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December 19, 2003 |
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Government regulators have uncovered a giant mutual fund scandal in which millions of investors have lost millions of dollars. But investors lose much more money than this every year at the hands of people they trust to give them financial advice. This article tells why those losses occur and how investors can avoid or minimize them.
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September 14, 2006 |
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Investing is about taking risks, and when you do that, you're entitled to expect a return commensurate with the level of risk you take. But if you're not careful, your own mistakes can prevent you from achieving the returns that should be yours. In this article, Paul Merriman tells you how to deal with 12 major risks investors face.
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June 28, 2005 |
Perhaps the financial advice you are getting is free. It may be from reading Money, Smart Money or Kiplinger’s Personal Finance. It may be from watching television shows, attending a workshop or talking to someone you know who is experienced at investing. However, if you are led astray by the advice you get without paying, "free" could turn out to be very expensive.
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February 22, 2003 |
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If you’re a typical investor, you own at least a few individual stocks. If you work for a public company, you probably own some stock in it.
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February 22, 2003 |
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This article is written with do-it-yourself (DIY) investors in mind. For nearly 20 years, we’ve done our best in our articles to give readers the knowledge they need to make the right decisions on their own, without paying professionals for unnecessary advice and hand-holding.
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June 17, 2002 |
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Most investors understand the benefits of diversification in equity funds. Stick with only one fund and one style of investing long enough, and you’re almost sure to regret it. Diversify properly, and your returns will be better and your risk lower.
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December 13, 1998 |
Several of my friends have taken pity on me. They know that I have been an advocate of mutual fund investing for more than 25 years and that I have been writing a mutual fund investment advisory letter for more than 15 years. "What a shame," they tell me. "Spending all those years pushing an investment vehicle that doesn’t produce very good results."
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June 17, 2002 |
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Editor's note: Some funds mentioned in this article are now closed to new investors.
Some small-cap funds have been attracting a lot of attention lately with eye-popping performance. Some have closed their doors to new investors, and some small-value fund managers have reached guru status. Brilliant stock-picking is always valuable in an actively managed fund. Awful stock picking can turn an otherwise good fund into a disaster. But in most cases, the success or failure of the asset class explains the success or failure of the fund.
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September 17, 2004 |
I’ve been holding free workshops for investors for more than 20 years, and they’ve helped thousands of investors achieve higher returns and greater peace of mind while avoiding (or in some cases minimizing) the worst mistakes that so many people make.
In the fall of 2004 I launched a brand new workshop called “Investing After 50.”
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April 26, 1999 |
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An article on the history of mutual funds in the April 1999 issue of Money magazine sent me to the shelves of our in-house library, where I was pleased to find a dusty volume entitled "Common Stocks as Long Term Investments," by Edgar Lawrence Smith.
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