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401(k) vs. Roth IRA: Which Retirement Account is Best for You?

June 17, 2013

by Lindsay Konsko When our grandparents were in their working years, planning for retirement was a simple exercise: their employers funded their pensions over the course of their careers, then, when the time came to [...]

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NerdWallet’s Dirty Dozen: The Worst Mutual Funds

May 14, 2013

Do the benefits outweigh the costs of investing in mutual funds?  While investors may assume that picking any old mutual fund is a good decision because they are already highly diversified by nature, the short [...]

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Tax-Efficient Investing: Easy Tips to Increase Your Retirement Savings

May 3, 2013

by NerdWallet contributor Andrew Coflan Among the thousands of theories written about investing, two stand above the rest to inspire awe and fear. The first, compound interest, is a seemingly magical property, which can take [...]

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Wall Street is Often Wrong at Turning Points: One more reason to invest for the long-term

April 23, 2013

By Guest Contributor Nancy Tengler. NerdWallet Investing recently published a study reviewing the effectiveness of Wall Street analyst recommendations.  The study found that 49% of their buy, sell or hold ratings were incorrect in 2012.  And, [...]

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Study: 49% of Analyst Ratings on the Dow 30 Were Incorrect in 2012

April 16, 2013

Sophisticated investors around the world move billions of dollars every day on advice from Wall Street research analysts. But are these analysts really as talented at stock-picking as retail investors would like to believe? The [...]

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Best Options Trading Platforms: OptionsXpress vs. OptionsHouse vs. TradeMonster

April 11, 2013

Options trading is a great way to make money on the fluctuations of underlying assets because an option gives you the right, without the obligation, to buy or sell at a certain time and price. [...]

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Expert FAQ: Do Mutual Fund Managers Improve Over Time?

April 10, 2013

Do mutual fund managers improve with experience?  Though perhaps counterintuitive – and unfortunate for many mutual fund investors – new research actually shows that the truth is a lot murkier and more random. A new [...]

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Scottrade vs. eTrade: Which is the Better Online Broker?

April 1, 2013

E*TRADE and Scottrade have over 250 billion in client assets combined. E*TRADE is much bigger, but size is not the only thing investors and traders are concerned about. Both these major online brokerages receive NerdWallet’s [...]

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The Best Mutual Funds of the Past Decade by Asset Class & Investment Style

April 1, 2013

NerdWallet examined the returns of all 7,000+ U.S. mutual funds that had been in existence for a full decade as of December 31, 2012.  The top performing funds in each investment style and asset class [...]

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Study: Only 24% of Active Mutual Fund Managers Outperform the Market Index

March 27, 2013

Conclusions Only 24% of professional investors beat the market over the past 10 years Index funds outperform actively managed funds by 0.80% annually, but active managers have lower risk Active managers outperform the index by [...]

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