Posts Tagged ‘news-tools-home’

PostHeaderIcon Why This Kid-Themed Fund Isn’t Appealing

Bob Bacarella’s Monetta Young Investor has some good features, including a tuition-reward program, but we’re not sold on the fund or the manager.

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Why This Kid-Themed Fund Isn’t Appealing

PostHeaderIcon Tame Your Funds’ Worst Instincts

What you can do to combat their shortcomings.

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Tame Your Funds’ Worst Instincts

PostHeaderIcon Cut Your Risk

It’s not foolproof, but diversification is still a smart strategy.

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Cut Your Risk

PostHeaderIcon Keep it Simple

We present six complex investments you might be tempted to buy and the common sense options you’d be better off choosing.

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Keep it Simple

PostHeaderIcon Learn from the World’s Great Investors

Six luminaries share their outlooks and investment strategies.

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Learn from the World’s Great Investors

PostHeaderIcon Investor Psychology Glossary

To better understand why emotions rule our investing decisions, learn the terms psychologists use to describe our behavior.

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Investor Psychology Glossary

PostHeaderIcon A New Source for Mutual Fund Picks

Standard & Poor’s new fund-ranking system uses individual stock analysis to generate an opinion on funds.

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A New Source for Mutual Fund Picks

PostHeaderIcon Substitutes for Stable-Value Funds

If your employer’s retirement plan doesn’t offer a stable-value fund, consider one of these instead

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Substitutes for Stable-Value Funds

PostHeaderIcon 7 Lessons From the Bull Market

What we learn from the recovery could help the next time we’re in a bear market.

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7 Lessons From the Bull Market

PostHeaderIcon Be a Better Investor

Outsmart your emotions, cut your fees, keep it simple­ — and reap higher returns.

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Be a Better Investor

PostHeaderIcon The Case Against Commodities

Sold as a diversification tool, they failed badly last year — and will fail to protect you again if the market turns south.

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The Case Against Commodities

PostHeaderIcon Racing Toward Disaster?

Soaring budget deficits threaten the economy and the stock market, says veteran fund manager Bob Rodriguez.

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Racing Toward Disaster?

PostHeaderIcon Beyond Bond Ratings

Despite missed calls and ethical questions, ratings firms will remain influential. That’s not all bad.

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Beyond Bond Ratings

PostHeaderIcon 5 Big Risks to Your Portfolio Now

Despite the market’s rebound and the recession’s likely end, dangers still lurk for stocks.

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5 Big Risks to Your Portfolio Now

PostHeaderIcon Cash Is Trash

Putting your money under the mattress made sense last year. But with yields on cash near zero, consider a short-term bond fund — even for your safe money.

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Cash Is Trash