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August 2010
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Morningstar to Rate 529 Plans Morningstar, which has researched 529 plans for years, is now adding a qualitative rating system for the plans, and quantitative ratings on 529 options within the plans.   |
Registered Rep.
June 16, 2011
Jerry Gleeson |
Morningstar's New Rating System Gazes Beyond the "Stars" Looking to give advisors new measures for evaluating funds, Morningstar plans to release a new "forward-looking" rating tool that uses its analysts' expertise to evaluate the funds' ability to outperform their benchmarks. |
The Motley Fool
November 23, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Where All the Funds Are Above Average Morningstar's new system has a lot of winners and not too many losers. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2012
Allan S. Roth |
Beyond the Stars Morningstar's new forward-looking rating scale for mutual funds is sure to have a significant impact on the research done by financial advisors. |
The Motley Fool
June 14, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
A Game Changer for Mutual Funds Morningstar announces a new analyst ratings system that could have meaningful implications for the mutual fund world. |
The Motley Fool
September 11, 2008
Zoe Van Schyndel |
Do Fund Ratings Matter? Learn how to pick a winning fund. |
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. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2010
Ilana Polyak |
Style Setter By creating a taxonomy for mutual funds, Morningstar's Don Phillips has helped advisors build better portfolios. |
The Motley Fool
March 5, 2008
Mac Greer |
Fool Video: One Money Stock, Amazon's Future, and Netflix's Ratings Analyst Andy Cross rates ratings star Morningstar. |
Financial Advisor
January 2005
Alan Lavine |
Fiduciary Ratings Debut For Mutual Funds Mutual fund monitoring services have started rating and measuring fund complexes based upon their responsiveness to fiduciary concerns, offering a tool to protect your clients and yourself. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
Stan Luxenberg |
Morningstar's Stars Shining Brighter Critics have long questioned the value of the Morningstar ranking system, which awards five stars to top-performing funds and one star to those in the bottom of the barrel. Has the firm's tinkering with the system helped? |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2009
Anand Chokkavelu |
Morningstar Has a AAA-Rated Plan Morningstar announced today that it's getting into the credit rating business. |
Entrepreneur
September 2003
Dian Vujovich |
Take Me to Your Leaders A new research tool helps you find leading mutual funds. |
Registered Rep.
March 30, 2006
John Churchill |
Mutual Fund Performance Overstated, Says Study Actively managed mutual funds have done worse than is generally thought. Those, at least, are the findings of a study released yesterday covering a ten-year period of performance figures reported by Morningstar. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2006
Selena Maranjian |
Beware: Some Top Mutual Funds Stink Some five-star funds have a few stars too many. Choose carefully. |
Registered Rep.
July 6, 2006
Kevin Burke |
Morningstar Joins Hedge Fund-Data Crowd Financial advisors looking for more information on hedge funds can now turn to Morningstar. |
Financial Advisor
August 2006
Raymond Fazzi |
Fund Returns: Theory Vs. Experience Morningstar is well known for its mutual fund star ratings, but later this year the research company will introduce another standard for assessing funds -- by measuring how much of their gains end up in investors' pockets. |
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Advisor Emporium Morningstar Launches Bond Rating System... Lord Abbett Launches Advisor Web Site... Sigma Financial Streamlines Case Planning... Fidelity Cuts College Savings Fees... Barclays Introduces Indian Fund... more... |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2007
Rich Smith |
Foolish Forecast: Will Morningstar Miss? In advance of earnings reports, analysts expect mutual fund rater Morningstar to turn in sales and earnings increases. |
Entrepreneur
April 2007
Scott Bernard Nelson |
Shed Light Are hedge funds leaving you in the dark? Morningstar's extensive database might be a good place to start your research. |
Registered Rep.
May 1, 2006
John Churchill |
Alpha Dogs Actively managed mutual funds have generally underperformed their corresponding benchmark indices over time, according to a recent study. |
BusinessWeek
June 13, 2005
Lauren Young |
Report Cards On Governance Morningstar and ISS both give grades on corporate governance, but their rating systems differ widely. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Will Your Bond Fund Blow Up? Consider the risks. |
Registered Rep.
November 1, 2005
John Downes |
Seeing Tomorrow Clients probably know how hard it is to pick outperforming stocks. What they may not fully grasp is how hard it is to choose a winning mutual fund or separate account manager. Advisors would be wise to keep up on the latest tools, since the retail set is far more sophisticated than ever. |
The Motley Fool
September 23, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
No Starring Role for This Investment Not all exchange-traded funds are created equal. In fact, some, like leveraged and inverse leveraged funds, may offer more distractions than true benefits to investors. |
Investment Advisor
May 2009
Melanie Waddell |
Danger & Opportunity: Raising the Bar An interview with Morningstar's Don Phillips, president of fund research, about the renewed importance of research in investing. |
Registered Rep.
