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Financial Planning January 1, 2012 Craig L. Israelsen	Swapping Out If designed well, a diversified, multi-asset portfolio can provide growth during pre-retirement accumulation years and stable income flows during post-retirement distribution years.
Financial Planning March 1, 2007 Craig L. Israelsen	Tales of the Tape When you look at annual returns, stocks, equity mutual funds and indexes tell surprisingly different stories.
The Motley Fool July 31, 2007 Amanda B. Kish	Hooray for Cheaper Funds! The fund industry just got the memo: Expenses matter. How do your fund's expenses measure up? The following chart details the average expense ratio for several different categories of funds.
Financial Planning June 1, 2010 Craig L. Israelsen	What's in a Name? Analyzing the turnover rates of mutual funds shows that strategic portfolios have outperformed tactical ones over the past 10 years.
Financial Planning March 1, 2006 Craig L. Israelsen	Hidden Measures How did U.S. stocks perform versus U.S. equity mutual funds last year? The market-cap bias in measuring stock returns tends to obscure the true return picture.
Financial Planning July 1, 2006 Israelsen & Walker	Right on Target? Life-cycle funds are relatively new. Here are the pros and cons of investing in target-date funds.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish	Old Mutual Spreads Its Wings It remains to be seen if Old Mutual's plans for growth will make this firm's funds worth owning, but one fund, Old Mutual Focused Fund, is already worth a look.
The Motley Fool June 28, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman	Focus on Fees When it comes to mutual funds, it pays to be a cheapskate. Take a look at the funds you currently own. Are you paying for the "privilege" of underperformance? If so, it could be time for a mutual fund makeover.
Financial Planning January 1, 2006 Steve Deutsch	Parallel Universes Allocations to separate accounts and mutual funds are strikingly similar, but advisers should hesitate to make returns-based conclusions, particularly when it comes to separate accounts relative to other investment vehicles.
Financial Planning February 1, 2010 Craig L. Israelsen	It's in the Past Can correlations between mutual funds' past performance and risks tell us anything about their future?
Financial Advisor March 2006 Brad Zigler	What Price Active Management? When stock picking is distilled from within a mutual fund, the true cost of active management bubbles to the surface.
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Financial Planning November 1, 2012 Allan S. Roth	Unappealing Alternatives: Investors Flock to Alternative Mutual Funds and ETFs Investors have been flocking to alternative mutual funds and ETFs - and are being punished for it.
Financial Planning April 1, 2013 Craig L. Israelsen	Value vs. Growth: Which Investing Strategy Is Better? How do returns from these two types of equities compare? We test them - and find a real difference in performance.
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Craig L. Israelsen	Smoothing the Path When comparing active and passive management, financial planners should look at the performance of the whole portfolio. What you find may surprise you.
Financial Advisor June 2012 Jeff Schlegel	Taking Flight More advisors are launching funds, but building assets isn't easy.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Are Variable Annuities Right for You? Variable annuity sales are way up, but are they a smart move?
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.
Investment Advisor January 2006 Kathleen M. McBride	Silk Purses Medal winning fund managers in 2005 drilled for returns and explored overseas. The best performing fund in any of S&P's categories for 2005 is the BlackRock Global Resources Portfolio/Institutional.
Financial Advisor November 2007 Brad Zigler	The Long And Short Of It Only time will tell if short-enabled mutual funds live up to the expectations of their creators or are, as some critics contend, a mistake in the making.
The Motley Fool November 27, 2007 Adam J. Wiederman	How to Invest When You're Busy If you're pressed for time, mutual funds may be the perfect investment opportunity for you.
Financial Planning December 1, 2006 Craig L. Israelsen	Economies of Scale? As mutual fund assets rise, expense ratios are supposed to fall -- but do they?
Entrepreneur June 2007 Scott Bernard Nelson	Too Revealing? The scoop on funds of funds.
