How the Fund Industry Hides Its Bodies
Before you buy a firm's performance story, you should know about 'survivorship bias.'
07:16AM 03/10/03
More Funds Merge, Others Bite the Dust
Waddell & Reed is acquiring Ivy Funds. Three of Van Wagoner's funds are going away.
07:30AM 03/06/03
The Big Screen: One-Hit Wonders
These growth funds soared in 1999, but that's their only highlight.
07:10AM 02/25/02
Growth Looking Hot. Don't Be Seduced
But tech's recent rally should teach you never to abandon an entire sector, no matter how hopeless.
07:26AM 01/07/02
The Weekly Scorecard: This Week's Mutual Fund Winners and Losers
How the best, worst and biggest funds did; also, the sector scorecard.
08:54AM 11/11/01
The Big Screen: Sticking With Tech Tweeds Leaves These Funds Shirtless
Seventeen southbound mutual funds have lost 85% or more over the past year.
11:19AM 10/02/01
The Weekly Scorecard: This Week's Mutual Fund Winners and Losers
How the best, worst and biggest mutual funds did; also, the sector scorecard.
12:56PM 09/29/01
The Weekly Scorecard: This Week's Mutual Fund Winners and Losers
How the best, worst and biggest mutual funds did; also, the sector scorecard.
11:22AM 07/21/01
Lessons From the Fall: April's Fund 'Winners' May Not Be for You
These offerings notched 60%-plus returns in a month -- that shouldn't happen.
11:47AM 05/05/01
The Weekly Scorecard: This Week's Mutual Fund Winners and Losers
How the best, worst and biggest mutual funds did; also, the sector scorecard.
11:37AM 04/21/01
Tech Funds Notch Best Week in 15 Years -- Let It Be a Warning
The surge doesn't mean halcyon tech days are back. It does mean you shouldn't make volatile stocks a big part of your portfolio.
02:44PM 04/13/01
The Big Screen: What's in a Name When It Comes to Your Mutual Fund?
Looking at tech funds that aren't really tech funds, and growth funds that are.
01:26PM 04/12/01
False Profits: Fund Gains From '99 Are Long Gone
Don't use those past glorious returns as a crutch. If you had big gains, they've most likely vanished.
12:10PM 04/11/01
The Weekly Scorecard: This Week's Mutual Fund Winners and Losers
How the best, worst and biggest mutual funds did; also, the sector scorecard.
02:16PM 03/31/01
Fund Investors: Do Not Feed the Bears
They trounced the fund pack in the first quarter, but many experts say it's not your best bet.
03:39PM 03/30/01



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