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Vanguard Index Trust 500 Index Fund (MF: VFINX)
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Investment Management: Wide U.S. Stock Selections In FundAdvice Lazy Portfolio Increase Returns
February 17, 2012
FundAdvice Ultimate Buy and Hold Portfolio is tracked by MarketWatch.com’s lazy portfolios, maintained by Paul Farrel. The portfolio consists of the following index funds: Vanguard Int-Tm Trs;Inv 20%... Read More
category VIPSX , VFISX , Mutual/Funds , and 21 more.
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Retirement Plan Review: Low Cost Funds Help Flowserve Corporation Retirement Savings Plan
February 16, 2012
Flowserve Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells precision-engineered flow control equipment, as well as provides a range of aftermarket equipment services. The company operates in three... Read More
category VGSNX , VTHRX , NYA , and 34 more.
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Retirement Plan Review: Good Diversification In Novellus Systems Retirement Plan
February 08, 2012
Novellus Systems, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, sells, and supports equipment used in the fabrication of integrated circuits. The company operates in two segments,... Read More
category VIPSX , FLMVX , ACSTX , and 43 more.
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Harry Browne’s Permanent Portfolio Long Term Performance
February 07, 2012
Harry Browne proposed the concept of permanent portfolio in his Fail-Safe Investing book in 1999. In the book, he showed the performance table of his ‘permanent portfolio’. Here is the updated table:... Read More
category QQQ , Mutual/Funds , VUSTX , and 23 more.
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401K Investments: Low Cost and Diversification in Google 401K Plan Paid Off
February 03, 2012
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) is an internet search and advertising company that pioneered in search technology. It dominates search and its related advertising business. It is headquartered in the old SGI... Read More
category Mutual/Funds , SPY , GOOG , and 34 more.
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With index funds, the average outperforms
February 02, 2012
One rap on indexing is that you are guaranteed nothing more than average results. In fact, index funds may be ‘average,’ but the average can outperform. Read More
category General , Financial Services , VIMSX , and 6 more.
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401K Investments: AT&T Long Term Savings and Security Plan
January 27, 2012
The AT&T Long Term Savings and Security Plan (Plan) is a defined contribution plan established by AT&T Corp. (ATTC) to provide a convenient way for eligible non-management employees of participating... Read More
category T , Mutual/Funds , SPY , and 36 more.
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Brokerage Mutual Fund Plan Review: Etrade All Star Funds
January 26, 2012
As other brokerages such as Schwab and TD. Ameritrade, Etrade also offers its customers a select list of no load and no transaction fee mutual funds. Etrade calls this list of mutual funds ‘All Star... Read More
category PEMDX , AAIPX , ABHYX , and 90 more.
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Harry Browne’s Permanent Portfolio vs. Permanent Portfolio Mutual Fund
January 24, 2012
In his Fail-Safe Investing book, Harry Browne proposed this one size fit all portfolio that he called ‘permanent portfolio’. His theory has been discussed in numerous articles like this. The following... Read More
category SHY , NYA , SPY , and 20 more.
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Asset Allocation Portfolios: John Wasik Nano Lazy Portfolio Simple but Works
January 06, 2012
John Wasik has been a professional journalist and author for 30 years specializing in personal finance, the environment, investing and social issues. John has proposed a Nano plan investment portfolio... Read More
category QQQ , NYA , SPY , and 20 more.
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Stock-fund, ETF investors look for a better 2012
December 30, 2011
The first year after the “lost decade” for U.S. stocks was also lost. And there’s wariness that 2012, while ultimately positive for the overall market, will create more investment obstacles than... Read More
category SPY , GLD , Banks , and 29 more.
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401K Plan Review: A Solid 401K Plan for Bank of America Employees
December 19, 2011
Bank of America Corporation (Ticker: BAC), a financial holding company, provides banking and nonbanking financial services and products to individual consumers, small- and middle-market businesses,... Read More
category STLCX , HIO , CFSAX , and 74 more.
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The 50-50 Portfolio Solution?
December 11, 2011
Author: Geoff Considine The New York Times had a piece this weekend that proposes a simple portfolio solution for worried investors. Are you ready for this? The portfolio is a 50% allocation to stocks... Read More
category VBMFX , Mutual/Funds , SPY , and 19 more.
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Asset Allocation Portfolio Review: FundAdvice Ultimate Buy and Hold Portfolio
December 09, 2011
FundAdvice Ultimate Buy and Hold Lazy Portfolio consists of 11 funds, suggested by FundAdvice in its Ultimate Buy and Hold Portfolio. This lazy portfolio is tracked by MarketWatch.com’s lazy... Read More
category VIPSX , SHY , ICF , and 28 more.