Financial Planning November 1, 2006 Pamela Black	White Paper: Predicting Emerging Market Fund Performance This study examines the ability of fund characteristics such as size, expense ratio, turnover, past performance, Morningstar rating and manager tenure to predict emerging market fund performance.
The Motley Fool August 26, 2004 Robert Brokamp	My Fund Manager Ate My Retirement! How much of your investment is consumed by your mutual fund's expenses?
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Financial Planning March 1, 2005 Israelsen & Clement	Of Stocks and Funds Financial advisers need to explain to their clients that diversification can be a double-edged sword; protection against loss can sometimes insulate against return. Here's a performance comparison of individual stocks vs. equity funds in 2004.
Registered Rep. January 2, 2014 Stan Luxenberg	The Case for Mutual Funds Proponents of ETFs often argue that traditional mutual funds are obsolete -- black-and-white TVs in an age of streaming video. But the advantages of the ETF structure are limited, and they are eroded by the costs of trading.
The Motley Fool January 18, 2005 Shannon Zimmerman	You're Paying How Much? With mutual funds, you usually get what you don't pay for.
The Motley Fool October 18, 2006 Nathan Slaughter	Investors Can Have It All Mutual fund investors can have it all: low costs, proven performance, experienced managers, below-average volatility, and an investment philosophy that coincides with their own.
Financial Planning May 1, 2008 Craig L. Israelsen	Mega Protection The performance of U.S. stocks in 2007 resembled, to a surprising degree, the performance of stocks in 2000 -- a year widely perceived as a bear market. One big difference, however, was the performance of mega-cap stocks.
Financial Planning December 1, 2010 Marco Chmura	An Upward Swing Prudential continued to lead the way as the top seller of variable annuities with $5.3 billion in second-quarter sales and a 15.7% market share.
Financial Advisor April 2010 Marla Brill	A Good Complement More advisors think both bond mutual funds and ETFs belong in client portfolios.
The Motley Fool February 24, 2004 J. Graham	Beware of Brokers Bearing Annuities Annuities may sound good, but their costs overwhelm their benefits. Stockbrokers and financial advisors love to sell annuities because of the high commissions they reap. My ex-broker sold one to me, and it has proven to be the most restrictive, highest-cost, least-liquid, and poorest-performing investment in my portfolio.
Investment Advisor January 2008 Mike Patton	Shining a Light on Software Our intrepid advisor kicks the tires on four applications that pick and monitor clients' investments. Morningstar Principia... Advisor Workstation... etc.
Financial Planning March 1, 2012 Craig L. Israelsen	Small Thoughts The benefit of investing in small U.S. stocks is clear. Over the 42-year period from Jan. 1, 1970, to Dec. 31, 2011, a $10,000 investment in large U.S. stocks would have grown to $507,362.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2002 Pamela J. Black	The Pros and Cons of Annuities With retirement accounts battered by the bear market, guaranteed income from a fixed annuity now has more appeal, especially for clients who may be too close to retirement to count on a rebound from equity markets alone. This article surveys types of annuities, tax implications, and fees.
The Motley Fool February 18, 2004 Robert Brokamp	The Fund Fees You Don't See A study shows that almost half of shareholder costs are undisclosed or nearly impossible to find. While the recent mutual fund scandals raise serious questions about whom we should trust with our money, the actual dollar cost to most individual investors isn't that high. There are far more significant ways funds siphon off our dollars. And they're just as hidden.
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The Motley Fool April 13, 2007 Amanda B. Kish	The Perfect Mutual Fund Portfolio Owning fewer funds just makes sense. But now the question remains -- exactly how many funds do you need to adequately diversify your portfolio?
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Dan Caplinger	10 Trillion Reasons to Invest Mutual funds keep raking in the money.
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%?
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The Motley Fool September 6, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Fend Off Fund Fees: Part 2 Here are more tips to save cash by avoiding unnecessary mutual fund fees.
On Wall Street October 1, 2012 Dave Lindorff	Indexed Annuities Grab the Spotlight Indexed annuities have gained popularity while variable annuities have softened, as the players on the buy and sell side change.
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