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Mutual Funds That Are in the Closet Are No Bargain Make sure you're not severely overpaying for your funds. The problem is closet-indexing, which happens when a fund has too much in common with the S&P 500 index of 500 of America's biggest companies, or with some other index that serves as its benchmark.   |
The Motley Fool
April 28, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
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
October 31, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Why Pay for Nothing? From the standpoint of the individual investor, mutual fund fees often go unnoticed. However, they're extremely significant and represent a large handicap for savers to overcome in trying to reach their financial goals. |
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
January 19, 2007
Mary Dalrymple |
Index Funds Win Again Index funds are cheap, easy, and they reliably outperform many other funds. |
The Motley Fool
July 3, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Best and Worst ETFs When you study ETFs, make sure you look at them from several angles. Learn to get the biggest bang for your bucks. |
The Motley Fool
September 15, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
6 ETFs That Won't Rip You Off Don't pay more than you have to for ETFs. |
The Motley Fool
April 25, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
An ETF Strategy To Save You Money A favorite mutual fund might have a matching ETF -- with lower expenses. |
The Motley Fool
July 30, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
The Key to ETF Success As firms such as Vanguard and Barclays continue to duke it out for dominance in the ETF arena, costs will likely continue to fall across the board. That should be a good thing -- for both investors and the ETF market in general. |
The Motley Fool
June 20, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
Make Money Despite Higher Fees A low fee isn't everything. |
The Motley Fool
July 3, 2008
Brian Richards |
The Worst Investment I've Ever Seen Many people do not realize that mutual fund fees are important for making an index fund investment decision. Secondly, even investors who realize fees are important do not minimize index fund fees. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
These 5 Free Vanguard ETFs Make a Winning Portfolio What's the best way for ordinary investors to create a diversified portfolio using solely Vanguard ETFs? Here's one possible lineup. |
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
August 27, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
When Buying an Index Fund Is Stupid Not all index funds are created equal. |
The Motley Fool
October 4, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Watch Out for These Costly Investments High costs can make ETFs look bad. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
How to Make Money With Mutual Funds A lowdown on mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool
September 28, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
The Key to Successful Mutual Fund Investing Mutual fund expenses may be one of the best ways to tell whether a fund will outperform or not. |
The Motley Fool
September 9, 2004
Rick Aristotle Munarriz |
Index Fund Fire Sale Index funds are lowering their fees, and you are the winner. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
Schwab Gets Competitive Both the company and its customers can profit from this index fund revamp. |
The Motley Fool
March 10, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
I'm Bucking the Trend Index funds are gaining momentum -- but should they? |
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
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
May 7, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Vanguard's Best Index Funds Which index funds should you have in your portfolio? Vanguard 500 Index Fund... Vanguard Small-Cap Index... Vanguard Total International Stock Index... etc. |
The Motley Fool
August 2, 2010
Amanda B. Kish |
Investments Even Dilbert Would Love These index funds and ETFs can strengthen your portfolio. |
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. |
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
September 1, 2004
Selena Maranjian |
Mutual Fund Fakery Is your expensive, managed fund really an index fund in disguise? |
The Motley Fool
December 15, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
When ETFs Are Better Than Funds The bottom line is that sometimes, an index fund will serve you just fine. And other times, ETFs may be best. It also depends on the index fund you're looking at, and the ETF. |
Registered Rep.
May 17, 2013
Stan Luxenberg |
The New Buyers of ETFs Many actively managed mutual funds are now in the market for ETFs for their low costs of ownership and ease of trading. But should shareholders be annoyed? |
The Motley Fool
August 29, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
The Best Small-Cap ETFs These exchange-traded funds win the best-in-class award. Let's take a closer look at the iShares Russell 2000 Index ETF, the Vanguard Small-Cap ETF, the iShares Morningstar Small Core ETF, the iShares S&P 600 Value ETF, and the Vanguard Small-Cap Growth ETF. |
The Motley Fool
February 11, 2008
Mary Dalrymple |
Buy the Market -- Cheap! Index funds perform as efficiently as possible by replicating the market's performance for the lowest possible expense. |
The Motley Fool
February 24, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Saving for College Just Got Cheaper Lower-priced 529 plans help you save for college more effectively. |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 18, 2007
Dan Caplinger |
Improving on Index Funds As the fund universe continues to evolve, new funds have emerged that try to improve on their first-generation counterparts. One fund in particular has its sights set high -- the Rydex S&P Equal Weight ETF. |
The Motley Fool
June 27, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
The 5-Minute Fund Test Follow these easy steps to find worthy mutual funds. |
The Motley Fool
June 28, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Are Your Funds Really Performing? It's not enough to simply pick good mutual funds and hope that your money will grow. You need constant evaluation and comparison to keep your investment program on track. |
BusinessWeek
June 6, 2005
Adrienne Carter |
The Hottest Funds In Town The fast growth of exchange-traded funds has the mutual-fund business scrambling. |
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? |
Registered Rep.
March 2, 2015
John F. Wasik |
How to Spot a Closet Indexer With expenses continuing to fall on exchange traded funds and passively managed mutual funds, it's hard to justify investing in an actively managed portfolio that isn't pulling its own weight. |
The Motley Fool
December 16, 2008
Dan Caplinger |
Make the Right Investment Every Time Even after close examination, it can be hard to tell many investments apart. Therefore, how can you ensure that you make the best choice every time? |
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. |
BusinessWeek
October 21, 2010
Christopher Condon |
Vanguard Outdraws BlackRock and State Street Vanguard's ETFs, with their low fees, are taking business from the ETF leaders. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2008
April Recksiek |
Index Battle Investors who want to build an index-based portfolio have two viable mechanisms: index-based mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs). |
The Motley Fool
January 5, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
Will This Investment Crush Your Funds? Boring old index funds might be more powerful than you think. |
AskMen.com
Charles Frisbie |
Guy's Guide To Index Funds Index funds are a good way to diversify your portfolio with modest growth. Learn here how to pick a good one. |
The Motley Fool
January 28, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
10 Core Stocks: A Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF Update The fund's success speaks to the importance of having a diversified portfolio that covers all the stops in the market capitalization spectrum. |
The Motley Fool
September 2, 2004
Seth Jayson |
Fidelity Cuts the Fat The mutual fund giant trims expense rates on some of its most popular funds. How much will the move reward investors? |
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. |
The Motley Fool
December 8, 2004
Shannon Zimmerman |
ETFs and Falling Fund Fees The pricing pressure from ETFs is good news for index investors. But don't forget the brokerage fees. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
These Investments Could Steer You Wrong Index funds and exchange-traded funds aren't perfect. |
