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Jun 26 2009

Absolute Return Funds: Higher Fees, Lower Returns

Absolute return funds from Putnam offer a lot of promises but the track records of the managers would suggest that they offer anything but guaranteed returns.

Jun 22 2009

How Contango Affects Commodity ETFs

Contango can stunt the growth of commodity ETFs, which effectively increases costs. Learn how to avoid it in this video.

Jun 4 2009

Investing in Oil Through ETFs

Learn to invest in oil prices through ETFs. This video will also show you how to profit when oil prices fall.

May 5 2009

Building a Diversified, Low-Cost, High-Performance ETF Portfolio

In this article you will learn how to build a diversified portfolio of multiple asset classes without having to pay a manager (more…)

Apr 30 2009

Investing in Real Estate Through ETFs and Stocks

Investing in real estate through the stock market is more flexible and much less expensive than investing in physical properties. Learn more in this video.

Apr 22 2009

Avoiding the Traps of Mutual Funds

Mutual funds have fees that are disclosed and others that are hidden. Learn how much you are really paying and how to avoid these fees in the future.

Mar 31 2009

Using A Strategic ETF to Outperform the Market

An ETF that we would call "strategically" indexed would include much more rigorous fundamental and technical criteria. The ProShares 130/30 fund (CSM) is a good example of such an ETF. The fund looks for a lengthy list of positive and negative fundamental characteristics when evaluating stocks to short and stocks to buy.

Jan 19 2009

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