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Could Buying Berkshire Hathaway Today Set You Up for Life?

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Berkshire's approach clearly works better In many regards Berkshire Hathaway is like a traditional mutual fund, or even an actively managed exchange-traded fund (or ETF). The fact is, however, Berkshire is less like a mutual fund than perceived. It also invests in ways that most mutual fund managers simply can't.

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Surprise: You're Probably Paying a Lot More in Investing Fees Than You Think

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38% of mutual fund investors think they don't pay any mutual fund fees or expenses. Here's a very stark example, modeling hedge fund fees, which can be exceptionally steep, from the folks at Dividend Growth Investor: "If you invested $1,000 in Berkshire Hathaway in 1965, by 2009 your investment would have been worth $4.3

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3 Market-Beating ETFs for Large-, Mid-, and Small-Cap Exposure

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Their popularity stems from several key advantages: lower costs compared to mutual funds, the ability to trade throughout the market day, and tax efficiency. The fund selects holdings based on key metrics, including sales growth and earnings momentum. Large-Cap Growth ETF (NYSEMKT: SCHG) targets leading U.S.

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A Once-in-a-Decade Investment Opportunity: 1 Little-Known Vanguard Index Fund to Buy for the Artificial Intelligence (AI) Boom

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The Vanguard Utilities ETF has a below-average expense ratio of 0.1%, meaning shareholders will pay $1 annually on every $1,000 invested in the fund. By comparison, Vanguard says the average fee on similar funds as 0.99%, and Morningstar says the average expense ratio across all index funds and mutual funds was 0.36% in 2023.

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Prediction: CDs Will Earn Less Than This Investment Over the Next 5 Years

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Whether I'm investing through a mutual fund, 401(k), or buying individual stocks , my goal has never been to invest in winners every time. While past performance is no guarantee of the future, 150 years of evidence feels pretty solid to me, backing up my own experience with the market. It's been to invest in more winners than losers.

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Is the Vanguard Value ETF a Millionaire Maker?

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For perspective, since their early 2009 low, this value ETF's growth counterpart -- the Vanguard Growth ETF (NYSEMKT: VUG) -- has easily led the two with its gain of 948%, versus VTV's (much) more modest 428% advance. Most of them pay decent dividends, too. They're just not very sexy. Bank of America's head of U.S.

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New Poll Shows Americans Want to Invest in Gold More Than Stocks. Here's Why We Wouldn't Recommend It

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By contrast, only 18% of Americans surveyed in 2023 believe stocks and mutual funds are the best investment, down from 24% in 2022. But the fact that so many Americans are placing gold above stocks raises the question -- is gold a better investment in 2023 than stocks and mutual funds? I don't think so. Here's why.