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The Motley Fool August 8, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman |
Beat the Market in Your Sleep Outperform without all that pesky volatility. The Vanguard 500 Index a world-class and dirt cheap S&P tracker that provides quick and easy exposure to such household names as Microsoft, General Electric, and IBM -- has notched an annualized gain of 12%. |
The Motley Fool November 2, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman |
A Very Simple Plan Got discipline? We've got a plan. 1. Get serious about saving... 2. Invest wisely... |
The Motley Fool October 3, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman |
If You Could Make Only One Investment ... Looking for ideas? Look no further. Why place all of your hard-earned money on a single horse when you can spread your bets around and sleep peacefully with a top-notch fund? |
The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman |
Get Off to a Smart Start Just getting your feet wet with investing? We've got a cheat sheet. |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2006 Rex Moore |
The Best Retirement Advice When it comes to a comfortable retirement, one factor dominates all others: time. |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman |
Smart Ways to Get Started A volatile market can provide choice investment opportunities. With that in mind, this commentary begins a three-part series on smart moves that brand-spanking-new investors ought to consider, specifically mutual funds, as they test the market's waters. |
The Motley Fool July 9, 2004 |
The Stock Market Is Risky Learn to take fewer chances when you invest. |
The Motley Fool March 27, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
What's Your Work-to-Retirement Ratio? See whether you'll be able to afford retirement -- the answer may surprise you. |
The Motley Fool June 4, 2007 Chuck Saletta |
Why You Must Invest Now To have a reasonable shot at a golden retirement, you must get started now. The easiest way to get started is with a low-cost, total-market index fund like the Vanguard Total Stock Market Index. |
The Motley Fool March 7, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman |
Can 90 Million Investors Be Wrong? As convenient as they are, the vast majority of mutual funds are market-lagging dogs. With more than 7,000 funds vying for your hard-earned savings, the trouble lies in separating the fund industry's proverbial wheat from its chaff. |
The Motley Fool April 4, 2008 Brian Richards |
Avoid This Ticker ... for Now Vanguard Small Cap Value is an ETF to avoid for now, although it still may be a winning fund for patient long-term owners. |
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 January 18, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
You're Paying How Much? With mutual funds, you usually get what you don't pay for. |
The Motley Fool March 20, 2009 Tim Hanson |
It's Time to Reinvent the Index Fund The flawed "bigger is better" reasoning that underlies index investing has exposed American investors to needless amounts of risk over the past few years and ultimately cost them billions of dollars of their hard-earned money. |
The Motley Fool March 8, 2007 Robert Brokamp |
Funds Fighting Inflation Rethink reinvesting during retirement. Vanguard Short-Term Bond Index... Vanguard 500 Index... |
The Motley Fool April 20, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
You're Paying How Much? With mutual funds, you usually get what you don't pay for. When it comes to gauging a fund's prospects, few attributes have more predictive power than the expense ratio. |
The Motley Fool May 1, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Safer Way to Seek Great Returns Dipping your toes into new stocks that you've never looked at before will be enough to get you started on the road to better returns. |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2007 Jill Ralph |
Don't Sabotage Your Retirement To give yourself a chance at a truly golden retirement, don't let inertia take hold of you -- in either your saving or your investing. |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Retirement Funds Ballooning Investors have fatter retirement accounts, with much in mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool September 26, 2008 Shannon Zimmerman |
Beat the Market in Your Sleep Outperform without all that pesky volatility. |
The Motley Fool May 19, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Only You Can Make This Crucial Choice As tempting as it may be, don't just pass off responsibility for your investments to someone else. Sometimes you'll get just the results you want, but more often, what you buy won't live up to your expectations. |
The Motley Fool July 19, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
Save Your Portfolio From Yourself Boost your performance by not being your own worst enemy. Add some top-notch mutual funds to your portfolio. They will relieve you of having to decide which stocks to buy and sell, and when to do so. |
The Motley Fool September 9, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Index Fund Fire Sale Index funds are lowering their fees, and you are the winner. |
The Motley Fool February 6, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Investing Secret You Need to Know A winning mutual fund strategy boils down to asset allocation. |
