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- Best investment deals - 4 expert picks Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 10:29AMValue investing, whether in real estate, mutual funds or ETFs, is a proven strategy for doing well in any market.
- Best investment deals Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 9:25AMScour equities markets today, and you won't find many obvious deals. Yes, stocks have fallen 5% since the spring, roiled by concerns over Greek debt and a potential slowdown in global growth.
- Is Your Portfolio Drowning in Treasury Bonds? Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 3:07PMTake action based on your proximity to retirement.
- When does dollar cost averaging make sense? Saturday, July 16, 2011 @ 8:15PMQ: I am 35 years old. I am a doctor, but still in training. I have some savings that I have invested in mutual funds with my banker through JP Morgan around two years ago. The funds I have are: JP Morgan Investor Growth C, JP Morgan Core Bond C and JP Morgan Tax Aware Real Return C.
- The Next Battle in the Broker Wars Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 2:05PMSchwab adds a bond ETF to its low-cost lineup.
- Americans Lose Faith in Stock Pickers Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:47AMMoney continues to pour out of mutual funds that buy U.S. stocks
- The Secret Cost of Your 401(k) Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:06PMThink it's free? Think again.
- Wells Fargo and the Wisconsin College Savings Program Board Announce Changes to EdVestSM Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 8:42AMSAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, and the Wisconsin College Savings Program Board have announced several changes to EdVest, Wisconsin’s college savings plan, effective July 8, 2011. “The addition of three index portfolios provides more low-cost options for plan participants, which makes saving for college easier for families,” said Wisconsin’s 529 College Savings ...
- On the Money: Make your investing simple or even hands-free Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 1:01AMYou can labor over your investments or you can make investing easy on yourself.
- Eight Fast-Food Stocks Trading Near 52-Week Highs Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 12:13PMNo doubt times are tough for fast-food restaurants as they face higher commodity and production costs. Recently, privately held Sbarro filed for bankruptcy and Goldman Sachs downgraded the sector. Some companies have been able to offset growing costs with strategic price increases, and some, like Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) and Sonic (NASDAQ: SONC), are experimenting with serving alcohol, which has ...
- ETF Fund Flows: DIA Gathers $654.2 Million Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 5:00AMThe 'Dow Diamonds' gathered $654 million on Thursday, July 7, as market gained.The SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust pulled in $654.2 million in new money yesterday, as stocks...
- Why Investors Are Fleeing China Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 3:18PMThe economy is overheating.
- ETF Fund Flows: XOP Pulls In $386 Million Wednesday, July 6, 2011 @ 5:00AMXOP led creations on Tuesday, July 5, with a 63 percent jump in assets.Investors plowed $386.2 million into the SPDR S&P Oil & Gas Exploration & Production ETF yesterday...
- How Are You Simplifying Your Portfolio? Sunday, July 3, 2011 @ 6:21AMMorningstar.com readers discuss ways to achieve greater simplicity in portfolio management.
- June ETF Flows: Greece Woes Offset Inflows Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 5:17PMThe money kept pouring into ETFs in June, but skittish markets ruined the party. Investors plowed forward in June, adding more than $8 billion in new money to both equities and fixed-income E...
- ETFs' European Bank Stocks May Carry Greek Risk Friday, July 1, 2011 @ 12:36PMAnalyst recommends 'surgical investing' in region, avoiding financials.
- Ralph Nader: Show Us the Money Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 3:36PMLike others of retirement age, Nader wants companies to pay out more of their cash hoards.
- ETF Fund Flows: Q’s, VWO Lead Creations Wednesday, June 29, 2011 @ 5:00AMInvestors poured $342 million into the Q’s on Tuesday, June 28, as stocks move up for second day in a row.Investors plowed $342 million into the PowerShares QQQ Trust and $312.6 m...
- Four Fine All-in-One Foreign-Stock Funds Tuesday, June 28, 2011 @ 6:21AMThese funds provide exceptionally broad international exposure in one package.
