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A Better P/E Ratio for the Recession We usually look at P/Es based on past earnings, but maybe we'd be better off during these recessionary days looking at "forward" P/Es, based on the coming years' expected earnings.   |
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 27, 2009
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When You Miss a Speeding Stock Oh dear! You were thinking of buying shares of a stock that has now skyrocketed. What are you going to do? |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2009
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5 Numbers You Can't Afford to Miss Today's topic is basic financial metrics and concepts. These concepts will help any investor examine companies with a more critical eye. |
The Motley Fool
February 9, 2007
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Growth, Value -- What's the Difference? What, exactly, is a growth stock? Fully 162 of the S&P 500's component stocks -- or 32% of the group -- are classified as both growth and value. This data may be interesting, but it tells us little about the attractiveness of specific stocks. |
The Motley Fool
August 23, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
What Does a Low P/E Ratio Mean? Investors, remember that the P/E isn't everything. Other metrics are also worth considering. |
The Motley Fool
March 19, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
I Made Another Bone-Headed Move One Motley Fool investor honestly explains how he lost 50% of his International Paper investment in just one month. |
The Motley Fool
August 10, 2007
Bill Barker |
The Best Buying Opportunity in 12 Years? The mere decline of stock prices, even if severe, does not in and of itself make for a buying opportunity. However, with the S&P 500 P/E at its lowest level since 1995, is it time to load up? |
The Motley Fool
March 6, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Investments to Fight Inflation You probably own some of these inflation-fighting investments already. If not, you should. |
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
February 3, 2006
Nathan Parmelee |
Dividend and Conquer The historical data make a fairly convincing case that the current market is not too friendly to investors counting on growth and P/E expansion. But there are two things investors can focus on to position themselves well. |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Don't Mess With the Aristocrats The Dividend Aristocrats are S&P 500 companies that have upped their payouts to shareholders for a truly impressive 25 years in a row. |
The Motley Fool
April 16, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Meet the Dividend Champions Some dividend-paying companies are more impressive than others. Take a look at: Emerson-Electric... Colgate-Palmolive... Lowe's... Kimberly-Clark... Becton Dickinson... McGraw-Hill... Family Dollar... |
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 6, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
How You Can Enjoy a 25% Dividend Yield Pay attention to the dividend growth rates of your investments, because a rapidly growing dividend can give you a steep yield on cost in a number of years. |
The Motley Fool
December 29, 2010
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IBM Is Well-Positioned for the New New Economy This aging tech giant could be a big winner. |
The Motley Fool
July 15, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
The Magic of the Earnings Yield Grab a quick insight into a company's promise. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2011
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Can You Really Make Money in Blue Chips? There are good opportunities among the large caps, but you have to be choosy. |
The Motley Fool
March 18, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Better Than a Penny Stock Why take on big risks with penny stocks when you don't have to? |
The Motley Fool
March 16, 2009
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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
September 1, 2004
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Mutual Fund Fakery Is your expensive, managed fund really an index fund in disguise? |
The Motley Fool
April 20, 2009
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Prepare for Plunging Mutual Fund Returns Brace yourself for some ugly math about your mutual fund returns. |
The Motley Fool
March 9, 2009
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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
May 25, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
Finding Value in All the Tech Places Lately, some of the biggest names in tech look a lot like value stocks: Apple... Cisco... Google... HP... IBM... Intel... Microsoft... |
The Motley Fool
January 12, 2007
Elliott Orsillo |
Blue-Light Specials Do low-P/E stocks offer more bang for your buck? |
The Motley Fool
October 12, 2011
John Maxfield |
A Bird's Eye View of the S&P 500 Seeing the market from afar can help you decide when and what to buy. |
The Motley Fool
March 31, 2009
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5 Highly Rated Stocks in the Red The price to earnings ratio (P/E) has to be one of the most overused valuation tools in history. But earnings aren't all they're cracked up to be. Read on to see why. |
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
September 1, 2010
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5 Defense Stocks Getting Slammed These dividend-paying defense stocks could be good bargains. |
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 10, 2005
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How Not to Value Stocks Don't confuse price tags with intrinsic value. A stock's price alone is much less meaningful than you may think. |
The Motley Fool
November 6, 2006
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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. |
The Motley Fool
March 20, 2009
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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
August 18, 2009
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The Easy Way to Find Big Dividends Choosing a solid dividend ETF can help you diversify your portfolio while giving you the benefits that dividend-payers offer. |
The Motley Fool
September 8, 2004
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What Is a Good Dividend? One expert tours the market to find out what makes a worthwhile dividend. |
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
February 12, 2004
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Screen for Great Stocks Learn to screen and you may just uncover some big moneymakers. |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2011
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True Story: U.S. Markets at All-Time Highs Mid caps have been on a tear. Why that should concern you. |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2010
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Bill Miller: These Stocks Could Go 50% Higher Dividend yield could surge without the economy changing a lick if companies just brought payout ratios back to historic averages. |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2009
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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
July 30, 2009
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Making Money With Multiples These stats can help you compare companies to find great investments. |
Financial Planning
March 1, 2010
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Digging for Dividends According to Morningstar, there are 56 mutual funds with the word "dividend" in their name, plus another 33 dividend ETFs. |
The Motley Fool
June 7, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
I'm Resisting This Irresistible Bargain It's hard not to consider BP as a possible addition to your portfolio these days, since the stock has fallen 30% to 40%, but you might get burned. |
The Motley Fool
March 11, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Taxed Twice and Still a Good Deal If you think it's not fair that so much of your income gets lopped off by Uncle Sam and his friends at the IRS, you probably won't be thrilled to know that your dividend income gets taxed twice. It's true, though. |
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
October 15, 2008
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A New Way to Battle the Economy Should you defend your portfolio with the new Sabrient Defensive Equity Index ETF? |
The Motley Fool
October 28, 2010
Matt Koppenheffer |
Blue Chips Are Crazy Cheap Blue chip stocks are where investors should be focusing, and there's good reason why. |
The Motley Fool
February 2, 2010
Russ Krull |
Defense! Defense! This stock screen looks for stocks that will hold up in a soft market. |
The Motley Fool
August 12, 2008
Andrew Sullivan |
The Market Indicator You Shouldn't Ignore There's a silver lining in the market's recent slump. |
