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The Motley Fool
October 6, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
More Top Investments for Your Retirement Cover your retirement bases with some familiar fund names: Vanguard 500 Index... State Street Global S&P 500 Index... American Funds EuroPacific Growth... PIMCO Total Return... American Funds Growth Fund of America...   |
The Motley Fool
February 19, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Must-Read Mutual Fund News What to make of tracking error, American Funds, and reduced trading fees. |
The Motley Fool
April 4, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
Should You Buy These Fast Growers? These three fund shops are doing something right, but are they right for you? |
The Motley Fool
October 16, 2009
Amanda B. Kish |
The Next Investment Bubble If you're simply following the crowd because you think bonds are the place to be right now, be careful. This corner of the market may be getting pretty inflated and could very well let investors down. |
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
February 9, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
Investors Are Still Chasing Returns Wise up. Bonds probably aren't the best place for your money. |
The Motley Fool
July 22, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
AARP Has Liquidated You. Now What? AARP gets out of the mutual funds business. |
The Motley Fool
December 6, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
4 Investments That Everybody Loves The crowd is jumping into some asset classes over others. Should you jump into these?: Gold... Corporate Bonds... Mid-cap U.S. Stocks... Small-Cap U.S. Growth Stocks... |
The Motley Fool
August 22, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Funds That Hit the Target More and more firms and retirement plans are beginning to offer target-date funds, asset-allocation funds that are designated by the year in which an investor plans to retire. Are they right for you? |
The Motley Fool
August 13, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Must-Read Mutual Fund News The week's happenings in the mutual fund industry. |
The Motley Fool
June 30, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Do These Black-Sheep Investments Deserve Your Money? Don't feel compelled to stick with a below-average fund just because it's offered by an otherwise good fund family. |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
A Helping Hand With Your Investments Options for folks who want a little bit of help in crafting their asset allocation. |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
How to Invest for the Next 10 Years For a few smart money managers, the past 10 years have provided a chance to show off their ability to invest profitably even in tough market environments. But what will they, and you, do next? |
Financial Advisor
August 2009
Craig L. Israelsen |
A Better Balanced 'Core' Balanced funds are based on outdated models and need to be better diversified. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
How to Invest in the Bond Bubble How do you invest in an inflated but necessary sector edging toward bubble territory? |
Financial Planning
September 1, 2011
Donald Jay Korn |
Double Plays When clients want a total return fund, it may be difficult for advisors to sort out the options. Determining what role a total return fund can play in a client's portfolio requires a deeper understanding of this confusing category. |
The Motley Fool
March 24, 2005
Josie Raney |
Do Targeted Funds Hit Your Mark? Look before you take the lifecycle leap. If you're a beginning investor, these funds can offer inexpensive, no-fuss, diversification -- provided you choose the one that best suits your investing timeline and tolerance for risk. |
The Motley Fool
June 13, 2008
Julie Clarenbach |
A Retirement Portfolio You Can Set and Forget Don't let lifecycle funds target your retirement without taking a very close look at them. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2005
Donald Jay Korn |
Foreign Intrigue Financial planners need a passport to follow the money that's flooding into overseas mutual funds, but the wave may be about to break. |
The Motley Fool
October 22, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Are Bonds in a Bubble? Millions of Americans depend on the income from their bonds and bond funds to fund their golden years, so there could be lasting implications for scores of already battered investors if that bubble comes to pass. |
Registered Rep.
