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AskMen.com Luis Rodrigues |
Mutual funds With interest rates remaining as low as they are, more and more people are looking towards the stock market to earn a higher return on their money investing. |
The Motley Fool August 16, 2010 Jordan DiPietro |
This Investment Will Sink Your Portfolio Avoid mutual funds and invest in individual stocks. |
On Wall Street August 1, 2012 Sasha Franger |
An Easier Way to Track Mutual Funds' Expense Ratio Each year Lipper produces its "Quick Guide to Fund Expenses." The report consists of a single table displaying the asset-weighted average and average total expense ratios by load-type, fund type, and Lipper classifications/objectives. |
The Motley Fool September 3, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
This Fund Charges What? Pay attention to the expense ratios of your funds, or pay too much. |
The Motley Fool July 31, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Hooray for Cheaper Funds! The fund industry just got the memo: Expenses matter. How do your fund's expenses measure up? The following chart details the average expense ratio for several different categories of funds. |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Why I Was Wrong, and Then Wrong Again Don't get all excited about a mutual fund based on its performance in a single year. |
The Motley Fool May 12, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
Something Smells in Mutual Fund Land One good strategy for mutual fund investors, given the state of expense fees these days, is to make sure you're investing in top-notch funds. Anything less will mean that the fees eat up a greater percentage of the total return. |
The Motley Fool September 28, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Key to Successful Mutual Fund Investing Mutual fund expenses may be one of the best ways to tell whether a fund will outperform or not. |
The Motley Fool June 20, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money Despite Higher Fees A low fee isn't everything. |
The Motley Fool August 7, 2007 Adam J. Wiederman |
Make a $2 Million Difference There's a factor that fund investors have been overlooking that can negate the lowered fees: the turnover ratio. |
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Craig L. Israelsen |
Economies of Scale? As mutual fund assets rise, expense ratios are supposed to fall -- but do they? |
The Motley Fool June 27, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The 5-Minute Fund Test Follow these easy steps to find worthy mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool August 26, 2004 Robert Brokamp |
My Fund Manager Ate My Retirement! How much of your investment is consumed by your mutual fund's expenses? |
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 May 12, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Fees Count in ETFs, Too Keep looking at fees in your funds and seek out low ones. A slightly lower fee can make a world of difference to your bottom line. |
The Motley Fool February 18, 2004 Robert Brokamp |
The Fund Fees You Don't See A study shows that almost half of shareholder costs are undisclosed or nearly impossible to find. While the recent mutual fund scandals raise serious questions about whom we should trust with our money, the actual dollar cost to most individual investors isn't that high. There are far more significant ways funds siphon off our dollars. And they're just as hidden. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 Craig L. Israelsen |
Conscientious Investing SRI stands for socially responsible investing. Historically, however, many have perceived it to mean "sickly returns indeed." This article looks at the performance of SRI funds, across 12 different Morningstar categories. |
The Motley Fool April 19, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Fund Fees Explained Ignore a fund's fees and your net worth may suffer. |
The Motley Fool June 30, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Your Mutual Fund's Hidden Costs When sizing up funds, put expense ratios in context. |
Financial Planning March 1, 2013 Joseph Lisanti |
As ETF Fees Drop, New Issues to Consider Expense cuts and other factors have advisors recalculating which funds have the best payoff for clients. |
The Motley Fool May 22, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
New Fund Name, Same Lousy Performance? Beware mutual funds that change their monikers, but not their methods. |
The Motley Fool December 3, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Think You're Diversified? Think Again. Emerging markets funds can really add some real diversification to your portfolio. |
Financial Advisor July 2012 Tom Lydon |
In The ETF Price War, Investors Win Advisors have many options for helping clients save on fees. |
Registered Rep. March 18, 2011 Stan Luxenberg |
Should You Pay Attention to Morningstar's Mutual Fund Star Ratings? The stars are based on risk-adjusted past performance, and the past doesn't necessarily predict the future, the advisors say. |