- ETF Fund Flows: SPY Bleeds $1.44 Billion Monday, June 27, 2011 @ 5:00AMSPY lost $1.44 billion on Friday, June 24 as stocks pulled back on more Europe debt concerns.Investors pulled $1.44 billion out of the SPDR S&P 500 ETF on Friday, as stocks fell...
- ETF Fund Flows: SPY Leads, FXE Bleeds Wednesday, June 22, 2011 @ 5:00AMSPY gathered $2.43 billion on Tuesday, June 21, as market rose and ETF assets climbed.Investors plowed $2.43 billion into the SPDR S&P 500 ETF yesterday, leading creations and h...
- Investors warned of 'risky' exchange-traded funds Saturday, June 18, 2011 @ 3:26AMSales have gone through the roof in exchange-traded funds, yet not all of these funds are the simple, low-cost products many investors perceive them to be.
- How to Prepare for a Greek Default Friday, June 17, 2011 @ 4:54PMBe careful with your allocations.
- Fund Times: Outflows Continue at Fairholme Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 1:36PMVanguard and Neuberger launch funds in hot categories while California's 529 plan gets a new manager.
- Fund Times: Ouflows Continue at Fairholme Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 11:42AMVanguard and Neuberger launch funds in hot categories while California's 529 plan gets a new manager.
- Fund Times: Fairholme Continues to Hemorrhage Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 11:42AMVanguard and Neuberger launch funds in hot categories while California's 529 plan gets a new manager.
- Financial Disclosure Summaries for Key Lawmakers Thursday, June 16, 2011 @ 11:35AMSummaries of the 2010 financial disclosure reports released Wednesday for House and Senate leaders, new Republican House committee chairmen, new Democratic Senate committee chairmen and presidential candidates.
- Financial disclosure summaries for key lawmakers Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 6:21PMSummaries of the 2010 financial disclosure reports released Wednesday for House and Senate leaders, new Republican House committee chairmen, new Democratic Senate committee chairmen and presidential candidates.
- Hometownstations.com-WLIO- Lima, OH News Weather SportsFinancial disclosure summaries for key lawmakers Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 6:07PMSummaries of the 2010 financial disclosure reports released Wednesday for House and Senate leaders, new Republican House committee chairmen, new Democratic Senate committee chairmen and presidential candidates.
- Financial disclosure summaries for key federal lawmakers listed Wednesday, June 15, 2011 @ 3:06PMHere are summaries of the 2010 financial disclosure reports released Wednesday for House and Senate leaders, new Republican House committee chairman, new Democratic Senate committee chairmen, and presidential candidates.
- Vanguard Launches Actively Managed Emerging Markets Select Stock Fund Tuesday, June 14, 2011 @ 7:37AMVALLEY FORGE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Vanguard today introduced the Vanguard Emerging Markets Select Stock Fund, an actively managed emerging markets equity fund that will employ four highly regarded global advisory firms.
- Folio's Non-Traditional Diversification in Focus Friday, June 3, 2011 @ 10:48AMNEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Folio Investing, an online broker, has been crowing about its target-date retirement portfolios. Folio says that most of its portfolios have outperformed competitors by wide margins. According to Morningstar, the average 2020 target-date mutual fund returned 1.3% annually during the past three years. In comparison, Folio says that its conservative 2020 portfolio returned ...
- ETF Fund Flows: VO, VB Lead Redemptions Thursday, June 2, 2011 @ 5:00AMSeveral Vanguard equity ETFs topped our redemptions list on Wednesday, June 1, in what looks like the second half of monthly rebalancings.A number of Vanguard ETFs had sizable outflows yesterday, t...
- May ETF Flows: Equities, Commodities Slapped Wednesday, June 1, 2011 @ 11:20AMIt was a rough month for U.S.
- Margarita mix for beginning investors Tuesday, May 31, 2011 @ 11:24AMI'm 19 and have hopes of lying on the beach drinking margaritas for the most part of my life. But I'd also like to begin investing the small amount of money I have. How do I get started? -- Peter N., Los Angeles, Calif.
