Archive for 'Index Funds'
A Dividend Fund That Is Not: Vanguard Dividend Appreciation

A Dividend Fund That Is Not: Vanguard Dividend Appreciation

Posted 07 October 2010 | By Chris | Categories: Dividend Funds, Growth Funds, Index Funds, Investment Strategy, Mutual Funds | No Comments

The idea of using dividend funds as a way to protect against potential pressures in the fixed income area of one’s portfolio makes a lot of sense. But not everyone wants a mutual fund that pays a dividend yield. These people feel that if you want an income fund, you look at bonds or other [...]

Dreyfus MidCap Index Funds – An Index Fund Worth Owning

Posted 31 August 2010 | By Chris | Categories: Index Funds, Investment Strategy | No Comments

A few days ago, we wrote about how Index Funds are not the easy solution that many mutual fund investors would like them to be. In fact, there are about as many different categories of index funds are there are other specialty asset classes, which actually makes choosing the right index fund about as easy [...]

Thinking of Index Funds? Think Hard

Posted 29 August 2010 | By Chris | Categories: Index Funds, Investment Management, Investment Strategy | No Comments

Although there is a lot to be said about investing in Index Funds rather than actively managed mutual funds, the decision as to which Index Fund in which you should invest is no easy task. Search for the term Index Funds at Yahoo! Finance and you will get no less than 650 results! This is [...]