The Motley Fool January 9, 2004 |
Alternatives to Index Funds Is it cheaper to choose exchange-traded funds over traditional index funds? |
The Motley Fool April 5, 2005 |
Behold the Turnover Ratio Turnover ratios can tell you a lot about your mutual funds. |
Entrepreneur August 2005 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Going Down? Some mutual fund companies are reducing their fees. If your questions are how much and why, read on. |
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Key to ETF Success As firms such as Vanguard and Barclays continue to duke it out for dominance in the ETF arena, costs will likely continue to fall across the board. That should be a good thing -- for both investors and the ETF market in general. |
The Motley Fool April 28, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Best Method for Simple Investing Depending on how you invest, making the right choice between ETFs and index mutual funds will give you exactly the portfolio you want. |
BusinessWeek October 21, 2010 Christopher Condon |
Vanguard Outdraws BlackRock and State Street Vanguard's ETFs, with their low fees, are taking business from the ETF leaders. |
Financial Advisor March 2006 Brad Zigler |
What Price Active Management? When stock picking is distilled from within a mutual fund, the true cost of active management bubbles to the surface. |
Investment Advisor February 2007 Ben Warwick |
The True Costs of Active Management Think mutual funds are cheaper than hedge funds? Not a chance. |
The Motley Fool August 24, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Fund Fees Under the Magnifying Glass Make sure you know how much you're paying for your fund. |
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Craig L. Israelsen |
What's in a Name? Analyzing the turnover rates of mutual funds shows that strategic portfolios have outperformed tactical ones over the past 10 years. |
The Motley Fool March 18, 2004 |
Picking the Best Mutual Fund Past performance is what other investors earned. Current expenses are what you'll pay. |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
When Buying an Index Fund Is Stupid Not all index funds are created equal. |
The Motley Fool January 3, 2006 Rich Duprey |
15 and Counting at Legg Mason Legendary fund manager Bill Miller beats the market for the 15th straight year, and you can, too by following several basic principles. |
Entrepreneur February 2006 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Over the Wall China holds a host of investment possibilities. The problem for investors -- and for companies that want a piece of China -- is that the business landscape is still littered with landmines. Mutual funds or exchange-traded funds remain the best bets. |
The Motley Fool July 31, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Best Emerging-Market Funds: Part 1 Tap into international growth with these funds: DFA Emerging Markets Value... Bernstein Emerging Markets... |
Entrepreneur June 2007 Scott Bernard Nelson |
Too Revealing? The scoop on funds of funds. |
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Fend Off Fund Fees: Part 2 Here are more tips to save cash by avoiding unnecessary mutual fund fees. |
The Motley Fool February 19, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Only Way to Stop Losing Money By taking charge of investing your own large portfolio, you can save a bundle in fees. |
Registered Rep. December 1, 2006 |
Correction The expense ratios of the lifecycle funds cited in "Spinning Their Wheels" (October 2006) represented gross expense ratios and not the net expense ratios that are normally used when examining fund fees. |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Alarming Mutual Funds Always consider a fund's total expense ratio because those hidden costs will eat away at your gains. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2011 Tom Roseen |
Performance Drags: A Curse To Wealth Accumulation Loads, expenses and taxes can have a significant impact on fund returns over the long haul. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2008 April Recksiek |
Index Battle Investors who want to build an index-based portfolio have two viable mechanisms: index-based mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). |
Financial Planning March 1, 2006 Craig L. Israelsen |
Hidden Measures How did U.S. stocks perform versus U.S. equity mutual funds last year? The market-cap bias in measuring stock returns tends to obscure the true return picture. |
Registered Rep. December 9, 2011 Stan Luxenberg |
Investors Not so Bad at Picking Active Funds After All Academic researchers have decided that fund investors as a group make foolish choices. |
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. |
On Wall Street June 1, 2009 Craig Israelsen |
Variable Products, Variable Results The question is: Do the higher costs of variable products cause them to systematically underperform mutual funds? |