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  Update: A Fund Closed Many Years Ago Now Open and Worth Considering
Feb 2, 2012
An investing legend recommended it many years back
  An Interview with Bruce Berkowitz, Manager of the Fairholme Fund
Oct 6, 2011
Understanding the fund's recent lagging performance and position in financial stocks
  Updated List of Highly Recommended Mutual Funds
Aug 5, 2011
Through good times and bad, these funds have delivered solid results and are likely to continue to do so
  Are Money Funds Becoming Obsolete and Poor Investments?
Jul 22, 2011
Alternatives to near zero yielding money market funds (FREE)
  How Does He Do it and What's His Thinking on His Current Strategy?
Jun 23, 2011
An interview with Bruce Berkowitz, manager of the Fairholme Fund
  Should You Invest in the Health Care Sector?
Jun 1, 2011
An interview with the managers of the Vanguard Health Care fund and where they see best returns in years ahead
  Investing in Bond Funds in a Low Yield World
Apr 8, 2011
Bond funds that have produced decent returns without significant risks
  What Took Them So Long?
Mar 30, 2011
A new emerging markets fund fills a gap in the fund industry's offerings
  Picking Winning Mutual Funds for Your Future
Mar 23, 2011
How can you reconcile conflicting rankings from different mutual fund rating services?
  Update: The Best Index Funds and Exchange-Traded Funds
Feb 15, 2011
What about alternative index funds including equal-weight index funds? What are the best index funds now?
  Investing in Small Cap Value Stocks
Jan 31, 2011
Comparing and selecting funds in this space likely to perform well in the years ahead
  This Manager Has Posted High Long-Term Returns With Below-Average Risk
Jan 25, 2011
And, he's now pessimistic about major segments of the U.S. stock market
  Update: The Fairholme Fund Just Did Something Unusual Which Few Other U.S. Funds Have Done
Dec 10, 2010
Is this long-term winner still worthy of your investment dollars?
  Morningstar's Own (Surprising) Research on What Drives a Mutual Fund's Success
Dec 1, 2010
What factors have the most predictive power when selecting funds?
  Highly Recommended Mutual Funds
Nov 29, 2010
Actively managed funds, November 2010, from the No-Load Fund Analyst
  Update: Worried About Inflation?
Oct 1, 2010
What's a far superior investment to buying gold and a better inflation-hedge? A fund you likely haven't considered...
  Update: My Favorite Emerging Markets Fund
Sep 14, 2010
A fund I like that can help you get the upside potential without taking as much risk as with many emerging markets funds
  Keep Investing in Vanguard Health Care Fund?
Aug 11, 2010
Q: The Vanguard Health Care Fund was always a big winner for several years. Now, its value is down. Do you think it's a good purchase for me to hold onto?
  Interview with International Fund Manager Edward Hocknell
Jul 6, 2010
His views on economic growth, government deficits, gold, bonds and more
  Are Exchange-Traded Funds Superior to Mutual Funds?
May 14, 2010
Update: May 6 "Flash Crash" highlights some ETF pitfalls
  Vanguard Strikes Back in ETF Pricing War
May 4, 2010
What are they offering now and how it may benefit you
  Analyzing Sector Investing at Vanguard
Apr 19, 2010
Which sectors, if any, make sense for your portfolio?
  Fidelity Offering Free iShares ETF Trading
Apr 16, 2010
Financial news media applauds "good news" for investors...should you join in?
  Update: Highly Recommended Mutual Funds
Apr 15, 2010
The No-Load Fund Analyst's list of most highly recommended funds...
  Money Market Funds Are Paying Near Zero Percent
Mar 31, 2010
Short duration bond funds offer higher yields and guard better against rate rise risk than most bond funds
  iShares Target-Date Funds Offering Simplified ETF Investing
Mar 15, 2010
Q: The target date funds offered by iShares...seem like a great deal because they greatly reduce the fees I would pay in purchasing and rebalancing the separate funds. Are these funds as great of a deal as I think?
  Leading Investment Publication Ranks 61 Mutual Fund Families
Mar 4, 2010
#1 Fund company may surprise you as Vanguard plunges 33 positions to 40th place
  Turbocharged Returns With Leveraged Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
Feb 25, 2010
The role that this rapidly growing ETF segment should play in your portfolio
  Using Mutual Fund Past Performance
Jan 13, 2010
Lessons learned from a top performing Fidelity fund
  Understanding the Hidden Fees in Mutual Funds
Oct 30, 2009
Does the average global stock fund really cost investors 3 percent in annual fees?
  The Warren Buffett of Bond Fund Managers
Sep 16, 2009
It's tough for active managers to beat a bond index especially over the long-term but this manager continues to do so
  This International Fund has Outperformed an Index Fund by 400% Over the Past 21 Years
Sep 9, 2009
And, it did so with consistent returns and lower volatility than the index, a strong management team and competitive expenses
  Buy the Manager, Not the Fund
Sep 3, 2009
Vanguard closed its Primecap fund but there are other smart ways to access this leading growth stock fund manager
  Oakmark's Star Money Manager Challenges Today's Conventional Stock Market Wisdom
Aug 27, 2009
Value manager William Nygren's take on recent (higher) stock market valuations
  Has Fairholme Fund Manager Bruce Berkowitz Lost His Golden Touch?
Aug 27, 2009

An update on questions raised by star fund manager’s investing decisions and prowess after negative 2008 showing.
  The Big Mutual Fund Investing Decision: To Index or Not to Index?
Jul 24, 2009
How heavily should you use index funds in your portfolio?
  Tips for Trading Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs)
Jul 13, 2009
Here are some helpful guidelines, tips and cautions for trading Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
  International Small Cap Stocks: Upside Potential, But Worth the Risk?
Jul 2, 2009
An extensive interview with Matt Dobbs, Manager of Vanguard International Explorer fund

 
  Update: No-Load Fund Analyst Balanced Portfolio
Jun 15, 2009
The balanced portfolio mutual funds recommended by the No-Load Fund Analyst newsletter includes some new additions and changes
  When Does a Winning Mutual Fund Turn Into Loser?
Jun 4, 2009
How patient should you be with underperforming funds and what's a reasonable amount of underperformance?
 
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