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Stock Market-Like Returns Without Stock Market-Like Risk

Mar 6, 2015

This managed allocation fund continues delivering robust returns with relatively modest risk

What are Reliable and Useful Mutual Fund Ranking Systems?

Mar 5, 2015

What criteria maximize your chances of selecting the future's top performing funds?

Updated Model Portfolio Recommendations

Feb 12, 2015

Mutual fund and exchange-traded fund recommendations for active and index portfolios

Evaluating a Widely Used Mutual Fund Family Ranking System

Feb 11, 2015

Identifying major flaws in highly touted fund survey

Updated Mutual Fund Model Portfolio and Latest Changes

Nov 21, 2014

What funds and allocations to use to minimize risk while earning decent long-term returns

Assessing Fund Diversification When Approaching Retirement

Sep 19, 2014

Understanding what makes a portfolio “unbalanced” and “riskier” than necessary

Hardly Anybody Likes Investing in Emerging Market Stocks in 2014

Jan 30, 2014

Large recent underperformance and currency woes scaring off investors

Update: Buy the Manager, Not the Fund

Nov 22, 2013

Vanguard closed its Primecap fund but there are other smart ways to access this leading growth stock fund manager

Vanguard Introduces Two New International Bond Index Funds

Aug 26, 2013

Should you invest in bonds globally to help your portfolio’s returns and reduce risks?

Have I Lost the Low-Cost Religion in Highlighting Some Higher Cost Mutual Funds?

Aug 22, 2013

Challenging my and your fund investment philosophies and strategies

Advisor Argues that Large Vanguard Fund Has Too Many Cooks in the Kitchen

Aug 14, 2013

Warns that mediocre index-following results consequence of many managers and higher costs

Investing in U.S. Mutual Funds if you Live Outside the U.S. or are not a U.S. Citizen

Jun 14, 2013

Some overseas investors and non-citizens can tap into U.S. mutual funds but funds differ

Recommend Mutual Funds by Asset Class for Longer-Term Investors

May 1, 2013

Leading advisory firms updates its list of their best liked funds

Investing with TIAA-CREF and Allocations Developed by Ibbotson

Mar 29, 2013

Easing back into stocks after the powerful rally of the past four years

Update: The Rocky Road at the Fairholme Fund...Has the Time Arrived to Sell?

Mar 4, 2013

An interview with fund manager Bruce Berkowitz and update on his current investment strategy

A Leading International Value Fund Manager Reflects on the Global Economic Environment

Dec 9, 2012

Where he’s investing now and what he sees ahead for growth and corporate profitability overseas

Less Conventional Mutual Funds to Complement Traditional Holdings

Nov 30, 2012

Funds for greater income, profiting from gold and precious metals, and funds for hedging

Updated Fund Recommendations and Asset Allocation for Conservative Balanced Portfolios

Nov 16, 2012

What bond funds and stock funds make the most sense in a conservative portfolio?

Charles Schwab Ups the Ante in Exchange-Trade Fund (ETF) Pricing Wars

Oct 9, 2012

Vanguard Launches Redesign of their ETFs and Index Funds

This International Fund is in its Third Decade of Index Trouncing Returns

Sep 26, 2012

An update on a diversfied international fund you probably haven't heard of or invest in

Updated Fund Recommendations and Asset Allocation for Balanced Portfolios

Sep 12, 2012

Leading fund advisory firm shifts some money between bonds and stocks and U.S. and foreign shares

Update: Should You Invest in the Health Care Sector?

Sep 5, 2012

An interview with the managers of the Vanguard Health Care fund and where they see best returns in years ahead

Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Have Come Surging Back in Value

May 4, 2012

Are REITs still a good buy? Why if most real estate markets are just now bottoming out is the REIT index back on top?

Suggested Balanced Investment Portfolio Allocations

Apr 20, 2012

Dealing with a long list of macro pros and cons and coping with changing market volatility

Update: Abrupt Resignation of Fairholme Fund Co-Manager Raises Concerns

Feb 10, 2012

An update on the fund's current financial exposure and investment strategy

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

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

Investing in Bond Funds in a Low Yield World

Apr 8, 2011

Bond funds that have produced decent returns without significant risks

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?