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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 April 21, 2009 Morgan Housel |
Invest in the Bailout! Nasdaq OMX Group has created an index that tracks every U.S.-listed institution that has received more than $1 billion in bailout funds, called the Government Relief Index. |
Financial Planning April 1, 2013 |
Retirement Advisor Confidence Index: Reality Check for Planners Advisor sentiment slips after a giddy start to the year, as clients sound a cautious note. |
The Motley Fool June 1, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Stupid Dow Tricks The Dow Jones Industrial Average rearranges its deck chairs. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2012 |
Retirement Advisor Confidence Index: Risk Tolerance Grows Again Financial Planning s Retirement Advisor Confidence Index rose for the second straight month in October, indicating continued optimism among the planning community. |
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 March 31, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
The Search for Women in the Boardroom If you're particularly interested in gender diversity in the boardroom, a new stock index series introduced by the folks at Pax World and KLD provides a shortcut to finding promising investment candidates. |
Financial Planning January 1, 2013 |
Retirement Advisor Confidence Index: Worries Grow A drop in risk tolerance pulls down the latest index reading. |
The Motley Fool December 7, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
Why You Should Love "Unstable" Investments This ever-changing index can roll with the market's punches. |
The Motley Fool October 1, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Cast the Biggest Net for Profits Building a strong portfolio doesn't have to be hard. If you pick wisely, you can do it with just a few index funds. |
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 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 April 7, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Crystal Ball That Could Make You Rich The recent bounce in the stock market has everyone looking for more signs of a stabilizing economy. To predict exactly when the economy may start recovering, however, you have to look beyond rising stock prices. |
InternetNews July 26, 2004 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: The Chips Hang On But the Nasdaq loses another support level. |
The Motley Fool February 9, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
3 Reasons to Move Beyond Index Funds If you want to take your investing prowess to the next level you'll want to move beyond index funds -- at least with part of your savings. |
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. |
Financial Planning August 1, 2013 |
Advisor Confidence Falls Again Plunge in risk tolerance and jump in cash sends index down for second straight month. |
The Motley Fool March 19, 2009 Kristin Graham |
Fear Inflation, Not Deflation Breaking down the Consumer Price Index figures reveal a more interesting story. |
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 July 9, 2008 Linda Brewton |
Measuring Green Investing Success Eco-friendly investors now have a tool to gauge the performance of their hip new "green" investing strategies, as Renaissance Capital launches a green IPO index. |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2007 Doug Short |
Beating the S&P 500 If your portfolio gained less than 15.8% last year, perhaps it's time to think outside the box. |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2005 Nathan Parmelee |
Improving the Index Fund A recent study shows that the weighting of index funds by market capitalization is potentially creating a large drag on performance, because the index is overweighting the overvalued and underweighting the undervalued. |
The Motley Fool March 22, 2005 |
Beyond the S&P 500 Index investors have more choices than just the S&P 500. |
The Motley Fool April 6, 2004 Selena Maranjian |
Learn About Stock Indexes For many people, index investing is the best way to get rich. |
The Motley Fool May 10, 2006 John Reeves |
Build the Best Portfolio Once you've created your portfolio, you'll still have to monitor it -- and rebalance it from time to time. But by doing it yourself, you will have saved thousands of dollars in advisor fees -- and you may discover that you enjoy charting your own financial future. |
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 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 February 1, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
Don't Let Averages Mislead You Averages may be reassuring, but they can also hold you back. By looking forward instead, and assessing a stock's future promise and potential, you'll do a better job at seeking out long-term winners. |
The Motley Fool December 10, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
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 January 27, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
These Investments Could Steer You Wrong Index funds and exchange-traded funds aren't perfect. |
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 June 7, 2011 Morgan Housel |
Searching for a Better Index Going beyond the S&P 500. For those who don't have the time or inclination to dive into individual stocks, index funds are the way to go. |
The Motley Fool April 8, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Online Travel Sites Get Grounded The next few quarters won't be pretty, but if it can hold its breath the long-term prospects for Expedia are better than this downgrade would have one believe. |
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 July 28, 2010 Jared Cummans |
Simplifying Investing: 5 All Cap ETF Options Get exposure in all the right places. |
The Motley Fool May 21, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Going Beyond the Index Rather than using a weighted index based on the market cap of the component stocks, WisdomTree ETFs base their portfolio allocations for index components on fundamental aspects of those stocks, such as dividend yield and company earnings. |
The Motley Fool September 30, 2010 Eric Dutram |
Thursday's ETF to Watch: S&P 500 SPDR (SPY) Two reports on the current state of the economy put this ETF in focus today. |
The Motley Fool October 8, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
Wow -- Some Stocks Are Still Up?! Who knew stocks could rise in this environment? |
The Motley Fool January 14, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Your Index Fund Is Making a Bad Investment Funds have to do what the indexes they track do. |
The Motley Fool February 12, 2007 Tim Beyers |
I Love Index Funds If stocks aren't for you, index funds should be. |
The Motley Fool March 30, 2007 Timothy M. Otte |
Hey Abercrombie, Welcome to the Club The apparel retailer gets added to the S&P 500 Big-Cap Index. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2009 Donna Mitchell |
A Brighter Outlook Advisors' confidence in the economy and the stock market improved in May, to a reading of 100.48 -- up nearly seven points from 93.59 in April. |
Financial Planning July 1, 2013 |
Advisors Show Mixed Views of Markets Readings show a modest lift in client optimism but a drop in retirement activity. |
InternetNews June 12, 2009 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: S&P Stalls at a Big Level The S&P 500 is stuck at a big level here, but at least it's hanging in there. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2013 |
Retirement Advisor Confidence Index: Rosier Outlook Risk tolerance and a growing taste for equities help the January index climb back after two straight declines. |
The Motley Fool December 11, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Index Funds: So Hot Right Now Indexing is stylish, but can you profit from its idiosyncrasies? |
Financial Planning October 1, 2013 |
Advisor Sentiment Hits New Low for Year Declines in equity allocations, risk tolerance and advisor fees are cited. |
The Motley Fool November 8, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
6 Stocks That Could See Massive Buying An idiosyncrasy with the S&P 500 index could force index funds to buy these stocks. |
The Motley Fool March 10, 2008 Selena Maranjian |
I'm Bucking the Trend Index funds are gaining momentum -- but should they? |
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. |