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Buy-and-Hold Is Dead. Long Live Buy-and-Hold
Submitted by artv  (online.wsj.com)

After a decade in which stocks have gone nowhere and at least a quarter-century in which stocks have been outperformed by bonds, can it still make sense to buy stocks and sit on them for decades?

Article | Sep 13, 2009 | Views: 112 | Comments: 1 
Tags: bonds, retirement, index funds, stock market, stocks, investing, trading, personal finance, bear market, mutual funds, buy and hold

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Should a Shrinking Dollar Worry You? Investment Options?
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

Instead of foreign currency, gold or a diversified basket of commodities, the article claims that international stocks can make for a better option for those worried about the falling dollar:...

Article | Sep 13, 2009 | Views: 145 | Comments: 1 
Tags: investments, gold, index funds, stock market, stocks, investing, commodities, dollar, currency, mutual funds, foreign currency

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More Index Funds Sought for 401(k)s
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

Employers are making it easier for workers in 401(k)s to own low-cost index funds and exchange-traded funds, a move that has implications for the mutual-fund industry.

Article | Jul 19, 2009 | Views: 93 | Comments: 0 
Tags: retirement, index funds, stock market, stocks, investing, mutual funds, investment, passive

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Active Mutual Fund Managers Get the Cold Shoulder
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

A growing number of big investors are concluding that stock and bond pickers failed to add any value during the market turmoil and are shifting to index funds, a move that threatens to cut profits...

Article | Jun 22, 2009 | Views: 86 | Comments: 0 
Tags: investments, index funds, stock market, stocks, investing, bear market, mutual funds, risk, active funds

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Interview with John Bogle on investing and today's stock market
Submitted by ktexas  (advisor.morningstar.com)

Just one excerpt from the interview with John Bogle regarding the future of the buy-and-hold index fund approach of investing: I read all the time that investors need to move beyond a...

Article | May 29, 2009 | Views: 83 | Comments: 0 
Tags: index funds, stock market, stocks, investing, mutual funds, investment, passive, buy and hold

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The payoff from picking low-cost index funds
Submitted by ktexas  (www.statesman.com)

The history of Fidelity Magellan fund is one example of the problems with actively managed mutual funds, and it shows why you're better off with low-cost index funds.

Article | May 24, 2009 | Views: 71 | Comments: 0 
Tags: retirement, index funds, stock market, investing, mutual funds, management fees

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Investment Advice from Jack Bogle
Submitted by ktexas  (www.businessweek.com)

The father of indexing cautions against trusting money management firms, market timing, or underestimating the potential for stock gains.

Article | Apr 25, 2009 | Views: 73 | Comments: 0 
Tags: index funds, stock market, stocks, investing, mutual funds

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Four Simple Index Fund Portfolios
Submitted by ktexas  (www.kiplinger.com)

Building a simple portfolio based on index funds is, well, simple. But the writers at Kiplinger thought it would be interesting to ask some of the champions of easy, low-cost investing to suggest...

Article | Apr 15, 2009 | Views: 91 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, index funds, stock market, stocks, investing, mutual funds, tips, bond funds

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That Rush to Beat the Stock Market
Submitted by ktexas  (www.nytimes.com)

The desire to beat the stock market is as American as baseball, apple pie and Warren Buffett. This urge to achieve better-than-average investment returns may have been subdued by the financial...

Article | Apr 13, 2009 | Views: 61 | Comments: 0 
Tags: retirement, index funds, stock market, stocks, investing, mutual funds, actively managed funds

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Kiplinger's 25 Best Mutual Funds - Better than Index Funds?
Submitted by ktexas  (www.kiplinger.com)

Kiplinger came out with the list of their 25 best no-load mutual funds. As you might expect, they are all active-managed funds. Would you be better off with index funds? For the last year you...

Article | Apr 7, 2009 | Views: 77 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, index funds, stock market, stocks, investing, bear market, mutual funds, active managed funds

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Three Wise Men Offer Three Takes On the Economy and the Stock Market
Submitted by ktexas  (www.washingtonpost.com)

Bond guru Bill Gross says he's sold off all the stocks in his retirement portfolio, down to the very last share. The world as we know it, he says, has "changed almost overnight." But legendary...

Article | Mar 16, 2009 | Views: 110 | Comments: 0 
Tags: bonds, index funds, stock market, stocks, investing, bear market, retirement planning, recession

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Despite Slack Performance, Investors Favor Index Funds
Submitted by ktexas  (blogs.wsj.com)

Actively-managed funds are usually the most profitable to own during bear markets due to their managers’ ability to pick stocks and shift holdings away from sectors under the greatest pressure,...

Article | Jan 30, 2009 | Views: 108 | Comments: 0 
Tags: index funds, stock market, bear market, mutual funds, actively managed funds

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John Bogle's Six Lessons for Investors
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

Some wise tips for investors from John Bogle, the founder of Vanguard. Two of my favorites from the six: 3) Mutual funds with superior performance records often falter. 4) Owning the...

Article | Jan 8, 2009 | Views: 182 | Comments: 0 
Tags: index funds, stock market, stocks, investing, mutual funds, bond funds



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