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Can You Beat Index Funds in 2009? Get the right mix in your investments. |
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The Best Reason to Sell the Rally Now After just a few months, could it already be time to rebalance your portfolio again? |
The Motley Fool November 25, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Did Asset Allocation Work? Some funds claimed to protect you from the downturn. Did they deliver? |
The Motley Fool May 25, 2010 Alex Dumortier |
Dow Breaks 10,000 in the Wrong Direction Burying the bull and minding the bear. |
The Motley Fool February 2, 2009 Selena Maranjian |
Why the Dow Makes Little Sense Don't pay so much attention to this oft-cited index. |
Financial Advisor November 2010 James Picerno |
Rethinking Rebalancing Is it a risk management tool or a source of alpha? Maybe it's both. |
The Motley Fool January 29, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Why Bogle Doesn't Bother to Rebalance Before you rebalance your portfolio, you should understand exactly why you're rebalancing -- and what impact it will have on your overall portfolio. |
The Motley Fool December 23, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
The Key to Investing Better in 2010 Don't be unhappy with your investment results. Better times may be ahead. |
InternetNews December 21, 2004 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Outside Day And a new high for the Dow. |
The Motley Fool September 18, 2009 Chris Jones |
This Could Help You Beat the Market These equal-weight index funds and ETFs have an enviable track record. |
The Motley Fool February 23, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
Don't Leave Your Investments on Autopilot An occasional look can reveal profitable adjustments to your portfolio. |
Investment Advisor December 2009 |
Asset Allocation Behind the numbers with Sam Stovall. |
The Motley Fool February 16, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
Turn the Tables on the Lost Decade If you lost money during the last 10 years, you made a simple mistake. It's not enough to keep all your money invested in the same big companies. |
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. |
InternetNews January 15, 2009 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: S&P Hangs On The S&P is the only one of the major stock indexes providing much in the way of hope here. |
The Motley Fool July 6, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
A Fund Designed to Grow Instead of tracking the Dow or the S&P 500, the PowerShares FTSE RAFI US 1000 ETF tracks an index weighted by company fundamentals, which has given better performance historically. |
The Motley Fool June 29, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
The Better Way to Beat the Market? The jury's still out on alternative indexes. Different market conditions will make index funds perform in various ways. |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2010 Dan Caplinger |
5 Boring Stocks That Won't Let You Down Don't take chances with your wealth. The easy money has been made, and so those who expect to duplicate those returns year in and year out are deluding themselves. |
The Motley Fool December 12, 2003 Selena Maranjian |
Dow 10,000! Big Deal. Do these 30 companies really matter to you? |
InternetNews December 21, 2005 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Resistance Wins Again The major indexes remain stuck below some big levels. |
Financial Advisor March 2011 Marla Brill |
New Indexes Nudge Out Old Favorites Advisors who have moved into alternative indexes are finding unique ways to use them. |
The Motley Fool September 21, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
Why You Should Ignore the Dow The oldest popular market measure is also the least useful. |
The Motley Fool December 6, 2006 Jim Mueller |
3 Myths Hurting Your Returns High market prices keeping you away? Here are some tips to break free. |
Investment Advisor February 2009 |
A New Benchmark for Advisors With many advisors using an asset allocation strategy, the S&P 500 is no longer a great benchmark against which to set your pace. Take a look at these new benchmarks. |
InternetNews January 9, 2006 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: A Big Milestone for the Dow The Dow finally takes out 11,000, and the S&P pushes through a big level too. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Craig L. Israelsen |
Upper-Left Quadrant Prudent investing requires the construction of multi-asset portfolios. |
The Motley Fool December 22, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Do This Today; Boost Your Returns Tomorrow The one-step way to make sure your portfolio bounces back. |
The Motley Fool May 8, 2007 John Rosevear |
How to Beat the Index Understanding index construction can help improve your portfolio's performance. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2007 Craig L. Israelsen |
Proposition Three The number of target-date funds continues to grow, but there remains only one set of benchmarks. Here are three proposed indexes to fill the void. |
BusinessWeek June 16, 2011 Roben Farzad |
Why Apple Isn't in the Dow Only ExxonMobil is bigger in the U.S. than Apple. While it might add 1,000 points to the Dow if it were on board, its high stock price would distort the index. |
InternetNews February 3, 2005 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Stocks Stall At Resistance Friday's jobs report could help them decide. |
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 August 20, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
If You Can't Beat the Indexes, Join Them As easy as it is to have an all-index portfolio, you may be curious: Is it a good idea? |
The Motley Fool October 8, 2008 Dan Caplinger |
Is It Too Late to Sell? You're probably tempted to get out at any cost. |
Financial Advisor April 2006 Raymond Fazzi |
A Look At New Horizons At a time when the margin for error is growing thinner and thinner in investment management circles, some are asking whether advisors and their clients are adequately served by cap-weighted benchmarks. |
The Motley Fool May 7, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Do This Before You Buy (or Sell) the Rally With the downs and ups of the market, how much of your money should you have in stocks right now? If you look at the rally and say "as much as possible," then you haven't learned as much from the bear market as you should have. |
InternetNews April 19, 2005 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Stocks Try To Get Something Going The indexes are trying to mount a rally here, but once again, the bounce is less forceful than we'd like to see. |
InternetNews October 6, 2005 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Stocks Threaten Support Thursday's decline broke more major support levels. |
The Motley Fool March 12, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Bring Your Portfolio Into the 21st Century Keeping a simple approach, the Global Dow includes 150 companies from around the world. About 40% of its value comes from U.S. stocks; the rest is split mainly among Europe, Japan, and emerging markets. |
InternetNews September 10, 2004 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Techs Prop Up The Market The Nasdaq drags the Dow and S&P higher. |
The Motley Fool February 3, 2011 Dan Caplinger |
How Investors Beat the Great Recession A simple strategy brought many back to even. Many investors use asset allocation strategies to spread their risk across various types of investments. |
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. |
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 November 10, 2009 Alex Dumortier |
The Dow's New High Signals Change Is the shift to quality beginning? This high could be symbolic of a shift in the market away from lower-quality/higher-risk names to higher-quality stocks. |
InternetNews July 10, 2007 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: The S&P Stays Stuck The S&P 500's all-time high remains a huge obstacle for the market. |
The Motley Fool March 4, 2010 Selena Maranjian |
Are ETFs Cutting Corners? This practice makes sense for funds, but could mean pain for you. It seems that most ETFs don't completely mimic their underlying indexes |
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. |
InternetNews April 28, 2005 Paul Shread |
Technical Analysis: Back To The Lows The market's downtrend remains intact. |
The Motley Fool August 27, 2009 Matt Koppenheffer |
Should You Be Worried About the Upcoming Correction? Some of the previously most-feared stocks in the market, have put up stellar gains from their March lows, but I hate to break it to you -- it ain't gonna go on forever. |
The Motley Fool October 12, 2010 Kevin Brosious |
Rebalance and Win With one quick move, your portfolio could have already recovered from the Great Recession. |