January 26, 2011
Diana Britton |
Pimco Moves Into New Territory, Again Pimco is launching a new fund line in equities. The bond fund giant tried to make the same move a decade ago -- and failed. Will it succeed this time? |
The Motley Fool
August 3, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Can Bill Gross Keep His Magic Touch? Investors piling into his flagship bond fund are missing cheaper opportunities. |
The Motley Fool
November 30, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Did the Bond Bubble Just Pop? Bonds may be the new black for investors, but it looks like fashion trends may be changing in the upcoming season. |
Financial Planning
July 1, 2009
Donald Jay Korn |
Down But Not Out For mutual funds, 2008 was the year of the ebb tide: Long-term funds saw net outflows of $226 billion. The carnage continued in the first quarter of 2009, when an additional $43 billion flowed out of equity funds. |
Financial Planning
November 1, 2006
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Fund Manager Profile Taking the Global View: Jeff Knight leads a standout fund at beleaguered mutual fund group Putnam. |
The Motley Fool
October 29, 2004
Dayana Yochim |
Need a Yawner Investment? If you're in the market for a safe little something for your portfolio, buy bonds. |
BusinessWeek
October 10, 2005
Lewis Braham |
The Growing Interest In Growth Stocks Lately growth stocks are outrunning value funds. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2005
Pamela Black |
Starting Off with a Whimper Domestic mutual funds limped through the first quarter, while anxious investors looked abroad. Only natural resources bucked the trend. |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2004
Mathew Emmert |
Broken Bonds Even if you've just experienced a painful breakup with the stock market, don't go falling in love with bonds just because you're on the rebound. The plain truth is that looking for love in today's bond market could lead to another broken heart. |
The Motley Fool
February 16, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Investors Miss the Boat Again Don't get left standing on the pier, watching the slow boat to riches sail without you. look to the relatively undervalued corners of the market for opportunities. |
The Motley Fool
February 6, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
The Investing Secret You Need to Know A winning mutual fund strategy boils down to asset allocation. |
The Motley Fool
April 14, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
The Coming Investment Trend You Should Avoid Tough times see investors trend towards bonds, but stick with stocks for super-performance over the long-term. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2006
Elizabeth O'Brien |
Growth Gains Ground Growth funds beat value funds for the second straight quarter. Has the tide turned for good? |
Registered Rep.
June 28, 2010
Stan Luxenberg |
Investors More Sophisticated, but Still Buying and Selling at Wrong Times In recent years, shareholders have become smarter fund shoppers, said speakers at the Morningstar Investment Conference, which was held in Chicago last week. |
The Motley Fool
December 2, 2009
Amanda B. Kish |
Don't Buy This Junk The high-yield "junk" bond sector of the market has been on fire this year, but you should leave these bonds in the bin. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
May 30, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
PIMCO Walks on the Wild Side The bond firm plans to tackle riskier investments. But investors shouldn't start worrying yet. |
The Motley Fool
February 27, 2008
Matt Koppenheffer |
Investing in Investors There's big business out there for asset managers, and big profits for people investing in asset managers. |
The Motley Fool
October 5, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
This Is Everyone's Favorite Investment Again Target funds have regained some of their lost glory. |
The Motley Fool
February 19, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Don't Fall for Short-Term Bond Funds Short-term bond funds are often touted as a substitute for money market funds. Often, short-term bond funds pay slightly higher interest rates, however, a little more interest isn't worth the risk. |
The Motley Fool
August 28, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Two Top-Notch Funds From Vanguard These two actively-managed Vanguard funds earn top marks. Vanguard Capital Value has a contrarian bent, while Vanguard Global Equity takes a global approach. |
The Motley Fool
September 27, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Vanguard Thinks Outside the Box For years, Vanguard has shunned the practice of chasing new investing trends, but as wealthy investors are turning to different asset classes, and as Vanguard faces more intense competition, the firm has begun exploring new avenues. |
BusinessWeek
May 14, 2009
Aaron Pressman |
Allocation Funds Are on the Rise New funds that switch among different asset classes are gaining popularity with investors tired of constant loss. |
The Motley Fool
July 27, 2007
Michael Leibert |
Federated Investors Charts Its Own Course Federated Investors generates strong earnings growth in its overlooked corner of the asset management industry. Given the recent volatility in equity bond markets, Federated's low-profile approach may be well suited to the current investment climate. |
The Motley Fool
November 24, 2009
Amanda B. Kish |
Bad News for the Rally The stock market is up more than 60% from its lows this past March, and investors have reacted with one overriding emotion -- fear. |
Financial Planning
February 1, 2005
Kristen French |
Last Dash Equity mutual funds staged a comeback in the fourth quarter of 2004, while fixed-income funds marched steadily ahead. |
On Wall Street
July 1, 2011
Jeff Tjornehoj |
The Flows And Performance Story Net flows in 2009 show that investors allocated nearly $91 billion more to 2010's top-half performers than they did to the bottom-half. |
The Motley Fool
January 11, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Mutual Fund Trends to Ignore This Year As shell-shocked investors eye the stock market, several trends in the mutual fund arena are already taking shape. While some of these trends may end up being beneficial for investors, here are three that you should watch out for. |
The Motley Fool
September 14, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
This Will Still Help You Retire Rich People are laying blame in the wrong place. The mistake that most people made wasn't in using target funds. Instead, they should have understood the risk they were taking. |
BusinessWeek
August 15, 2005 |
Don't Forget Home Equity To business professor Dean Gatzlaff, your home should be part of any asset allocation plan. |
