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Buffett Talks Index Funds, Stock Bubbles
Monday, May 7, 2018 - 9:32am | 513Read More...Billionaire investor and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. (NYSE: BRK.A) (NYSE: BRK.B) CEO Warren Buffett was a guest on CNBC's "Squawk Box" segment Monday morning and spoke on various topics, including his overall view on the state of the stock market. The $51M Return March 11, 1942...
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Cramer's Golden Rules For Stock Picking
Wednesday, July 5, 2017 - 4:05pm | 297Read More...There are four golden rules every investor should keep in mind, regardless of income or investment knowledge, CNBC's Jim Cramer explained during his daily "Mad Money" show Wednesday. 1. Don't Buy On A Tip Cramer recalled a time when his father bought stock of a company called National Video after...
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The First S&P 500 Index Fund Turns 40 Years Old Today
Wednesday, August 31, 2016 - 12:29pm | 388Read More...The first ever S&P 500 index fund was created four decades ago today. According to Bloomberg, the initial concept of an index fund, buying hundreds of stocks in one transaction, appeared to be a "joke." In addition, many investors found the concept "an insult" as they "...
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Irrelevant Investor: This Is 'The One Thing We Can All Agree On'
Tuesday, July 19, 2016 - 12:41pm | 303Read More...Active and passive investors can agree it is common sense mutual funds that mimic a benchmark and charge a high fee should not exist. According to The Irrelevant Investor, for investors who pay a higher fee for a mutual fund versus an index fund, the mutual fund should sufficiently differentiate...
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Michael Willis Talks S&P Buybacks And An Inflated Market
Tuesday, October 6, 2015 - 9:00am | 585Read More...Michael Willis, President of Index Funds, discussed the positives and negatives of companies buying back their stock. Willis noted that many companies see their stock as being more attractive at current levels following the recent decline in the general market. However, Willis added that...
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Give Up Day Trading And Beat The S&P 500 With...An Equal-Weight S&P 500 Index Fund
Wednesday, September 23, 2015 - 2:08pm | 3406Read More...Index Funds launched the S&P 500 Equal Weight (Ticker: INDEX) index mutual fund earlier this month, one of the only instruments of its kind on the market today. Benzinga sat down with Index Funds' Michael Willis to discuss the strategy of the fund, the difference between equal-weight and cap-...
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Make The Most of Your 401(k) With Low-Cost Index Funds
Monday, May 4, 2015 - 4:08pm | 639Read More...Investors who participate in employer-sponsored 401(k) plans are already way ahead of most Americans. According to 2014 data from the Federal Reserve, only about half of private-sector workers are stashing away money in their employers' plans. But even the steady-Eddie savers face the often...
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Option Exercise: American Versus European Style
Friday, July 13, 2012 - 2:05pm | 620Read More...Options traders are most aware of American style exercise. Under this system, which is applicable to listed stock options, option owners are allowed to exercise at any time between opening a position and exercise date. But there is a second kind of option exercise, which is European style....
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4 Traits Of A Great Index Fund
Wednesday, June 13, 2012 - 11:39am | 916Read More...For more from Investopedia: Read about what a new fund manager will cost you here. Read about father's day gifts that dads regret getting here. Learn about the challenges female-owned companies face here. Read about the risks of real estate sector funds here. Read about the whistleblowers set to...
