Stop the Bickering: It's Not Growth vs. Value, It's Growth and Value

Value funds and growth funds are like records by Bob Dylan and Marvin Gaye: They're clearly different, but your collection isn't complete without both.

Lessons Learned: 2000's Harsh Truths We Shouldn't Forget

Popular Funds Left You With a Tech Hangover

False Profits: Really in the Black?

Sector Addicts: Sector Funds Changing the Game and Not for the Better

Hocus Focus: The Downside of Focus Funds

If Now, Then How: Why Dollar-Cost Averaging Makes Sense

Cash Isn't King: Managers Don't Cash Out of Falling Markets

How to Build a Low-Maintenance Portfolio

Questioning the Buy-and-Hold Strategy

Bonds Have a Place in Most Portfolios

Foreign Funds Lower Risk, But Won't Do the Opposite of U.S. Stocks

As usual, the market's gyrations give a false impression that growth and value funds are an either/or proposition, with value ruling the roost at present. Tech-light value-fund managers, who typically scour the market for bargains, have weathered the Nasdaq Composite's 44% collapse over the past year much better than tech-heavy growth-fund skippers, who often pay steep prices for shares of companies with flashier earnings growth. As we'll see, the two styles' long-term returns are pretty similar and owning funds from both camps tends to give you the same gains with less volatility. ...