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5 early investing ideas for 2010
Submitted by ktexas  (articles.moneycentral.msn.com)

The easy money in this bull market has been made, but if you're waiting for a downturn, you're missing out. Here's how to play the key sectors.

Article | Nov 10, 2009 | Views: 34 | Comments: 0 
Tags: gold, stock market, stocks, investing, international stocks, mutual funds, investment, bull market, energy stocks

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In Fund Flows, a Caution for Stocks
Submitted by ktexas  (www.nytimes.com)

Mutual fund investors have remained skeptical about the stock market rally over the last eight months, holding back on their purchases of domestic equity funds. That isn’t a promising sign for...

Article | Nov 7, 2009 | Views: 73 | Comments: 0 
Tags: stock market, stocks, investing, bear market, mutual funds, recession

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Watch out for taxes when buying mutual funds now
Submitted by ktexas  (www.usatoday.com)

Thanks to the massive losses from 2008, many funds won't be paying any capital gains distributions. But if you're thinking of buying a fund this year - particularly if the fund has hot performance...

Article | Oct 31, 2009 | Views: 57 | Comments: 0 
Tags: taxes, investing, funds, mutual funds, capital gains

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Do Mutual Funds Cheat on Returns?
Submitted by ktexas  (www.smartmoney.com)

If a fund you invest in says it made 20% year-to-date, you can believe it. However, don’t be as confident about the long-term returns boasted in advertisements. A new study makes clear how...

Article | Oct 24, 2009 | Views: 58 | Comments: 0 
Tags: yield, stocks, investing, mutual funds, investment, past performance

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Inflation Protection for Investors: No Guarantees
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

Funds holding indexed bonds, gold and commodities are popular as hedges against rising prices. Time will tell if they can deliver.

Article | Oct 5, 2009 | Views: 97 | Comments: 1 
Tags: bonds, inflation, gold, stock market, stocks, commodities, mutual funds, tips, tips funds, gold funds, commodities funds

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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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Rethinking Stock and Bond Allocation for Long-Term Investors
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

For at least a generation, financial professionals have urged mutual-fund investors to put more money in stocks than in bonds. The logic: Stocks power a portfolio, while bonds provide some...

Article | Sep 3, 2009 | Views: 130 | Comments: 0 
Tags: investments, bonds, stock market, stocks, investing, commodities, bear market, mutual funds, recession, asset allocation

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Why Investors Need to See the Light and Slow Down
Submitted by ktexas  (online.wsj.com)

A reiteration of sage advice that everybody has heard but few actually heed: To buy more of what has gone up, precisely because it has gone up, is to fall for the belief that stocks become safer...

Article | Aug 30, 2009 | Views: 108 | Comments: 0 
Tags: investments, market timing, stock market, stocks, investing, bear market, mutual funds, bull market

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Value Investing in Today's Economy
Submitted by ktexas  (www.smartmoney.com)

Depending on who you talk to, value investing is either dead, reawakening or in need of a new definition.

Article | Aug 7, 2009 | Views: 128 | Comments: 0 
Tags: stock market, stocks, investing, diversification, bear market, mutual funds, investment, value investing, growth investing

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High-risk funds rarely pay off, even for young investors
Submitted by ktexas  (www.usatoday.com)

Financial planners often tell young people to buy risky funds, but that's not the best advice. Young people don't need risky funds because they have plenty of time. And risky funds rarely produce...

Article | Jul 28, 2009 | Views: 98 | Comments: 0 
Tags: stock market, stocks, investing, personal finance, mutual funds, risk, investment

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How to Hedge Your Portfolio
Submitted by ktexas  (www.smartmoney.com)

What a difference a crash can make. After labeling hedge funds as risky for years, fund companies now think their tactics are the answer for smaller investors. It’s easy to see why. Last year,...

Article | Jul 24, 2009 | Views: 130 | Comments: 0 
Tags: hedge funds, economy, stock market, stocks, investing, bear market, mutual funds, risk, investment, stock funds, financial crisis

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Can You Time the Market? Making money by darting in and out of stocks is easier said than done
Submitted by ktexas  (www.kiplinger.com)

Article looks at both sides of the debate and gives the following opinion: While we agree that there's plenty of evidence that market timing has worked over short and even long periods, the...

Article | Jul 20, 2009 | Views: 70 | Comments: 0 
Tags: market timing, stock market, stocks, investing, trading, bear market, mutual funds, investment, buy and hold, investment newsletters



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