimmerman |
ETF Tip No. 4: Get Smart Why it's smart to own actively and passively managed funds. |
The Motley Fool
May 11, 2004
Shannon Zimmerman |
Building the Perfect Portfolio Smart asset allocation is critical to successful fund investing. Staying the course is a fine idea, but because your goals and tolerance for risk are bound to change over time, the perfect portfolio will always be a work in progress. |
The Motley Fool
December 21, 2004
Dayana Yochim |
Too Chicken to Trade? Take a giant leap in your portfolio with a little step into a diversified starter investment. There's an ETF match for almost everyone's taste buds. |
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
January 25, 2011
Eric Dutram |
Tuesday's ETF to Watch: iShares Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index Fund (IYH) The health-care sector has stagnated in recent weeks -- what does that mean for these ETFs? |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2005
Kristen French |
5 Investors to Follow A look at five fund managers with a winning view of the world. #1: The Leisure-Time Investor... #2: The International investor... #3: The Preservationist... |
Inc.
May 1, 2002
Kenneth Klee |
The Industry You Can't Afford to Miss After more than two decades of hype, hope, disappointment, and progress, the hundreds of mostly small, money-burning companies that make up the biotech industry are experiencing a decisive shift in their relationship with the giant, rich pharmaceutical companies... |
The Motley Fool
July 14, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
ETF Portfolio Perfection Do you need ETFs to make your portfolio perfect? |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2005
Nathan Slaughter |
Mutual Fund Meltdown Have you assembled your funds in a carefully orchestrated portfolio or in a haphazard collection? Collecting mutual funds is not a safe pastime. It's a financial disaster waiting to happen. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2006
Marshall Eckblad |
New Products Alternatives: State Street Global Advisors has unveiled three SPDR exchange-traded funds... Unified managed account... Insurance: John Hancock has launched Accumulation VUL... Mutual Funds: Vanguard now offers a Strategic Small-Cap Equity Fund... etc. |
The Motley Fool
October 26, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Promising Biotech Stocks the Easy Way If you expect the biotech industry to thrive as scientists develop more drugs to treat our aging population, the iShares Nasdaq Biotechnology ETF could be for you. |
Investment Advisor
May 2010
Ron Pechtimaldjian |
Tax Implications Taxes are, for a change, probably the easiest area to consider when assessing the implications of healthcare reform for advisors and their clients. |
The Motley Fool
March 15, 2007
Brian Lawler |
It's All Good for Drugmakers With the whole drug industry growing so strongly, those looking for a safe place to park their investing dollars would be smart to take a look at some of the largest generic drugmakers. |
The Motley Fool
November 16, 2006
Jim Fink |
The Best ETF for 2007: H&Q Life Sciences Investors H&Q Life Sciences, a health-care fund investing in one of the highest-growth sectors of the U.S. economy, is trading at a discount to NAV. Consequently, it's now primed to be the best-performing ETF for 2007. |
The Motley Fool
June 19, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
These 5 ETFs Are All You Need Here's one way to keep your investing super-simple. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2012
Craig L. Israelsen |
Swapping Out If designed well, a diversified, multi-asset portfolio can provide growth during pre-retirement accumulation years and stable income flows during post-retirement distribution years. |
The Motley Fool
February 17, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Investments for the Indecisive Can't make up your mind? ETFs might help. |
Financial Planning
April 1, 2007
Donald Jay Korn |
Healthcare Housing The REIT Rx: Investing in healthcare-related real estate could be a prescription for profitability. |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2007
Ryan Fuhrmann |
The Best Drug Stock for 2007: Pfizer Investors, this is a great company at a great price. |
Financial Planning
August 1, 2009
Ilana Polyak |
Critical Care As Congress wrestles with healthcare reform proposals under consideration, Kris Jenner, manager of the T. Rowe Price Health Sciences fund, is faced with just as difficult a task: how to make prudent investments in healthcare that can weather the seismic changes in the offing. |
Financial Advisor
June 2004
Kevin M. Wilson |
Why Value Beats Growth Portfolios using asset allocation combined with value investing produce better financial results. How should you advise clients to invest? |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2009
Amanda B. Kish |
The Next Market Leader After the big rebound in lower-quality securities, large-cap blue chips may be poised for their own big comeback. |
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
August 9, 2004
Mathew Emmert |
Diversifying Your Dividends Exchange-traded funds (ETFs), and closed-end mutual funds (CEFs) offer some of the best solutions for most income investors. |
The Motley Fool
November 19, 2004
Tim Beyers |
2 Funds for 2 Big Trends The author says the safest, and maybe most profitable, way to make the trend your friend is with Exchange-Traded Funds. |
The Motley Fool
June 26, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
The Danger Lurking in Your Portfolio Think you're diversified? Think again. |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2007
Brian Lawler |
Are You Ignoring the Most Exciting Stocks? Never considered drug stocks? You're missing some of the market's best investments. |
