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The Hottest Trillion-Dollar Investment Read these tips before jumping into the popular world of exchange-traded funds. |
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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. |
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Some Mutual Funds Win in Tax Game It's true, on average, that exchange-traded funds and separate accounts have tax advantages over mutual funds. But advisors shouldn't dismiss mutual funds too quickly. |
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Safe Bet? What's new in the mutual fund market. |
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Why Mutual Funds Are Here to Stay The death of funds is greatly exaggerated. |
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The Growth of Non-Traditional Strategies When added to an investment portfolio, non-traditional approaches in mutual funds may create opportunities for return enhancement or risk reduction. |
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Catching Wind With Short Sails Are new strategies from long-short managers more sophisticated, or just riskier? |
The Motley Fool
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Morningstar Joins Hedge Fund-Data Crowd Financial advisors looking for more information on hedge funds can now turn to Morningstar. |
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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. |
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Are Stock Mutual Funds Dead? There's a new honcho in town. |
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Variable Products, Variable Results The question is: Do the higher costs of variable products cause them to systematically underperform mutual funds? |
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When Cash Is Bad for Funds While we're sitting smack in the middle of a great big opportunity, some mutual funds are still sitting on a lot of cash -- rather than deploying it. |
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The Short Story With no sign that the real estate or credit markets have bottomed out, and every sign that consumers are running out of money, long-short funds may be well situated to take advantage of this new era. |
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Funds: Going The Hybrid Route Mutual funds that ape hedge-fund tactics can help you profit from a tepid market. Unfortunately, some hybrid funds with strong track records are closed to new investments. Still, some good opportunities remain. |
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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. |
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