- Investing: How to get started Tuesday, May 31, 2011 @ 10:17AMI'm 19 and have hopes of lying on the beach drinking margaritas for the most part of my life. But I'd also like to begin investing the small amount of money I have. How do I get started? -- Peter N., Los Angeles, Calif.
- One Fund is All You Need for Diversification Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 8:01PMTime and time again experts have stressed the importance of not putting all of your investing eggs in one basket. Diversifying investments in different asset classes like U.S. stocks, international stocks, and bonds reduces the risk in a portfolio. Although that normally means investing in at least three different funds (one for each asset class), it is possible to fully diversify using just ...
- Another Manager Leaves PIMCO Thursday, May 26, 2011 @ 3:06PMPlus, PIMCO shutters three funds while T. Rowe creates a new one.
- Evolution Of SMAs From E.F. Hutton To ETF Monday, May 23, 2011 @ 1:39PMRetail SMAs have evolved and are reaching the potential envisioned by the consulting group at EF Hut
- Getting Real About Retirement Planning Friday, May 20, 2011 @ 6:00AMA couple in their late 50s mulls the prospect of coming up short.
- Making Up for Lost Time Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 6:00AMA retired military serviceperson crafts a portfolio with an emphasis on income generation.
- ETF Fund Flows: DIA Bleeds Almost $1 Billion Thursday, May 19, 2011 @ 5:00AMThe Dow 'Diamonds' lose almost $1 billion on Wednesday, May 18, as stocks bounce higher.Investors pulled more than $955 million out of the SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average Trust on...
- A Young Retiree's Portfolio Grows Up Wednesday, May 18, 2011 @ 6:00AMThis investor needed help transitioning a stock-heavy portfolio to a more age-appropriate asset allocation.
- The portfolio rebalancing act Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 5:40PMIt makes investing decisions automatic, but the experts differ on how often it is necessary
- New Magic Formula Stocks from Joel Greenblatt: Q1 Portfolio Tuesday, May 17, 2011 @ 11:25AMRenowned value investor Joel Greenblatt reported his portfolio as of the first quarter. He now runs three magic formula mutual funds, and these are the picks based on his magic formula. As of 03/31/2011, Joe Greenblatt's firm Gotham Capital owns 507 stocks with a total value of $333 million. These are the details of the buys and sells that have the impact to portfolio of more than 0.2%. Read ...
- Paying a High Price for Peace of Mind Monday, May 16, 2011 @ 6:06AMWithout some changes, inflation could exact a heavy toll on this nest egg.
- Vanguard Reducing Minimum Requirements in Target Funds Thursday, May 12, 2011 @ 9:04AMTo encourage wary investors to take the first step, Vanguard is dropping the minimum on all twelve of the index-based funds in its Target Retirement series to $1,000 from $3,000.
- Vanguard Reduces Investment Minimums on Popular Retirement Funds Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 7:30AMVALLEY FORGE, Pa.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--To help retirement-minded investors take the first step toward securing a sound financial future, Vanguard is reducing the minimum investment requirement from $3,000 to $1,000 for the 12 funds in its index-based Target Retirement Fund series. Previously, only Vanguard STAR Fund, a balanced fund comprising 11 actively managed funds, was available to those with ...
- ETF Fund Flows: SPY, IWM Lead Creations Wednesday, May 11, 2011 @ 5:00AMSPY and IWM together haul in almost $1 billion on Tuesday, May 10, as mergers push stocks higher.Investors added almost $1 billion to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF and the small-cap iSha...
- ETF Fund Flows: SPY Leads Market Bleed Friday, May 6, 2011 @ 10:00AMSPY leads redemption on Thursday, May 5, amid broad commodities-related stock market sell-off.The SPDR S&P 500 ETF was the biggest piece of a slew of redemptions triggered by a ...