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Portfolio of the Day: Diversified Timing on Endowment Asset Allocation Model
December 08, 2011
Endowment asset allocation model invests in a diversified array of major assets. To further avoid loss, Mebane T. Faber’s article in seekingalpha.com proposed to apply a long term timing rule over each... Read More
category VUSTX , SPY , ETFs , and 23 more.
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GMO Stock Allocations: Stable and Cautious Optimistic
December 06, 2011
GMO Benchmark Free Allocation (GBMFX) is one of few mutual funds GMO offers. As many tactical asset allocation funds, it can go anywhere and allocates flexible percentages to various asset classes. The... Read More
category VBMFX , VTSMX , NYA , and 25 more.
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Legg Mason’s Miller fades away
November 17, 2011
The retirement of legendary mutual fund manager Bill Miller stops the clock on his track record, but the real question is whether the lasting image will be his legendary successes or his epic... Read More
category LMVTX SPX , SPX , LMVTX , and 7 more.
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Balanced Portfolios Delivered Better Returns and Lower Risk
October 18, 2011
John Wasik at Reuters wrote the following article Balancing your portfolio in a bonkers market. He stated: "Long-term, the middle route makes a huge[... more ...] (SPX) (COMP) (SPY) (VBINX) (VFINX)... Read More
category Portfolio Management , SPY , VFINX , and 6 more.
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Why U.S. stock funds could see year-end rally
October 03, 2011
This was supposed to be another fruitful year for U.S. stocks. So far, not so good. Now, after enduring a summer-long market drought and geopolitical wildfires, investors in equity mutual funds and... Read More
category AGTHX , General , Financial Services , and 12 more.
from MarketWatch
403B Investments: University of California Retirement Savings Program Review
September 16, 2011
  University of California systems is the largest public university system in the nation. It provides its faculties and staff 457(b) deferred compensation,[... more ...] (SPX) (QQQQ) (IWV) (EFA) (VTI)... Read More
category VIPSX , Retirement Investments , VWO , and 23 more.
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Two Factors That Make Picking Stocks So Hard
July 08, 2011
Lowell Herr at ITA Wealth Management published an excellent article on SeekingAlpha.com on the difficulty of picking stocks. In the article, he gave the[... more ...] comments(0)   Read More
category VNQ , SPY , Asset Allocation , and 11 more.
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How fund investors can weather parched market
July 01, 2011
Mutual-fund and exchange-traded fund investors take to the U.S. stock market’s sidelines in the second quarter, preferring to watch the game rather than play. And what a game it was. Read More
category QQQ , JORDX , Financial Services , and 20 more.
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Beating The Market Is Easy: Just Make Lots of Noise To Confuse
June 27, 2011
Jason Zweig, the Wall Street Journal's The Intelligent Investor's columnist recently wrote: "Beating the market is easy. Just understate its performance.[... more ...] comments(0)   Read More
category VNQ , SPY , VFINX , and 10 more.
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Armstrong's Informed Investor Lazy Portfolio Feels The Commodities Pain
April 18, 2011
The incidents in Japan, the Middle East and even as far back as New Orleans teach us the danger of living on borrowed time, the reactors, the governments[...] comments(0)   Read More
category ICF , SPY , AGG , and 22 more.
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M&A surge shakes up S&P 500 Index
April 05, 2011
New York Community Bancorp and CIT Group are financial-sector candidates for inclusion in the equity benchmark, KBW says. Read More
category DUK , Banks , Mutual Funds , and 31 more.
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Investors Buckle Up For Volatility On Wall Street
April 01, 2011
Mutual fund and exchange-traded fund investors embraced U.S. stocks again in the opening weeks of the year, only to be reminded of why they'd fled. Read More
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Investors Buckle Up For Volatility On Wall Street
April 01, 2011
Mutual fund and exchange-traded fund investors embraced U.S. stocks again in the opening weeks of the year, only to be reminded of why they'd fled. Read More
from FOXBusiness.com
Investors buckle up for Mr. Market’s wild ride
April 01, 2011
Mutual fund and ETF investors rode a wave of market volatility and the first quarter ended with the strongest showing for U.S. stocks in more than a decade. But what if this is as good as it gets? Read More
category NOV , JORDX , Mutual Funds , and 34 more.
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Vanguard’s fund closures teach a valuable lesson
March 06, 2011
Investment companies celebrate the birth of a mutual fund, but they don’t mourn its death. Instead, a failed idea is swept under the rug. Read More
category VSTLX , Opinion , General , and 8 more.
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ETF investors win as fund firms fight to cut fees
January 05, 2011
For a long time, traditional index funds were the vehicle of choice for cost-conscious investors, but now the ETF marketplace holds the lowest fees and most intense cost competition. Read More
category FEZ , IVV , SPY , and 18 more.
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