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The Motley Fool August 29, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Best Small-Cap ETFs These exchange-traded funds win the best-in-class award. Let's take a closer look at the iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF, the Vanguard Small-Cap ETF, the iShares Morningstar Small Core ETF, the iShares S&P 600 Value ETF, and the Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF. |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2004 |
Seeking Outstanding Mutual Funds Don't settle for below-average performance when you can earn average or better. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Find Small-Cap Winners the Simple Way Picking a good small-cap ETF makes it easy to broaden your portfolio and improve its long-term returns. Which of these four ETFs has the secret to top returns? |
The Motley Fool December 9, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Why Mega-Cap Stocks Are Not Enough Before you jump into the biggest, most popular index funds that are based on the S&P 500 index, think twice. |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
3 Reasons Not to Care What the Market Does ... At least, not today. |
The Motley Fool April 25, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
It's Time to Sell Your Small-Cap Stocks Large-cap valuations are unusually attractive. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2006 Shannon Zimmerman |
The Best ETF for 2007: iShares Russell 1000 Growth Its area of the market has lagged the pack, but this ETF is poised to shine. |
The Motley Fool August 17, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Beware of Seemingly Similar ETFs While ETFs can quickly get you invested in a certain index or a certain sector, beware, because similar-sounding ones are not necessarily so similar, and they won't serve you equally well. |
The Motley Fool February 7, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Retail the Easy Way There's no need to guess which retail company will perform best. If you expect the retail industry to grow amid a global economic recovery, the SPDR S&P Retail ETF could save you a lot of trouble. |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Oil and Gas Exploration the Easy Way There's no need to guess which energy explorer will fare best with the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Oil and Gas Exploration Index ETF. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
The Best ETF for 2007: ProShares Ultra S&P 500 Double the return or double trouble? Since its inception in June 2006, the ETF has done a good job of meeting its objective, helped in large part by a stock market that has mostly gone straight up during that period. |
The Motley Fool December 14, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Simple Ways to Win With Large Caps Put together a great set of investments in just a few steps by using exchange traded funds. |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2008 Chuck Saletta |
Beat the S&P 500 -- Guaranteed! Put a too-often-neglected investing tool, reinvesting index fund dividends, to work for you. |
InternetNews October 6, 2005 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Stocks Threaten Support Thursday's decline broke more major support levels. |
The Motley Fool July 28, 2010 Jared Cummans |
Simplifying Investing: 5 All Cap ETF Options Get exposure in all the right places. |
The Motley Fool May 19, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
How to Win With Fidelity's Free iShares ETFs Rather than going the same route as Schwab and Vanguard -- by offering in-house funds -- Fidelity has decided to make a partnership deal with ETF provider iShares. |
Financial Advisor August 2009 Marla Brill |
Small-Cap Bounty Small-cap ETFs have grown in number and offer some interesting choices. |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
A Fund Designed to Grow Instead of tracking the Dow or the S&P 500, the PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 ETF tracks an index weighted by company fundamentals, which has given better performance historically. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Growing Timber and Paper Companies the Easy Way If you expect companies focusing on timber, paper, and packaging to thrive once the housing market starts to pick up, the iShares S&P Global Timber & Forestry ETF could save you a lot of trouble. |
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. |
Investment Advisor August 2009 Vaughan Scully |
The ETF Advisor: Those Outperforming Small Caps Exchange traded funds offer a relatively convenient and cost-effective way to invest in small cap stocks. |
The Motley Fool October 31, 2011 Brian D. Pacampara |
4-Star ETFs Poised to Pop: Vanguard Small-Cap Market-trouncing returns could be written in this four-star. |
The Motley Fool February 25, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Index Funds Are Hard to Beat An eye-opening new study from Standard & Poor's reveals that the majority of managed funds fail to outperform simple index funds. That's right -- funds run by actual human beings still can't beat a copycat strategy of matching a broad index's holdings. |
The Motley Fool November 15, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Profitable Small Caps the Easy Way If you expect small companies to do well in coming years as the global economy recovers, the iShares S&P SmallCap 600 Index ETF could save you a lot of trouble. |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Simple Ways to Win With Small Caps Put together a great set of investments in just a few steps by using exchange traded funds. |
