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A High IQ Won't Make You a Great Investor We investors, even us smarties, often place more importance on how we think a fund performs than on its fees.   |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Make Money Despite Higher Fees A low fee isn't everything. |
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
August 27, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
When Buying an Index Fund Is Stupid Not all index funds are created equal. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Schwab Gets Competitive Both the company and its customers can profit from this index fund revamp. |
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
June 26, 2008
Adam J. Wiederman |
The Truth Behind Buffett's Big Bet The Oracle of Omaha bet against top hedge fund managers. Here's why. |
The Motley Fool
June 23, 2008
Dayana Yochim |
Even Billionaires Sweat the Small Stuff When it comes to managing your finances, you, too, should sweat the small stuff -- the seemingly minuscule things that actually have monumental effects on your bottom line. |
The Motley Fool
September 1, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Fund Fakery Is your expensive, managed fund really an index fund in disguise? |
The Motley Fool
February 11, 2008
Mary Dalrymple |
Buy the Market -- Cheap! Index funds perform as efficiently as possible by replicating the market's performance for the lowest possible expense. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Will This Investment Crush Your Funds? Boring old index funds might be more powerful than you think. |
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
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. |
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
February 24, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Saving for College Just Got Cheaper Lower-priced 529 plans help you save for college more effectively. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Funds That Are in the Closet Are No Bargain Make sure you're not severely overpaying for your funds. The problem is closet-indexing, which happens when a fund has too much in common with the S&P 500 index of 500 of America's biggest companies, or with some other index that serves as its benchmark. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Fidelity Cuts the Fat The mutual fund giant trims expense rates on some of its most popular funds. How much will the move reward investors? |
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
October 15, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
A New Way to Battle the Economy Should you defend your portfolio with the new Sabrient Defensive Equity Index ETF? |
The Motley Fool
November 25, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
These 3 Tips Will Make You a Winning Investor Don't waste money on unnecessary investing costs. |
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
January 9, 2004 |
Alternatives to Index Funds Is it cheaper to choose exchange-traded funds over traditional index funds? |
The Motley Fool
March 3, 2006
Rex Moore |
You Won't Believe What a Half-Percent Will Cost You You shouldn't pay any more than you absolutely have to for a fund that simply tracks an index. Check your index fund's expense ratio today, and then shop around to see if you can do better. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2006
Elizabeth O'Brien |
White Paper: The Clueless Investor To test if investors consider fees when selecting mutual funds, the authors gave Wharton and Harvard students prospectuses of four S&P 500 Index funds and had them create a hypothetical $10,000 portfolio. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
I'm Bucking the Trend Index funds are gaining momentum -- but should they? |
AskMen.com
Ryan Ortega |
Invest On A Budget With a little planning and common sense, you can invest on a budget with very little money up front and, hopefully, a large payout in the end. |
The Motley Fool
April 13, 2006
Charly Travers |
A Foolish Baby Shower: Vanguard 500 Index While returns over the next 18 years may not match those of the last 20, it's likely that returns will be between 7%-10% a year for baby, and that's a pretty good start for building a portfolio that will last a lifetime. |
The Motley Fool
January 19, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Index Funds Win Again Index funds are cheap, easy, and they reliably outperform many other funds. |
The Motley Fool
July 3, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Best and Worst ETFs When you study ETFs, make sure you look at them from several angles. Learn to get the biggest bang for your bucks. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
A Number to Know: 72 Here's one of Wall Street's dirty little secrets. According to Standard & Poor's data cited in Money magazine, 72% of actively managed large-cap funds have failed to beat the stock market over the past five years. How can you find the other 28%? |
AskMen.com
Charles Frisbie |
Guy's Guide To Index Funds Index funds are a good way to diversify your portfolio with modest growth. Learn here how to pick a good one. |
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
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
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
August 24, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Fund Fees Under the Magnifying Glass Make sure you know how much you're paying for your fund. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Make the Right Investment Every Time Even after close examination, it can be hard to tell many investments apart. Therefore, how can you ensure that you make the best choice every time? |
The Motley Fool
December 12, 2011
Morgan Housel |
Best ETF for 2012: Vanguard Total Stock Market For those of you who don't want to bother rolling up your sleeves and digging through individual companies, a broad index fund like Vanguard's Total Stock Market ETF is a smart choice for long-term investors. |
The Motley Fool
April 2, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
A Mutual Fund for Kids How does the Monetta Young Investor Fund measure up as an investment option for kids and young adults? |
The Motley Fool
November 6, 2006
Tim Hanson |
Don't Try to Beat the Market It's entirely possible to be a hands-off investor and still put the long-term wealth-building power of the stock market to work for you. The secret? Index funds. |
BusinessWeek
April 19, 2004
Tergesen & Young |
Index Funds Aren't All Equal High costs and managers who hold cash too long -- or pay inflated commissions -- can shave returns. So it pays to compare |
BusinessWeek
November 10, 2003
Jeffrey M. Laderman |
Mutual Funds: What To Do Now Wondering how to cope with the growing scandal? Here are some answers. |
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
November 9, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Fund Fees Rising When They Should Be Falling Are you getting ripped off by your fund family? While many mutual funds are now enjoying lower operating costs, many fund companies have actually raised the annual fees they charge shareholders. |
The Motley Fool
October 31, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Why Pay for Nothing? From the standpoint of the individual investor, mutual fund fees often go unnoticed. However, they're extremely significant and represent a large handicap for savers to overcome in trying to reach their financial goals. |
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
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
October 20, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Save Yourself $2,250 Beware of loaded mutual funds. |
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
February 25, 2010
John Rosevear |
The Great Investing Cop-Out Index funds used to be considered a good idea. Are they still? |