The Motley Fool May 3, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman |
A Big Change at Vanguard Indexing whiz Gus Sauter passes the baton. Should you care? |
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 March 14, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman |
Investment Strategery Investors, when it comes to diversification, don't forget about strategy -- especially when investing in mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool March 14, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Are You Overdiversified? Learn what you're really getting with an S&P 500 index fund. |
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 March 22, 2007 Shannon Zimmerman |
It Pays to Think Big You may be the world's best stock picker, but if you're paying an exorbitant interest rate on credit card debt or stashing your emergency cash in low- or no-yield savings vehicles, you're simply giving back with one hand what you're gaining with the other. |
The Motley Fool May 27, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Politics and Investing Don't Mix Right- and left-leaning mutual funds leave much to be desired. |
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 October 12, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Vanguard's Best Funds Zeroing in on the fund family's best bets. |
The Motley Fool June 17, 2009 Dayana Yochim |
It's Time for Your Quarterly Cash Checkup Make sure your money is working hard and smart for your future. |
The Motley Fool February 21, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
A Mutual Fund Just for You There's a relatively new development in the financial world that can make your retirement savings a lot simpler: Meet your new friend, the target-date mutual fund. |
The Motley Fool October 31, 2007 Claire Stephanic |
The Looming Economic Collapse Many Americans are pessimistic about the U.S. economy. The only way to ensure financial stability through a recession or bear market is to have a plan. Here are some tips about where to begin. |
The Motley Fool April 14, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Wait Another Minute to Do This The bear market will inevitably push some investors to take less risk than they should. But you don't have to sacrifice your dreams out of fear. Start investing today and get yourself on the road to financial security. |
The Motley Fool February 22, 2007 Shannon Zimmerman |
Making a Million Is Child's Play Grade school math plus time can add up to big bucks in the bank. Here is what savvy stock-picking can do to rev up your retirement road trip. |
The Motley Fool April 9, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
The Surprising S&P 500 Learn fun facts about the venerated index, which just turned 50. Many index funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are tied to it. |
The Motley Fool June 11, 2007 Shannon Zimmerman |
Fresh Ideas for New Investors Wall Street is littered with commonplace financial advice, but if you want to get your career as an investor off to a smart start, you should consider going against the flow of that traffic. |
The Motley Fool February 27, 2008 Todd Wenning |
The Real Changing of the Vanguard In a somewhat surprising move, mutual fund titan The Vanguard Group announces some reshuffling at the top of its house. |
The Motley Fool March 9, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
You're Not as Diversified as You Think While the right mix of mutual funds can help you create a diversified portfolio that gives you broad exposure to a wide range of financial markets, you have to stay on the lookout to avoid unnecessary overlap in the stocks your funds own. |
The Motley Fool November 2, 2006 Richards & Hanson |
Beat the Pros at Their Own Game Which is the better hypothetical long-term investment, owning stock mutual funds or the common stocks of the companies that run those mutual funds? |
Fast Company September 2008 D. Heath & C. Heath |
Made to Stick: The Myth of Mutual Funds Let's pull off the Band-Aid quickly. You've come to believe that mutual funds are a smart place to put your money. They're not. |
The Motley Fool August 16, 2007 Rich Duprey |
$135 and a $1 Million Dream It's about time, not timing. With enough time you can turn just about any amount of money into $1 million. |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Vanguard 500 vs. Total Stock Market Which fund gets the nod? |
The Motley Fool November 20, 2006 Todd Wenning |
Yes, You Can Beat the Market How do individual investors have the upper hand against fund managers? As an individual investor, you have mobility and freedom on your side -- something mutual fund managers don't always have. |
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 December 19, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Repeat This 2008 Mistake Target funds got billed as the perfect way to save for retirement or other long-term goals. Yet judging from their performance this year, investors who relied on target funds to get their allocations right got a nasty surprise. |
The Motley Fool November 1, 2010 Rich Smith |
General Electric's Got a Hot New Ride When General Electric announced last month it would spend $30 billion to reinvent itself ... who knew it would spend it on cars. |