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While the link between profits and stock returns should be clear, historically investors have not fully appreciated the long-term persistence of profits.
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Three Promising Diversified Emerging-Markets Funds
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Eight Closed-End Funds That Currently Look Extremely Undervalued
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April/May 2013Once investors accept that risk is part of the equation, they can take steps to manage it. Plus, consumer defensive stocks, market-liquidity levels, investing trade-offs, and assessing a portfolio’s bond risk.
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February/March 2013The value of active management is called into question as assets flood into passive investments. Plus, commodities that bypass the futures market, a management team who openly discusses their firm's successes and failures, and a market timing study in making asset-class decisions.
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December/January 2013Why advisors are moving toward funds of funds and their more-dynamic investing paths. Plus, performance gaps in alternatives funds, an Undiscovered Manager who welcomes good deals, and using "Gamma" to measure the importance of intelligent financial-planning decisions.
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October/November 2012What you can learn from academics and quants who are constructing mechanical factor strategies and redefining outperformance. Plus, quantifying retirement-withdrawal strategies, an Undiscovered Manager focused on relationships rather than marketing, and talking factor investing with Cliff Asness ...
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August/September 2012Technical factors more than fundamentals are keeping the municipal-bond rally aloft. Can it last? Plus, how major market crashes can be quantitatively explained, an Undiscovered Manager with a successful micro- and small-cap investing approach, and debating money with Chicago professors John ...
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June/July 2012Investing side by side with exemplary stewards of capital leads to successful results. Plus, the dangers that lurk in ETNs, an Undiscovered Manager who doesn't flinch to do right by shareholders, and talking bonds with Dan Fuss and Michael Hasenstab.
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April/May 2012As sophisticated strategies become more accessible to everyday investors, advisors should redefine the role they play in a portfolio. Plus, Morningstar Conversation with Nobel-winner Thomas Sargent and how central bank drive gold rush.
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February/March 2012European economies are headed for deep recessions, and austerity isn't the solution. Plus, the math that matters, by Don Phillips; why investors should avoid nonlisted REITS; and how tactical funds missed their big chance.
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December 2011/January 2012Welcome to China's Universe: How to invest in what will become the world's dominant economy. Plus, Morningstar Conversation with Yale professor Zhiwu Chen, how Wedgewood uses ideas from indexers and value investors, where indexing fails, and is it rational for investors to flood into passive ...
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October/November2011Thirsty for Yield: Real yields are drying up, but opportunities for income are still out there. Plus, Morningstar Conversation with Don Yacktman, how BM&O built a winning culture, what questions to ask before buying a closed-end fund, and the muddled proposition of "to" and "through" target-date ...
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August/September 2011The Passive Invasion: ETFs are disrupting fund-distribution models, and asset management will never be the same. Plus, Morningstar Conversation with Bill McNabb and Marty Flanagan, Baron exiles create own slate of funds, better ways to analyze ETFs, and the pitfalls of peer groups.
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June/July 2011529 Plans Grow Up: New tools and transparency make it easier than ever to find right 529. Plus, 10 Questions about the college-savings challenge with TIAA-CREF's Douglas Chittenden, the inefficient pricing of moats, and utilities after Japan's crisis.
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April/May 2011State of the Fund Industry: U.S. investors are well served, but Europe's fund industry has its sights on bigger things. Plus, Morningstar Conversation with John Gunn and Greg Johnson, why bond funds are cheaper than stock funds, the lingering effects of reform on the health-care sector, and 10 ...
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February/March 2011This issue's Spotlight section looks at how active and passive investment strategies should coexist. There's also 10 Questions with Bob Olstein, a Gray Matters article on credit risk, screens, picks, and more.
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December 2010/January 2011In today's chaotic environment, a one-size-fits-all approach won't cut it.
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October/November 2010Federal estate-planning rules are still up in the air, and only careful planning can keep assets moving toward their intended recipients.
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August/September 2010Investor's have the chance to take advantage of the sector's long-term prospects.
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June/July 2010Ignoring the dangers, investors rush to fixed-income funds.
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April/May 2010Inflation. Deflation. High interest rates. Boom times. How to invest in these economic environments and more.
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February/March 2010Higher growth rates are available outside the United States - as are many of the world's best companies.
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December 2009/January 2010Skillfully applied, an allocation of alternative investments can lower a portfolio's overal risk profile.
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