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The Motley Fool April 21, 2005 |
Don't Buy the Dividend! There's a bad time to buy into mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool October 1, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Window Dressing for Nudists Some mutual fund managers like to stock up their portfolios with some of the best-performing stocks at the end of every quarter so they look good to their fund shareowners. |
The Motley Fool November 12, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Funds Cleaning House Window dressing, or dumping an undesirable stock before the quarter's end so that it won't appear reports, is what many mutual fund managers engage in as they prepare to close their books at the end of the quarter or year. Is your fund doing this? |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
What's in Your Fund? Are you a redundant investor? |
AskMen.com April 14, 2002 Rashmikant Patel |
Starting A Portfolio Investors can easily understand and build a portfolio that conforms to their needs... |
The Motley Fool July 1, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
What Mutual Funds Don't Tell You Last-minute fund moves can't fool you if you're prepared. |
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 22, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Closet Indexing This is a good reminder that when we study mutual funds, we should be vigilant. |
The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Back Away From That Mutual Fund If you buy a mutual fund just before its capital gains tax distribution, you'll face taxes on an investment you didn't own for very long -- and in many cases, one you never owned. |
The Motley Fool January 7, 2004 |
Beating the Market Can an actively managed mutual fund consistently post market-beating returns? |
The Motley Fool April 22, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Not Your Father's Mutual Fund Funds have changed a lot -- and not for the better. Select carefully. |
Registered Rep. May 1, 2006 Kevin Burke |
Fidelity Goes Mass Market on Amazon Retail investors accustomed to buying personal finance books online can now purchase mutual funds from Amazon.com. |
The Motley Fool April 13, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Wondering About Magellan A recent Money magazine article asked a question that's on the minds of many mutual fund investors: "Can Magellan Bounce Back?" |
The Motley Fool December 29, 2003 |
What's a Mutual Fund? It's sort of like an investing club. |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Score Great Deals at Wall Street's Expense The end of the quarter is approaching. If you hurry, you have an opportunity to pick up great stocks at attractive prices -- and perhaps beat big institutional investors to the punch. |
The Motley Fool September 8, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Marketing, Vanguard-Style Phenomenal growth with minimal marketing -- it can be done. Between 1981 and 2004, Vanguard's market share of mutual fund assets swelled from 1.7% to 9.6%. |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2005 |
Mutual Funds vs. Unit Investment Trusts Know what you're dealing with. Here's the difference between a mutual fund and a unit investment trust. |
The Motley Fool May 11, 2005 Dayana Yochim |
Are Self-Service Funds For You? Exchange-traded funds make a great starter stock. |
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). |
The Motley Fool August 31, 2004 Rich Smith |
Jilted by Tech Tech companies are shopping their shares around specifically to institutions rather than small investors, hoping that the institutions will prove more "stable" and long-term shareholders. |
The Motley Fool April 16, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Be Tax-Smart With Your Investments Even if stocks lose money this year, mutual fund shareholders still face a tax bill. |
The Motley Fool June 25, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Pay Attention to Turnover If you're thinking of buying some of a mutual fund's top holdings as individual stocks for your portfolio, be careful. |
The Motley Fool January 8, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
3 Mutual Fund Winners As more and more mutual fund families have been caught up in scandals, it can make an investor wonder whether there are any trustworthy funds out there. Well, there are. Here are three fund families that remain very solid. |
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 June 4, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
These Buyers Will Launch Stocks Higher For fund managers who've kept money on the sidelines this year, the pressure's on to get fully invested -- and when those holdouts start buying, they'll likely push stocks even higher. |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Profiting From My Mistakes If you want to make a profit, then do as I say, not as I've done. The author has been investing for a decade now, and she's made her share of missteps along the way. Take time to learn from her mistakes so you can avoid the same pitfalls. |
The Motley Fool January 21, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Invest Globally -- Through Funds International stocks piquing your interest? Here's a few mutual funds that can help. |
The Motley Fool March 17, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Yay, My Fund Closed! Bigger isn't always better when it comes to mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool September 13, 2004 Dayana Yochim |
How to Stretch a Buck How to make the money you already have go further. |
The Motley Fool May 4, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
How Long Should You Hold Funds? Some say you should hang on to your funds... forever. See what others think. |
The Motley Fool October 26, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Does Your Fund Make You Cringe? The bottom line here is that the more you learn about any funds you own or are thinking about buying into, the better off you'll likely be. Make sure your funds are a good fit for your investing style and temperament. |
The Motley Fool January 10, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
You Can Start Small You don't need a big bankroll to start investing. A wide range of options are available for investors of modest means, so that you can take what you've already saved and get started. |
The Motley Fool May 27, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
What Selena Maranjian Is Buying Now Most of us are on the lookout for attractive stocks to buy, and it sure seems sensible to peek over the shoulder of successful investors. But there are downsides to investor tips. |
The Motley Fool January 11, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Why Funds Suddenly Plunge If you notice a large dip in your mutual fund, the reason may be quite simple: distribution of dividends. |
The Motley Fool August 24, 2005 |
Stocks and Funds in IRAs Your IRA may be more flexible -- and valuable -- than you think. |
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 |
The Stock Market Is Risky Learn to take fewer chances when you invest. |
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 June 14, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Who Sneaked These High-Risk Stocks Into Your Portfolio? Although mutual funds don't have to disclose their holdings all that often, most do on a quarterly basis -- so take a quick look and see what changes your fund managers have made. |
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 1, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Build Your Own Mutual Fund Buy the same stocks the best fund managers buy. If you identify a fund manager whose style you like, and whose results have been good, you can look at what investments have contributed the most to the manager's success. There are a few different ways of doing so. |
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Get More Than You Pay For Although open-end mutual funds make up the majority of all mutual funds available to investors, there's another type that acts much differently. Closed-end mutual funds, carry with it inefficiencies that astute investors can observe and use to their advantage. |
Salon.com June 13, 2000 Steve Bodow |
The great mutual fund rip-off Millions sink money into them, but do you really know what your fund manager is up to? |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2004 |
How to Think About Diversification There's no absolute best number of stocks to own. Too few and you've taken on too much risk. Too many and you've diluted the power of your holdings more than you had to. |
Knowledge@Wharton April 9, 2003 |
John C. Bogle's Advice: Live Long and Prosper, on Index Funds In a perilous climate, what does one of the country's best-known stock market experts advise investors to do? Just stay the course, says John C. Bogle, founder and retired chairman and CEO of The Vanguard Group. |
The Motley Fool August 5, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Free Stuff From Funds Did you know that you can contact mutual fund companies and ask for free educational materials -- and that many, if not most, of them will send you some nifty stuff? |
HBS Working Knowledge December 1, 2003 |
Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund? What is the answer to allegedly poor mutual fund governance practices? Can mutual fund directors, often responsible for dozens of funds in a fund family, be expected to exercise adequate oversight? Or must practices be corrected through added regulation? Or is the problem deeper than this? |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Old Mutual Spreads Its Wings It remains to be seen if Old Mutual's plans for growth will make this firm's funds worth owning, but one fund, Old Mutual Focused Fund, is already worth a look. |
The Motley Fool August 21, 2007 Nathan Alderman |
4 Keys to Easier Investing Mystified by mutual funds? Here's what to look for. Once you know these four key elements to seek out when judging a fund, you'll be ready to start your own search to build your perfect fund portfolio. |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Switching Funds in an IRA How easy is it to move money from one fund to another, or from a fund to stocks? |
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. |