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Top 5 Value Funds: Investing for Long-Term Growth
Getty ImagesWant to beat the market? Academic work for decades has pointed the way: Invest in value stocks — stocks that are cheap relative to their earnings, cash flow or assets.Since 1940, value sto
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Passive vs. Active Investing: A Comprehensive Guide for Investors
John CowiePassively managed mutual funds have been all the rage in recent years. They’ve taken market share from their active counterparts across the board, with $662 billion in inflows worldwide in 2
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Active Share: Understanding How Your Fund Differs From an Index
Investors have a new tool at their disposal when it comes to determining whether they’re getting what they pay for when they invest in actively managed funds. In April, following an investigation by t
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Unconstrained & Multisector Bond Funds: Navigating Market Volatility
With the broad bond market down 2% so far this year, it’s easy to see the appeal of a fund that can invest in the corners of the market that are working. That’s where so-called unconstrained bond fund
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Hodges Small Cap Fund (HDPSX): Performance Update & Investment Strategy
At last check, the team at Hodges Small Cap (HDPSX) had found only 48 stocks they liked well enough to own—but not for lack of looking. Because small-capitalization stocks (by the fund’s definition, t
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Variable-Rate Investments: A Hedge Against Rising Interest Rates
Variable-rate bank-loan funds, such as Fidelity Floating Rate High Income (symbol FFRHX, yield 3.7%) and Eaton Vance Floating Rate (EABLX, 3.8%), have delivered positive returns while the broad bond m
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Housing Market Reaches New High: What It Means for Homebuilders
stevecoleimagesThe housing market reached a milestone in January that almost no one noticed. The S&P CoreLogic Case-Shiller Composite, an index that tracks average home prices in 20 U.S. cities, f
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Best Deals & Discounts: 2018 Savings Guide - Tech, Travel & More
designer491Guide to Scoring the Best Deals in 2018Disrupter Deal: The Instant PotGet the Real Deal for LessBest Bets for Grocery DeliveryTop Tech Bargains for 2018Refurbished and Open-Box DealsDisrupt
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Top 10 High-Yield Preferred Stock Funds for Income Investors
Getty ImagesPreferred stocks – a high-yield asset that’s typically referred to as a stock-bond “hybrid” because it has characteristics of each – are treading water this year after a strong showing in
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Top 11 Vanguard Index Funds: Low-Cost Investing for Quality Returns
Getty ImagesVanguard index funds are among the market’s greatest champions of low-cost investing.The company is a pioneer, launching the first index fund – the Vanguard 500 Index Fund (VFIAX), which p
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Top 10 Vanguard ETFs for Cost-Effective Investing
Getty ImagesVanguard has built a sterling reputation on low-cost index investing. Founder John Bogle is responsible for the world’s first index fund – what’s now known as the Vanguard 500 Index Fund (
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Baron Global Advantage: Navigating International Stock Markets for Growth
Venturing abroad to find stocks has gotten more challenging lately. But Baron Global Advantage (BGAFX) has found success with a mix of foreign and domestic stocks. Manager Alex Umansky and his team lo
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Fidelity New Millennium: Contrarian Investing Strategy & Recent Performance
Back in 2014, Fidelity New Millennium (FMILX) fund manager John Roth described himself as an opportunistic stock picker. Now, more than nine years into a bull market, he says he’s become more of a con
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Unlock Growth: The Power of Small-Cap Stocks
Small-company stocks have a lot going for them. Since 1926, they have returned an annual average of about two percentage points more than shares of large companies. Over time, that two-point differenc
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Financial Fixes: Quick & Easy Recipes for Better Money Management | Kiplinger's
.imgHideOnJavaScriptDisabled_40599vrku4u26qw { display: none !important; } Dive into this package via our interactive application to view, print, and share individual "recipes" for financial
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Kiplinger ETF 20: Understanding the Rise of Exchange-Traded Funds
To borrow a line from a song in Rodgers and Hammerstein’s musical Carousel, exchange-traded funds are bustin’ out all over. These low-cost funds are playing a bigger role in portfolios than ever befor
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Top 6 REIT Funds to Invest In Now - Real Estate Opportunities
Getty ImagesRising interest rates and the decline of shopping malls have weighed on real estate investment trusts (REITs) over the past few years. The good news is that many REITs – special tax-advant
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Fidelity Select Healthcare Portfolio: Sustained Growth Potential
Health care stocks have climbed steadily over the past decade, even accounting for a pause in 2016, when the sector got entangled in election-year issues. There are reasons to expect the robust return
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Top 10 ETFs for a Stable, All-Weather Investment Portfolio
Getty ImagesIt used to be that investors asked themselves the question, “How many mutual funds should I have in my portfolio?” They still ask the same question of diversification, but more in terms of
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Top 5 Vanguard Actively Managed Funds: Performance & Insights
Getty ImagesVanguard funds have become synonymous with index investing. But if you limit yourself to the firm’s passive strategies, you’ll miss some gems. Indeed, Vanguard fund managers actually inves
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Understanding Suicide Clauses in Life Insurance PoliciesA person who becomes depressed may consider taking her own life to leave her loved ones with the benefits from a life insurance policy. In some situations, a life insurance policy's suicide clause...
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