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The Motley Fool March 17, 2005 Robert Brokamp	Stocks for the Really Long Term Yes, stocks are the long-term investment of choice. But at any price?
Registered Rep. January 1, 2003 David A. Geracioti	Jeremy Siegel Is Still A Believer in Stocks for the Long Term Siegel's most important message? That there must be a new approach to calculating the "right" price-to-earnings multiple for large stocks.
The Motley Fool January 30, 2006 Jim Fink	Want 50% Annual Returns? An explanation of the allure and illusion of mechanical investing, which is stock-picking strategies based on quantitative computer screens.
The Motley Fool December 16, 2005 Rich Smith	Profit From Playing the Odds Historically, the stock market has risen in value by 10.5% per year. It has also only risen in two years out of every three. So, does the market always go up, or only sometimes? Here, the author runs the numbers and tries his hand at a bit of revisionist history.
The Motley Fool July 14, 2004 Selena Maranjian	The Future of Investing Jeremy Siegel has a new book coming out, called The Future of Investing, focusing on how to identify stocks that have a good chance of being long-term winners. Here's a peek at comments he recently made about the state and future of the stock market.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2004 Whitney Tilson	The Tech Stock Opportunity Why the tech sector may be fertile ground for value investors.
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The Motley Fool November 5, 2004 Selena Maranjian	10 Big Investing Mistakes Some mistakes are not always mistakes.
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The Motley Fool March 27, 2006 Rex Moore	Who Are History's Great Market Timers? There is one great truth in investing: The key to wealth is to continuously add money, month in and month out, through good times and bad. You shouldn't be overly concerned with the macro situations that are out of your control. You just need to get in the game as soon as you can.
The Motley Fool June 27, 2006 Tim Hanson	The Stock Market's Best Gains Make sure you have a plan in place to meet your financial goals. After all, without a sound long-term strategy, even the best stock pickers may be left picking stocks forever.
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The Motley Fool February 4, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Embracing a Foolish Inconsistency As you begin, investing can be simple. Your first steps should be to get out of debt, read broadly on investing, and perhaps invest your initial dollars in an index fund.
The Motley Fool March 30, 2005 David Gardner	Bursting Bubbles Jeremy Siegel, professor of finance at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania talks about Social Security, tech bubbles, and IPOs in part two of an interview.
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The Motley Fool July 12, 2004 Mathew Emmert	Investors Time Their Beatings Individual investors who let emotion rule their decisions suffer. Forces beyond control can align against the investor, leading to market losses.
The Motley Fool May 25, 2006 Tim Hanson	$294,935 Better Than Average Valuation matters, and it matters a lot. Remember, Cheap stocks are good, but the cheapest stocks aren't necessarily the best stocks.
The Motley Fool May 10, 2005 Mike Klein	Risky Business? Wall Street fears market gyrations, but history shows volatility breeds profits.
The Motley Fool March 20, 2006 Mathew Emmert	You Had It Right the First Time If you find yourself sitting on a properly diversified portfolio of companies you believe in, don't be afraid to simply build out the best positions you already own. After all, you were probably right the first time.
The Motley Fool March 14, 2006 Rex Moore	How to Beat the Coming Bear Market There's no need to feel down when down markets hit. It all boils down to the incredible importance of owning dividend-paying stocks and of reinvesting those dividends.
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The Motley Fool September 13, 2004 Mathew Emmert	Extra Dividends, Extra Growth A dividend strategy is eminently more rewarding than you think.
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 July 9, 2004	The Stock Market Is Risky Learn to take fewer chances when you invest.
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BusinessWeek November 1, 2004 Young & Woolley	Making the Most of Your Losses Your portfolio's ailing stocks can help trim your tax bill -- with this simple strategy. Sell your losers to generate tax losses that can offset any gains you've taken or plan to take. But there are some caveats.
The Motley Fool July 29, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Are Dogs Barking in Your Portfolio? View your cratered stocks sensibly and consider taking action.
The Motley Fool April 12, 2004 Mathew Emmert	Beat the Market With Less Risk You can achieve maximum returns without taking on the maximum risk. Learn how to make money in the stock market and sleep well at night, too.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2006	Are Stocks Risky? Stocks aren't risk-free, but for many they offer the best possible returns. The more you learn, the more you can manage risk.
The Motley Fool November 16, 2005 Tom Taulli	Soros Doubles Down on Tech Even at 75, legendary hedge fund manager George Soros shows no signs of getting conservative with his finances. The old-fashioned principles of diversification and asset allocation are still smart moves for individual investors. Keep that in mind as you build and maintain your portfolio.
The Motley Fool November 8, 2004 Mathew Emmert	Beat the Market With Less Risk You can achieve maximum returns without taking on the maximum risk. Here's how to make money in the stock market without sacrificing your right to sleep at night.
The Motley Fool April 11, 2005 Rich Smith	Make Wall Street Your Bank Despite the stock market's renewed popularity since its recent 2003 lows, studies show that as many as 50% of American households still don't own stocks -- not so much as an S&P 500 index fund. These people can do better.
The Motley Fool May 24, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Psych Yourself Out -- and Start Profiting Don't rely on the sneaky, subconscious parts of your brain when you make financial decisions. Instead, use more of that gray matter to study your options and to carefully decide when to buy and sell.
The Motley Fool January 31, 2005 Mathew Emmert	Why Dividends Rule the Market Dividends are the key to long-term investment success.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2005 Rex Moore	Juicing the Market's Returns You want to know exactly what actions you should take to finally get your investing house in order. The "Index Plus a Few" is a low-risk strategy with market-beating potential.
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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 June 15, 2005 Rich Smith	Nietzsche on Investing With investing comes risk. In the short term, you will definitely lose money on some of your stocks at one time or another. But that which does not kill you as an investor makes you stronger.
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 October 22, 2004 Whitney Tilson	Focus Investing Just as important as the stocks you own is how you manage them.
The Motley Fool March 29, 2005 David Gardner	Old Is New Again Professor of Finance at the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania's Jeremy Siegel chats about why the hottest stocks aren't always the best bets, which stocks perform best over the long run, and more.
Knowledge@Wharton	Is That a $100 Bill Lying on the Ground? Two Views of Market Efficiency In early October, Daniel Kahneman and Vernon Smith won the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their research, conducted independently, into how individuals make economic decisions. The two discovered that investors are not systematically rational, as traditional economic theory asserts.
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.
The Motley Fool May 8, 2006 Tim Beyers	The Cheater's 6-Bagger Investors, if you're not cheating the market, you're not trying hard enough.
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