VGENX - Vanguard Energy, VPMCX - Vanguard PRIMECAP
- Category: Intermediate Government
- Exchange: XNAS
"... We're fans of Fidelity Ginnie Mae, even if leaner times are ahead...."
- Category: Large Growth
- Exchange: XNAS
"... Behind Fidelity Contrafund's weaknesses lie some formidable strengths...."
- Category: Large Value
- Exchange: ARCX
"Vanguard High Dividend Yield VYM is a broadly diversified, large-cap-focused ETF that could easily serve as an alternative core U.S. equity holding...... Vanguard High Dividend Yield Index gets our endorsement...."
- Category: Large Blend
- Exchange: XNAS
"... Alpine Dynamic Dividend is intriguing, but subtexts point to more risk than you might think...."
- Category: World Bond
- Exchange: XNAS
"... Templeton Global Bond has shown that it can offset the risks of its emerging-markets bet...."
- Category: Conservative Allocation
- Exchange: XNAS
"... Permanent Portfolio's next decade may not be as stellar as the last one...."
- Category: Conservative Allocation
- Exchange: XNAS
"... This fund doesn't try to evade cyclical swings but holds up well anyway...."
- Category: Intermediate-Term Bond
- Exchange: XNAS
"... PIMCO Total Return isn't the one-trick pony for which it's often mistaken...."
- Category: Moderate Allocation
- Exchange: XNAS
"... The low-hanging fruit is gone, but Vanguard Wellington has a sturdy ladder...."
- Category: World Bond
- Exchange: XNAS
"... Templeton Global Bond has shown that it can offset the risks of its emerging-markets bet...."
- Category: Intermediate-Term Bond
- Exchange: ARCX
"Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF won't outpace its siblings all the time, but it's a strong contender....... Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond Index has lost its tail wind but retains considerable utility...."
- Category: Equity Energy
- Exchange: XNAS
"... The reasons why Vanguard Energy has lagged the competition lately are why it fared relatively well in 2008...."
- Category: Diversified Emerging Mkts
- Exchange: ARCX
"Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock ETF VWO provides comprehensive exposure to the emerging-markets large-cap universe and is appropriate as a smaller core...... It's important to keep Vanguard Emerging Markets Stock's limitations in mind as well as its potential...."
- Category: Short-Term Bond
- Exchange: XNAS
"... Vanguard Short-Term Investment-Grade is unlikely to repeat its banner year any time soon...."
- Category: Small Value
- Exchange: XNAS
"... That didn't take long.American Century Small Cap Value, which reopened to new investors in April 2009 after more than seven years..."
- Category: Natural Resources
- Exchange: ARCX
- Category: Long-Short
- Exchange: XNAS
- Category: Diversified Emerging Mkts
- Exchange: XNAS
"... Fidelity Emerging Markets has potential as a fairly bold play on its part of the world...."
- Category: Intermediate-Term Bond
- Exchange: XNAS
"... PIMCO Total Return isn't the one-trick pony for which it's often mistaken...."
- Category: Intermediate-Term Bond
- Exchange: XNAS
"... The turmoil at TCW Total Return is upsetting but not worthy of panic...."
- Category: Moderate Allocation
- Exchange: XNAS
"... Bruce Fund can certainly pack a punch, but it's not immune to sporadic pain...."
- Category: Large Growth
- Exchange: XNAS
"... American Funds Growth Fund of America remains a strong offering...."
- Category: Multisector Bond
- Exchange: XNAS
- Category: Foreign Large Value
- Exchange: XNAS
"... Oakmark International doesn't look like an index, and that's why we like it...."
- Category: Conservative Allocation
- Exchange: XNAS
"... This fund doesn't try to evade cyclical swings but holds up well anyway...."
- Category: Diversified Emerging Mkts
- Exchange: XNAS
"... It wouldn't be wise to become interested in Lazard Emerging Markets based on its huge recent gains, but investors with reasonable..."
- Category: Large Growth
- Exchange: XNAS
"... Vanguard Primecap remains a standout...."
- Category: Inflation-Protected Bond
- Exchange: XNAS
"... Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities has held its own against both actively managed and exchange-traded rivals...."
- Category: Moderate Allocation
- Exchange: XNAS
"... Fidelity Puritan moves only a little faster than the surrounding traffic...."
- Category: Utilities
- Exchange: ARCX
"Given the fund's narrow sector focus, treat this as a satellite specialty holding. Investors buying this fund are getting exposure to both America's regulated...... The risks of Utilities Select Sector SPDR outweigh the rewards.This exchange-traded fund succeeds at providing cheap and convenient exposure to large-cap..."
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