Beware of Leveraged ETFs
Fool's School
Leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs) have gotten a lot of attention lately. Although the fund companies that produced them have thrived from their popularity, that party may soon be over. (Learn more about ETFs and why you might want to own some at www.fool.com/etf. Full Story
Name That Company
I was founded in 1991 by a Stanford grad with an idea to distribute and profit from self-serve machines that turn coins into cash. Full Story
Activision's Games
The Motley Fool Take
The same market can give companies very different treatments. Activision Blizzard (Nasdaq: ATVI) is enjoying high times in the video game industry — while rival and nemesis Electronic Arts (Nasdaq: ERTS) is struggling. Activision plays to a more hard-core gamer crowd than Electronic Arts does. Full Story
A Bad Plan
My Dumbest Investment
In the mid-1980s, after taking an investment class from a financial planner/attorney, I invested $4,000 in an IRA. The planner was, of course, selling investments, and I bought a small portion of ownership in commercial buildings around the U.S. The investment didn't work out well, and I was charged annual "maintenance" fees, to boot. Full Story
Last week's trivia answer
Founded in 1890 in St. Louis, where I'm still headquartered today, I began by making electric motors and fans. Today I'm a global manufacturer, specializing in networks, process management, industrial automation, climate technologies, storage, appliances and tools. My CEO oversees some 140,000 employees and 255 manufacturing locations. Full Story
Be Mindful of Loads and Fees
Ask the Fool
Q I'm invested in some mutual funds with big front-end loads — 8 percent for one and 5.5 percent for another. Should I sell them and go with no-load funds? — R.B., Tallahassee, Fla. A Those loads are whoppers, but you've already paid them, when you invested in the funds. So look forward, not backward. Full Story
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