How to Invest in Commodities – Fund Spotlight Series – Part 1
Why invest in commodities? And why now? If you are questioning why commodities would make a good investment,…
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Fund Spotlight Series – Emerging Market Funds
Emerging market stocks have had a rough decade. 3 year annual returns are flat and even long…
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What Stocks Would Ben Graham Buy Today? Q1 2017
It’s a new year, and a new quarter! That means it is time to run our Ben Graham…
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Want to Invest in the Stocks Ben Graham Would Buy Today? There’s a Fund for that! Q4 2016
Our newest addition to our Fund Spotlight Series. Here we are building off of our Ben Graham…
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How Do You Beat Your Benchmarks Over the Long Haul? – A look at Dimensional Fund Advisors
This week we have been looking at one of the fastest growing companies in asset management –…
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Fund Spotlight Series: Investing In Rental Property? There is an ETF (and a Motif!) For That
The concept of owning rental property looks great on the surface. Borrow money to buy a…
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Fund Spotlight Series: Charles Schwab’s Ultra Low Expense Ratio ETFs
The price war between ETF providers continues, and the winners are individual investors. Charles Schwab has once again…
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Are Minimum Volatility Funds Living Up To Their Name?
Almost 8 months ago we featured minimum volatility ETFs in a Fund Spotlight Series article. Since then, these…
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Fund Spotlight Series – Guggenheim’s Equal Weight Index Funds
Investors in a simple S&P 500 index fund did tremendously well in 2013, beating a majority of actively…
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Fund Spotlight Series: Low Cost Emerging Market ETFs
Emerging market stocks are taking a beating, with many trading near their lowest levels in 2 years. Here are…
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Fund Spotlight Series: Target Date Fund Comparison
I was inspired by an article in the Wall Street Journal a couple of weekends ago to look…
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Fund Spotlight Series: Low Priced, Diversified ETFs for Dividend Reinvestment
In a recent article on Scottrade’s new Flexible Dividend Reinvestment Program (FRIP) – found here – we talked…
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Fund Spotlight Series: Low Volatility ETFs
The latest sign that the 2008 financial crisis is still fresh in investor’s minds? The overwhelming popularity of…
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Fund Spotlight Series – Defined Maturity Funds
New funds from iShares and Guggenheim offer investors a combination of investing in individual bonds and bond funds….
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Fund Spotlight Series: Vanguard vs. SPDRs Sector ETFs
Stocks from different sectors of the economy perform differently as the economy changes. During recessions, consumer staples,…
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Fund Spotlight Series: Preferred Share ETFs
This latest article in our fund spotlight series focuses on ETFs that own Preferred Shares. Preferred shares have…
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Fund Spotlight Series – iShares “Core” ETFs
The price war between ETF companies may be hurting their bottom line, but for individual investors investing has…
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Begin To Invest Fund Spotlight Series – Dividend ETFs
Today we take a close look at some of the most popular dividend ETFs to see if…
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Begin To Invest Fund Spotlight Series – S&P Index Funds
Today we look at multiple funds that track the S&P 500 index. There are numerous funds that claim…
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Begin To Invest Fund Spotlight Series – VGK
I will frequently spotlight index funds here on Begin To Invest, I think they offer beginning investors…
