The Motley Fool

AUGUST 8, 2023

Exchange-traded funds offer a number of advantages, such as instant diversification or concentration with the click of a button. For investors who may not have the time to research individual companies, can't stomach a volatile market, or who simply want to complement their existing investment strategy, ETFs can be a smart place to turn.

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Investment Writing

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

For example, “A number of good things happened last year, but let’s first get the bad news out of the way,” he says on page 3 of his 2012 shareholder letter (PDF). He admits that the firm’s 2012 gains were “subpar.” Don’t believe the research?

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 21, 2024

There's a phenomenon called window dressing, which is occasionally indulged in by some of the mutual funds, especially some of the more popular mutual funds out there. Meta Platforms came public in 2012. 2012 is 12 years ago. John said, Whole Foods was a public company for 25 years.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

For example, this particular episode, I'll be sharing an essay from January 2008, then we'll jump forward to 2012 and 2013. Where we light, finally, upon December of 2012 12/12, and this essay that I wrote at the start of Motley Fool Stock Advisor that month, it's entitled Big Dumb Money. Let's now fast forward through time.

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The Big Picture

OCTOBER 31, 2023

At one point in time, Jack Bogle, founder of, of Vanguard was chairman of their mutual funds. Just really a fascinating history from, from a private company to a public company back to a, a partnership. 00:07:33 [Speaker Changed] So when I, my first fund that I ran when I was at Montgomery was a mutual fund.

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The Motley Fool

OCTOBER 11, 2024

active fixed income mutual funds. We celebrated the 25th anniversary of BlackRock becoming a public company, and we closed our acquisition of Global Infrastructure Partners. active fixed-income mutual funds, systematic equity, LifePath target date. No question, Craig, we're winning share with our clients.

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