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On Wall Street
April 1, 2012
Jeff Tjornehoj |
Benchmarking the Benchmarks The news hasn't been good lately for actively managed funds and their investors. In 2011, only one-third of large-cap fund managers beat the S&P 500 index.   |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2011
MIchael Johnston |
AAPL Weighting in QQQ to Be Slashed What does the change mean for the ETF? |
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. |
Registered Rep.
March 31, 2015
John F. Wasik |
The Case For Fixed Income Active Management Does it still make sense to have a high-profile, actively managed bond fund in your clients' portfolios? |
The Motley Fool
December 11, 2006
Dan Caplinger |
Index Funds: So Hot Right Now Indexing is stylish, but can you profit from its idiosyncrasies? |
The Motley Fool
January 14, 2011
Dan Caplinger |
Your Index Fund Is Making a Bad Investment Funds have to do what the indexes they track do. |
Financial Planning
May 1, 2006
Israelsen & Walker |
Evening the Odds A significant flaw in many active-versus-passive studies occurs when tallying the number of funds that under- or out-perform an index. Three steps could help level the playing field in the active-versus-passive debate. |
Financial Advisor
September 2011
Tom Lydon |
It's All In The Weighting ETF indexing has evolved, but the traditional, somewhat boring approach may still yield the best results. |
The Motley Fool
April 27, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
Foolish Weekly Fund Wrap-Up Is what we know about active and passive investing wrong? This just stresses how important it is to take the time to research your funds before you buy -- to make sure you're buying those funds with the best chance of being winners. It can be done! |
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
September 28, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Are You Picking the Best Investments You Can? Be sure to judge your results by the right measure. |
The Motley Fool
November 25, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
These 3 Tips Will Make You a Winning Investor Don't waste money on unnecessary investing costs. |
The Motley Fool
June 2, 2005
Selena Maranjian |
Americans Favor Mutual Funds Stock funds are hot, as they should be. |
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
April 18, 2006
Tom Taulli |
An ETF for New Stocks IPOs become the latest to join the ETF party. The IPOX-100 Index Fund is essentially a mid-cap index -- with a nice marketing angle. |
Investment Advisor
March 1, 2011
Vaughan Scully |
Quantitative Methodology ETFs Search for Better Performance A new breed of ETF has emerged, based on indices that are designed not to reflect the investable universe of a particular market niche, but to pick the best stocks within a specific sector or style. |
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
March 11, 2010
Selena Maranjian |
How to Build a Better S&P 500 As terrific as S&P 500 index funds can be, they're not perfect. But a newer, potentially better kind of index fund could help fix one of their biggest weaknesses. |
The Motley Fool
October 27, 2011
Selena Maranjian |
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
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. |
The Motley Fool
October 17, 2006
Buz Livingston |
Sergeant Pepper's Index Fund Vanguard 500 Index Fund celebrated its 30th birthday last August. The success of the index fund has spawned exchange traded funds and other passive investment strategies. |
Registered Rep.
March 26, 2013
Stan Luxenberg |
The Passive Letdown Passive funds have lagged active managers in a variety of fixed income categories, including intermediate-term bonds, high yield, and preferred shares. Can passive funds turn around and move to the front of the pack in coming years? |
The Motley Fool
January 18, 2011
Michael Johnston |
Understanding the Quirks of QQQQ QQQQ -- better known as the "cubes" -- has become a popular option for investors looking to gain exposure to growth companies and the tech sector in general. |
The Motley Fool
May 19, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
A Hidden Trap for Bond Investors Bond-index weighting methods may have you buying dangerous bonds. |
The Motley Fool
May 18, 2007
Amanda B. Kish |
What Warren Buffett Thinks About ETFs The investment guru weighs in on the debate over index mutual funds vs. ETFs. |
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? |
The Motley Fool
March 14, 2011
Amanda B. Kish |
More Proof of a Losing Investment Strategy Finding outperformance among actively managed funds. |
The Motley Fool
April 18, 2007
Selena Maranjian |
Oh, Boy! A New China Index! If you want to invest in China, here comes a new way to do so. The Nasdaq Stock Market thinks that what the world needs now is a new "Nasdaq China Index." |
The Motley Fool
April 6, 2011
Cindy Johnson |
Nasdaq Rebalancing Is a Bad Omen for Apple Apple's growing weight in the Nasdaq-100 index was looking like a threat to Nasdaq's licensing business. |
The Motley Fool
January 27, 2010
Dan Caplinger |
These Investments Could Steer You Wrong Index funds and exchange-traded funds aren't perfect. |
Investment Advisor
April 1, 2011
John Sullivan |
The Equal Weight Evangelist Tony Davidow, Rydex|SGI's new ETF strategist, is bringing his equal weight message to the masses |
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
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
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
April 27, 2006
Chuck Saletta |
Dueling Fools: Mutual Funds Bear Rebuttal Beating a benchmark only has meaning if you're looking at the right one. Over a lifetime, managing to barely beat Vanguard's Short-Term Bond Index should be an embarrassment for a stock investor. |
Registered Rep.
September 10, 2010
Stan Luxenberg |
Are Index Funds' Distorting Markets? With money pouring into index funds and ETFs, passive portfolios are distorting markets, harming many investors. Index funds are creating disturbing conditions in a variety of asset classes, including emerging markets, small stocks, and commodities. |
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
March 10, 2008
Selena Maranjian |
I'm Bucking the Trend Index funds are gaining momentum -- but should they? |
The Motley Fool
June 12, 2009
Selena Maranjian |
These Passive Investments Are Actually Active The line between active and passive mutual funds is blurry. |
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. |
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. |
Financial Planning
June 1, 2009
Richard A. Ferri |
Mapping Indexes Today's advisors can best serve their clients with a working knowledge of the various index methodologies. Unfortunately, this is no easy task. |
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. |
Financial Planning
October 1, 2013
Craig L. Israelsen |
Should Clients Avoid Bonds Now? With rates inching upward, some clients may want to skip fixed-income investments entirely. They shouldn't. |
The Motley Fool
June 9, 2009
Dan Caplinger |
Market-Beating Returns Made Simple This twist on the old index fund does well. Equal-weight funds have done quite well compared to traditional index funds over periods of several years. |
Real Estate Portfolio
Mar/Apr 2004 |
Did You Know: The NAREIT Equity REIT Index outperformed the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average for the fourth consecutive year. |
Financial Advisor
March 2012
Tom Lydon |
Slow Build Companies have lined up to introduce active ETFs, but so far less than 1% of ETF assets are in these products. |
Registered Rep.
September 12, 2014
Mark Miller |
Is Active Management Dying? Is it time to declare "game over" in the contest between active and passive fund management? |
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. |
