Similar Articles

Browse Main Topics:

Business
Computers & Electronics
Education & Reference
Entertainment & Leisure
Family & Home
Finance & Investment
Health
Internet
Pets & Animals
Science & Technology
Society, Politics & Culture
Sports & Recreation

Similar Articles

The Motley Fool March 16, 2009 Dan Caplinger	This Wealth-Killing Blunder Will Cost You Some commentators are arguing that the way millions of investors put money to work in the markets through mutual funds has fundamental flaws that simply can't be overcome.
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 June 2, 2005 Selena Maranjian	Americans Favor Mutual Funds Stock funds are hot, as they should be.
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?
Registered Rep. January 5, 2010 David A. Geracioti	Fund Manager Leuthold Says Outlook Good for Stocks--at Least in the First Half of 2010 Good and bad news for the S&P 500 this year, according to this fund manager.
The Motley Fool June 16, 2008 Selena Maranjian	How to Evaluate Your Returns How can an investor track the market? How can he know how well the market has done from a given date to the present? Read on to see how.
The Motley Fool June 13, 2006 Paul Elliott	The Real Case Against Mutual Funds Read this before you invest another penny. How sketchy is the traditional mutual fund model? The IRS would kill for a piece of that sweet action!
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 April 27, 2009 Dan Caplinger	The Crazy Thing You Already Should Have Done The time you should be most interested in getting back into stocks is when it seems like only a crazy person would buy them.
The Motley Fool April 29, 2009 Selena Maranjian	If Fish Can Count, You Can Invest A few simple explanations to get you started on your way to wealth.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Selena Maranjian	Here's Why You Shouldn't Wait You can get priced out of a stock -- or at least miss out on gains -- if you wait too long.
The Motley Fool October 10, 2008 Mac Greer	Fool Video: David Gardner on the Market Meltdown The Dow and the S&P 500 had their worst week ever. Is this the bottom?
The Motley Fool October 8, 2008 Dan Caplinger	Is It Too Late to Sell? You're probably tempted to get out at any cost.
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 June 12, 2009	Buy and Hold Is Dead. Long Live Buy and Hold! When SPDRs investors, hoping only to track the movement of the S&P 500 stock index, are losing money, as they have over the trailing 10 years (a far cry from earning the ballyhooed 10% average annual return), the wisdom of buy-and-hold is rightfully challenged.
The Motley Fool March 24, 2009 Selena Maranjian	How Much Cash Should Your Fund Have? There's a downside to funds being cautious and cash-heavy.
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 January 13, 2009 Selena Maranjian	Is Your Mutual Fund One of the Worst? The dismal performance of some top mutual funds in 2008 is probably enough to send most investors out the door, and to keep many would-be investors away. But should these funds really be avoided? Perhaps not.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman	Are Your Funds Worth Owning? Performance and experience are two musts for any champion fund. Find out what it takes to be a true fund champ. A key ingredient: an experienced manager with a track record of beating the S&P 500. Would your fund measure up?
The Motley Fool March 20, 2009 Selena Maranjian	Could the Market Jump 34% This Year? Wall Street is aglow with rosy predictions of how the S&P 500 may fare in the coming year. Too bad no one has EVER consistently -- and correctly -- predicted how the market will move.
The Motley Fool November 3, 2009 Selena Maranjian	How Much Is Management Costing You? Be picky. Look at fees. Look at a fund's turnover, because the higher the turnover, the higher the taxes on gains will likely be. Look at the long-term returns, too, because given the thousands of mutual funds out there, many are run by not-very-good managers.
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 November 17, 2006 Paul Elliott	Don't Invest Another Penny Until you read this... Mutual funds have a price. It may be a lot higher than you think.
InternetNews August 7, 2007 Paul Shread	Technical Analysis: S&P Gets Stopped The S&P 500 stalled at a big level Tuesday.
The Motley Fool April 14, 2009 Dan Caplinger	The Wrong Leaders to Follow Into the Market Active fund managers are investing in stocks again. Should you?