March 4, 2011
Diana Britton |
New ETF Tools Could Boost ETF Assets, Smaller ETF Players New ETF analysis tools introduced last month from Morningstar and IndexUniverse may attract more assets to ETFs and expand the pool of ETFs that financial advisors use in client portfolios, said three ETF consultants |
Financial Advisor
June 2008
Mary Rowland |
Tough Lessons Ahead For ETFs An interview with Don Phillips, managing director of Morningstar, on what's happening with mutual funds. |
Registered Rep.
April 1, 2008
Stan Luxenberg |
Beating The Bear Will active funds eventually wither away? Not likely. Actively run funds are alive and well, and many are beating the current bear market. |
The Motley Fool
August 4, 2008
Rich Smith |
Morningstar Shines On Let's break down Morningstar's quarterly report and take a look at how all three of their segment's fared individually. |
Registered Rep.
January 1, 2005
Stan Luxenberg |
Grading Governance The mutual fund scandals have put advisors in a tough position: Recommending a fund that ends up in the headlines can deal a serious blow to an advisor's reputation and can even mean lost clients. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2007
Bill Barker |
Today's Strong Sells There's a lot more to learn about companies than their P/Es and ROEs. A more in-depth understanding of companies will give you a chance to not only equal the market's returns, but surpass them. |
Financial Advisor
December 2010
Andrew Gluck |
Ranking Retirement Plans Two brothers have set out to make sense of the 401(k) universe with their company BrightScope using Department of Labor data. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2005
Bob Hirschfeld |
News Regulatory investigations into Chicago-based mutual fund and stock research firm Morningstar don't seem to have affected its newly public stock. |
The Motley Fool
September 21, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
Why Superstar Investors Are Losing Their Luster The days of star fund managers may be over, but that's a good thing. |
Registered Rep.
March 29, 2011
Diana Britton |
Morningstar: Pick Funds that Regard Investors as Partners Fund companies that regard their investors more like partners than "other people's money" are more likely to deliver good risk-adjusted returns and have higher survivorship rates. |
Investment Advisor
March 2007
Kathleen M. McBride |
From Morningstar, Select Stock Baskets Advisors looking at separately managed accounts may want to examine a new offering from Morningstar Investment Services -- Managed Portfolios Select Stock Baskets. |
Investment Advisor
April 2007
Robert F. Keane |
Morningstar--S&P Deal Morningstar and Standard and Poor's, a division of The McGraw-Hill Companies, announced the completion of a deal for Morningstar to acquire Standard and Poor's mutual fund data business for $55 million in cash. |
Registered Rep.
January 28, 2003 |
Weiss Study: Analyst Community Still a "Sell" Out A study of the ratings systems at 30 brokerage firms showed significant improvement in their identification of companies heading into bankruptcy. On the down side, though, a surprising number continue to recommend companies right up to the day they file for Chapter 11. |
Investment Advisor
December 2005
Kathleen M. McBride |
Hybrid Vehicles? Mutual funds have brought Main Street into investing and been the lifeblood of most advisors' practices. In the future, will there be a better way to invest? |
Registered Rep.
June 28, 2010
Stan Luxenberg |
Investors More Sophisticated, but Still Buying and Selling at Wrong Times In recent years, shareholders have become smarter fund shoppers, said speakers at the Morningstar Investment Conference, which was held in Chicago last week. |
BusinessWeek
July 3, 2006
Toddi Gutner |
How To Fight The Undertow Three top research firms pick stock that are likely to keep portfolios afloat. |
The Motley Fool
July 28, 2008
Rich Duprey |
When Good Isn't Good Enough A new study shows that good corporate governance scores don't really help predict trouble. |
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. |
BusinessWeek
January 24, 2005
Lewis Braham |
Spotting The Very Brightest Stars Our ratings help you find your way through a crowded mutual-fund universe. James Small Cap Fund... American AAdvantage Small Cap Value... American AAdvantage Small Cap Value... etc. |
The Motley Fool
May 7, 2008
Rich Smith |
Morningstar Blazes a New Trail Some might say that Morningstar is straying from its roots -- and that's a good thing. |
Investment Advisor
January 2008
Mike Patton |
Shining a Light on Software Our intrepid advisor kicks the tires on four applications that pick and monitor clients' investments. Morningstar Principia... Advisor Workstation... etc. |
Financial Planning
January 1, 2006
Steve Deutsch |
Parallel Universes Allocations to separate accounts and mutual funds are strikingly similar, but advisers should hesitate to make returns-based conclusions, particularly when it comes to separate accounts relative to other investment vehicles. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Funds Closing -- a Good Sign, Oddly Enough We might be a little sad that the trend toward funds' reopening appears to be reversing itself. But it's actually a good thing. |
Financial Advisor
November 2010 |
Advisor Emporium News items from investment advisory firms and new fund offerings. |
