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The Motley Fool May 25, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Investments With the Best of Both Worlds Choose investments that are winners all the way around. In the spirit of bipartisanship, let's take a quick look at some of the best hybrid, or balanced, mutual funds in the business today. |
The Motley Fool April 19, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Investments for Volatile Markets How balanced funds can fit in your portfolio. |
The Motley Fool January 24, 2009 Todd Wenning |
The Best Investment You Can Make Today You don't have to risk it all in equities to comfortably build yourself a sizable nest egg. In fact, the remedy is quite simple: Own more bonds. It's the best investment you can make today. |
The Motley Fool July 22, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
AARP Has Liquidated You. Now What? AARP gets out of the mutual funds business. |
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A Better Balanced 'Core' Balanced funds are based on outdated models and need to be better diversified.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 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 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 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. |
Financial Planning September 1, 2009 Ilana Polyak |
Evasive Action Steve Romick, manager of the FPA Crescent fund, is obsessed with protecting capital. |
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. |
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 16, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Owning These Investments Just Got Easier The market's friendliest funds become even friendlier. |
Registered Rep. October 21, 2013 Stan Luxenberg |
A Tactical Turnaround When the market crashed in 2008, most stock funds collapsed. But a handful avoided serious losses, shifting to cash or taking other defensive measures. The winners attracted assets. |
The Motley Fool May 24, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
How Much Debt Is Too Much? Finances around the world might affect how you divide stocks and bonds in your retirement portfolio. |
The Motley Fool October 12, 2004 Shannon Zimmerman |
Vanguard's Best Funds Zeroing in on the fund family's best bets. |
The Motley Fool January 3, 2012 Amanda B. Kish |
Why Advisors Are Wrong Again Financial advisors are shying away from stocks at the wrong time. |
Financial Planning November 1, 2012 Craig L. Israelsen |
Thinking Globally: Diversified Portfolio Needs Foreign Stocks. Are They Worth it? A diversified portfolio may need foreign stocks, but are non-U.S. bonds worth the trouble? |
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 September 19, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
Who's Really Managing Your Fund? Manager tenure is one of the most important characteristics of any mutual fund, so it's vital that you understand exactly who's in charge. And for some mutual funds, the answer might be an unpleasant surprise. |
BusinessWeek August 13, 2009 Ben Levisohn |
End of the Bond Boom? Bond sales blossomed during the credit crisis, but it may be time for investors to reconsider their passion. |
The Motley Fool July 25, 2007 Amanda B. Kish |
The Perfect Mutual Fund Allocation How you allocate among your funds is as important as which funds you choose. |
The Motley Fool August 4, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Where the New ETF Money Is Going Are you using exchange-traded funds wisely? |
Financial Advisor September 2012 Marla Brill |
Bargain Scavenger Steve Romick's contrarian style has helped FPA Crescent Fund outperform over the long term. |
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. |
Investment Advisor September 2006 Kathleen M. McBride |
Income & Growth Does an income-producing portfolio have to rule out capital growth? Not necessarily according to Franklin Income Fund co-lead portfolio manager Edward Perks. |
The Motley Fool December 27, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Why Even Bond Managers Hate Bonds It may be time to switch back to stocks. |
Financial Planning February 1, 2008 Craig L. Israelsen |
Winners by Default Target-date and balanced funds have become the main default options in corporate retirement plans. But which one is better? |
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. |
Registered Rep. March 1, 2003 Stan Luxenburg |
Going to Extremes Used as the "explore" part of a "core and explore" strategy, focus can indeed help produce alpha (outperformance). |
Financial Advisor November 2012 Marla Brill |
Beyond Bonds As interest rates remain at rock-bottom levels, investors seeking higher yields are piling into bond funds. Mark Freeman has produced an attractive total return with low volatility without depending solely on fixed income securities. |
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. |
Financial Advisor February 2008 Marla Brill |
Bringing Life To An Old Fund A conversation with Margaret Patel, manager of the Evergreen Balanced Fund. |
The Motley Fool March 24, 2005 Nathan Slaughter |
Mutual Fund Meltdown Have you assembled your funds in a carefully orchestrated portfolio or in a haphazard collection? Collecting mutual funds is not a safe pastime. It's a financial disaster waiting to happen. |
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 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 December 11, 2007 Dan Caplinger |
2007's Big Surprise Mutual funds that invest in Treasury securities have put in an unexpectedly good performance in 2007, giving broader-market indexes a run for their money. |
The Motley Fool June 7, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
This Cheap Sector Just Got Even Cheaper Information technology offers an opportunity. |
Financial Planning October 1, 2006 Joshua M. Kaplan |
Out of Balance The mutual fund universe is quite expansive, with multitudes of funds that have reasonable initial investment minimums. By opting for a balanced fund, clients need to understand that they are relinquishing control of their allocation. |
The Motley Fool September 27, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
Will Your Bond Fund Blow Up? Consider the risks. |
The Motley Fool June 10, 2011 Amanda B. Kish |
Low-Risk Investments for Volatile Markets These mutual funds can help your portfolio through tough times. |
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. |
The Motley Fool May 20, 2010 Amanda B. Kish |
This Rally Is So Over While bonds still serve a vital role in every investor's portfolio, just make sure you're not banking your entire future on them. |
Financial Advisor April 2010 Marla Brill |
A Good Complement More advisors think both bond mutual funds and ETFs belong in client portfolios. |
Financial Advisor March 2012 Michelle Knight |
Fixed-Income Bonding Abandoning bonds for dividend-paying stocks may seem like a "no-brainer," but think again. |
Investment Advisor November 2007 Kathleen M. McBride |
Balanced Contrarian An interview with Steven Romick, President and CIO of FPA Crescent Fund, which has a history of coming through difficult markets and doing well for investors. |
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Dan Caplinger |
10 Trillion Reasons to Invest Mutual funds keep raking in the money. |
The Motley Fool March 7, 2005 Josie Raney |
Three Funds That Pad Your Pocket If you're yearning for yields, these three Vanguard funds are worth checking out. Vanguard Equity Income... Vanguard Wellington... Vanguard Selected Value... |
The Motley Fool May 19, 2009 Dan Caplinger |
Only You Can Make This Crucial Choice As tempting as it may be, don't just pass off responsibility for your investments to someone else. Sometimes you'll get just the results you want, but more often, what you buy won't live up to your expectations. |
Investment Advisor February 2007 |
Through Thick and Thin Balanced funds provide investors with diversification within the confines of a single investment vehicle by holding a portfolio of highly uncorrelated asset classes. |
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. |