The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 9, 2023

Active vs. passive, explained Active and passive investing are two key investing approaches. You'll see the two in the world of mutual funds, as an example. Actively managed mutual funds are ones where financial professionals study the universe of investments and decide which ones to buy and sell, and when to do so.

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The Motley Fool

AUGUST 8, 2023

Let someone else make the decisions If you're an active investor, it might sound counterintuitive, but you can hire someone else to handle subsets of your portfolio. On the mutual fund front, you could start your search with a fund like Fidelity Natural Resources (FNARX). Rowe Price, and other fund shops.

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The Motley Fool

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

In fact, investing $100 per month in one simple exchange-traded fund (ETF) will do the trick. Rather, it's the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSEMKT: SPY) -- an exchange-traded fund meant to merely mirror the performance of the stock market's primary benchmark index, the S&P 500 (SNPINDEX: ^GSPC).

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