InternetNews May 12, 2005 Paul Shread	Technical Analysis: Indexes Hang On -- Barely The Dow and S&P need to turn up soon; they have pulled back as far as they can without giving up their recent downtrend line breakouts.
InternetNews July 16, 2007 Paul Shread	Technical Analysis: Pullback Time? The Dow and S&P are stalling at some big numbers.
InternetNews July 19, 2007 Paul Shread	Technical Analysis: Bulls Pull It Off The Dow and S&P 500 set milestones despite some big disappointments.
The Motley Fool January 26, 2010 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Sell Funds, Buy Fund Companies Mutual fund operators are set to post solid earnings growth this week.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Billy Fisher	Dueling Fools: Washington Mutual Bear Rebuttal The bears say about Washington Mutual that looking forward, outperformance is unlikely, so why not put your money elsewhere?
The Motley Fool July 27, 2009 Dan Caplinger	Is This the Ultimate Sucker's Rally? Learn from the lessons of the Great Depression. Although stocks will inevitably drop again at some point in the future, the best rewards come from promising companies that will survive no matter what happens.
The Motley Fool August 12, 2008 Julie Clarenbach	How to Buy Winners Set yourself up for big gains.
The Motley Fool December 31, 2009 Chris Jones	Why the 2010s Will Be a Great Decade With three major indexes having dropped since 1999, history says it's time to buy. However, not every cheap stock is a good value play.
Registered Rep. May 1, 2006 Kristen French	The Real Real Return The S&P 500 Index may not be all it's cracked up to be, according to Thornburg Investment Management.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007	International Flight Over the last three years, foreign mutual funds have posted annual returns twice those notched by the S&P 500, prompting investors to dump shares of U.S. stock funds and park that cash overseas in search of fatter returns.
The Motley Fool August 9, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Charlatans and "Bull-oney" at the Fool? A reader lashes out at this author. See how she responds: When cash compounds in a savings account, it's much more of a sure thing than wealth growing in stocks. You take on more risk with stocks, but if you invest responsibly, you stand a good chance of being rewarded with higher returns.
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 July 23, 2007 Selena Maranjian	The S&P 500 Breaks a Record What should you do if you're afraid of a major market meltdown happening soon after you buy in? Staying out of the market forever isn't the best option. Instead, given a long time horizon, you might just jump in, prepared to wait it out if you need to.
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.
InternetNews July 18, 2007 Paul Shread	Technical Analysis: S&P Hangs On The S&P 500 bounced right where it was supposed to on Wednesday.
The Motley Fool January 4, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman	Are Your Funds Worth Owning? There's nothing magical or intrinsically worthwhile about a mutual fund in itself. A fund is only as good as the folks picking the investments. How does your fund measure up?
InternetNews August 24, 2005 Paul Shread	Technical Analysis: Support Gives Way The Dow and S&P are threatening to go into free fall here.
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 January 20, 2010 Alex Dumortier	Are Stock Mutual Funds Dead? There's a new honcho in town.
The Motley Fool January 2, 2009 Rich Duprey	A Wonderful Year for These Stocks Last year wasn't much to crow about for most companies, but these S&P 500 members did well. Take a look at which S&P companies enjoyed double-digit returns in 2008.
InternetNews February 13, 2007 Paul Shread	Technical Analysis: Tech Stocks Get No Love Even on an up day, the Nasdaq manages to fall further behind.
The Motley Fool April 20, 2009 Dan Caplinger	Don't Invest Another Cent Without Doing This As important as it is to invest, put off buying stocks or funds until that debt is gone.
The Motley Fool March 11, 2009 Dan Caplinger	3 Reasons Why Investors Will Panic Again Just as experienced long-term investors have kept the losses of the past year in perspective, so too should you not draw any major conclusions from a one-day rally.
Financial Advisor December 2004 Christopher P. Parr	Look Mom! I Beat the S&P Again! Legg's Value Trust---relative fund superstar or absolute media hype?
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.