The Motley Fool May 6, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
These ETF Traps Could Burn You Some exchange-traded funds aren't as diversified as you think. |
The Motley Fool February 5, 2008 Zoe Van Schyndel |
Bottom-Feeding With ETFs With the market down, investing in beaten-down ETFs -- those funds trading well below their peak prices or that no longer reflect the trend of the day -- can be a profitable exercise. |
The Motley Fool October 5, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
7 ETFs for the Perfect Portfolio You don't need a lot of flash or bling to invest smart. |
The Motley Fool April 23, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Investments That Don't Stand a Chance An active fund that only seeks to match its benchmark is a waste of your money. If that's all a fund can offer, you're much better off going with the index fund. |
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 December 18, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Improving on Index Funds As the fund universe continues to evolve, new funds have emerged that try to improve on their first-generation counterparts. One fund in particular has its sights set high -- the Rydex S&P Equal Weight ETF. |
The Motley Fool October 10, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Software the Easy Way If you expect the software industry to thrive as more and more people use technology in many areas of their lives, the iShares S&P North American Tech-Software ETF could save you a lot of trouble. |
Financial Advisor October 2008 Marla Brill |
Ready For Harvest Rounding up investment laggards to harvest tax losses is a good idea toward the end of any year in taxable accounts, but this year there is added incentive. |
The Motley Fool July 14, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
ETF Portfolio Perfection Do you need ETFs to make your portfolio perfect? |
The Motley Fool August 13, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Salvage Your Losers With This Easy Strategy Use exchange-traded funds to avoid the "wash sale" tax rule. |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
I Love the S&P 500 The main reason to love this index is that over time, it tends to beat the pants off the majority of managed mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2005 Selena Maranjian |
ETFs Are Hot ETFs look like index funds but act like stocks. Are they right for your portfolio? |
The Motley Fool September 20, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Why One ETF Is Not Enough Lots of ETFs are highly correlated to the S&P, but you still need diversification. |
The Motley Fool September 13, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Oil Equipment Stocks the Easy Way There's no need to guess which oil equipment company will do best with the iShares Dow Jones US Oil Equipment Index ETF. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2006 Brian Richards |
The Best ETF for 2007: Vanguard Small-Cap Value If 70 years of results are good enough for you, this ETF is worth checking out. |
The Motley Fool June 25, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The ETF Wars Are Getting Silly Having more choices isn't always better for investors. |
Investment Advisor February 2010 Vaughan Scully |
The ETF Advisor: S&P 500 ETFs While some S&P 500 Index funds are virtually identical to the SPDR fund, a handful of other ETFs offers more substantial modifications to the original formula. |
The Motley Fool March 11, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
How to Build a Better S&P 500 As terrific as S&P 500 index funds can be, they're not perfect. But a newer, potentially better kind of index fund could help fix one of their biggest weaknesses. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
This ETF Sector Is Getting Pricey While large-cap stocks dominated in the late 1990s, small-cap stocks have had a truly amazing run in the decade since then. |
The Motley Fool December 11, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Find the Best Deal on Dividend Stocks Once you decide that you want to add some dividend stocks or funds to your portfolio, you need to figure out how to do it. |
The Motley Fool May 18, 2011 Selena Maranjian |
Make Money in Financials the Easy Way If you expect the financial services industry to thrive as the global economy rebounds, the iShares Dow Jones U.S. Financial Sector ETF could save you a lot of trouble and time. |
InternetNews September 15, 2005 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Nasdaq, S&P Hang On The Nasdaq and S&P barely held on to big support numbers. |
The Motley Fool June 9, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Market-Beating Returns Made Simple This twist on the old index fund does well. Equal-weight funds have done quite well compared to traditional index funds over periods of several years. |
The Motley Fool October 13, 2010 Anders Bylund |
Here's a Great Way to Start Investing in Chip Stocks A new ETF based on a venerable market index can form the basis for your chip-profits strategy. |
The Motley Fool November 16, 2006 Selena Maranjian |
The Best ETF for 2007: iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Wondering what exactly is in the iShares Dow Jones Select Dividend Index? Wonder no more. It invests in the 100 (or so) highest-yielding companies in the Dow Jones U.S. Total Market Index. |