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So Far, It's Not Like the 1930s Stock market volatility declines -- again. |
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This Will Scare You Silly Take a look at some scary annualized returns from index and bond funds, and what you can do to maximize your portfolio's returns. |
The Motley Fool October 13, 2011 Brad Hessel |
Just When You Thought It Was Safe to Go Back in the Water: An Update on Market Volatility A review of the spike in volatility in the third quarter. |
The Motley Fool August 22, 2005 |
Learn About Stock Indexes An index is a group of stocks, the performance of which is measured as a whole. As an investor, you've got more choices than just the S&P 500. |
The Motley Fool February 15, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Market Zigzags and Your Money Unless you stick with ultra-safe investments such as Treasury bills or bank CDs, volatility and investing go hand-in-hand. |
The Motley Fool January 12, 2011 Brad Hessel |
For Market Volatility, No News Is Good News Fourth-quarter 2010 volatility is a no-show. Are things back to normal? |
The Motley Fool January 31, 2008 Todd Wenning |
This Will Scare You Silly As scary as the current and potential 10-year returns for the S&P sound, investors who added international stocks to their portfolio in 1998 have still come out ahead. |
The Motley Fool October 21, 2008 Andy Louis-Charles |
Is Now A Good Time for the S&P? The S&P 500 has recently fallen to levels unseen since the start of the Iraq War in 2003. The question is, are investors better or worse off owning it? |
The Motley Fool October 22, 2010 Brad Hessel |
Market Volatility Resumes Post-Crash Decline For now, the market's collective wisdom is that 2008 was not 1929, and accordingly the odds of a cataclysm have shrunk. |
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. |
InternetNews January 3, 2007 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Ouch If the first day of trading is any indication, volatility may return in '07. |
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. |
The Motley Fool August 10, 2011 Morgan Housel |
A Few Wild Numbers on the Past Week One for the record books. Monday was the first time in 15 years that every stock in the S&P 500 closed in the red. |
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 January 27, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
These Investments Could Steer You Wrong Index funds and exchange-traded funds aren't perfect. |
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 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. |
The Motley Fool August 20, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Better Than Google? Only a few S&P 500 stocks have outperformed Google. Take a look at which they are. |
The Motley Fool June 28, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
What the Heck Happened Friday? No, Friday wasn't another flash crash. |
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 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 December 11, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
Index Funds: So Hot Right Now Indexing is stylish, but can you profit from its idiosyncrasies? |
InternetNews September 24, 2009 |
Technical Analysis: Nasdaq Runs Into Old Support The stock market faces a big test in the weakest part of the year. |
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 April 25, 2011 Cindy Johnson |
It's Time to Sell Your Small-Cap Stocks Large-cap valuations are unusually attractive. |
The Motley Fool June 26, 2009 Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
This Is Not How You Triple Your Money ProShares has a way for you to triple the market's return. Don't fall for it. |
The Motley Fool April 27, 2009 Brian Richards |
The Market's 10 Most Volatile Stocks As long-term-focused investors, we tend not to read much into a short-term volatility measure, but there are two key points to learn about these high volatility stocks. |
The Motley Fool November 11, 2005 Jim Mueller |
Beta: The Alpha and Omega to Risk Analysis? To many people, beta is the be-all and end-all of risk analysis. Here, the author explores how beta is determined and then discusses its limitations and what else you should consider when looking at a company for investment. |
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 May 12, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Volatility Will Make You Rich Don't think of volatility as your enemy. Although big price drops can bring temporary pain to your portfolio, they also give you a shot to pick up stock market bargains and multiply your returns. |
The Motley Fool February 2, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Make More Money in This Market Minefield Let everyone else trade. You can profit. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2010 Geoff Considine |
Cracking the Code All portfolio strategies depend on the expected level of stock market volatility. The assumed future volatilities of equities and other risky assets have substantial implications for determining whether a specific portfolio is suitable to an investor's needs. |
The Motley Fool June 14, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
3 Reasons Not to Care What the Market Does ... At least, not today. |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2012 Dari FitzGerald |
Nasdaq Proves Nothing Is Written in Stone If you don't like your returns, just wait a few minutes. |
The Motley Fool June 23, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
You're Smarter Than the S&P 500 Maybe you can beat an index fund, but don't get cocky; remember, hindsight doesn't count. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2006 Scott A. Leonard |
The Smaller, the Better Rumors that the small-cap effect is dead are most definitely premature. By focusing on the smallest of the small caps, financial advisors can see that the small-cap effect appears to be alive and well. You just need to know where to look for it. |
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Stan Luxenberg |
The Smart Way to Use Index Funds Now In the cold light of the bear market, advisors have discovered inherent flaws in the indices and the funds that track them. |
The Motley Fool January 13, 2012 Morgan Housel |
Our Wild Market Is Much More Normal Than You Think Same problem, different year. |
InternetNews October 25, 2006 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Techs Play Catch-Up The Nasdaq gets it in gear just in time. |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
An Index-Driven Stock Surge? A change in an index's components can benefit certain stocks. |
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 May 18, 2007 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Breakout The S&P cleared a major hurdle on Friday. |
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 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 April 3, 2007 Selena Maranjian |
Meet the Fear Index The Chicago Board Options Exchange Volatility Index, also known as the VIX, is one way investors measure how volatile they expect the markets to be in the near future. |
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. |
InternetNews May 4, 2007 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: S&P Hits Headwinds 1500 was just the start of resistance for the big caps, but commercial futures traders offer hope. |
The Motley Fool December 15, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
5 Cheap Stocks, 1 Rich Trade Right now, two factors are combining to produce opportunities for enormous gains on specific stock option trades. |
The Motley Fool January 20, 2010 Chuck Saletta |
How Ordinary Investors Trounced the Lost Decade Dollar-cost averaging with dividend reinvestment still works. |
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. |