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27 Solid Ways to Build Your Wealth
27 Solid Ways to Build Your Wealth
Building wealth is essential to accomplish a variety of goals, from sending your kids to college to retiring in style.
April 3, 2020
Best ETFs for Your Investment Portfolios
Best ETFs for Your Investment Portfolios
We mixed and matched our 20 favorite exchange-traded funds to create four model portfolios to suit most investors' needs.
August 1, 2019
The 19 Best ETFs to Buy for a Prosperous 2019
The 19 Best ETFs to Buy for a Prosperous 2019
Wall Street pros, the analyst community and individual investors alike were thrown for a loop in 2018.
April 18, 2019
The Practical Investor Packs It In
The Practical Investor Packs It In
Our Practical Investing columnist, Kathy Kristof, says goodbye to her readers.
March 26, 2019
The Practical Investing Portfolio
The Practical Investing Portfolio
Columnist Kathy Kristof put her real money into the market so she could help you be a better investor.
March 7, 2019
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What I Learned When Stocks Tanked
What I Learned When Stocks Tanked
Our Practical Investing columnist, Kathy Kristof, invests in a “smart” index fund that hasn’t proven all that bright through the recent dark days of t…
January 31, 2019
How My Portfolio Performed in 2017
How My Portfolio Performed in 2017
The market ran so fast that the relatively conservative portfolio of Kiplinger's Practical Investor simply couldn't keep up.
February 1, 2018
9 Great Vanguard ETFs
9 Great Vanguard ETFs
Vanguard is best known for low-cost mutual funds, but its exchange-traded funds may be a better bet.
October 14, 2016
Learning From My Misguided Attempt to Beat the Market
Learning From My Misguided Attempt to Beat the Market
Selling quality stocks was just one of the mistakes.
October 4, 2016
Fidelity Challenges Vanguard on Mutual-Fund Fees
Fidelity Challenges Vanguard on Mutual-Fund Fees
Better known for its actively managed funds, Fidelity wants to be known as the low-cost provider of index funds.
September 7, 2016
Key to Investing Success: Knowing When to Sell Your Stocks
Key to Investing Success: Knowing When to Sell Your Stocks
I own several stocks I should have sold, but a stubborn adherence to a buy-and-hold philosophy prevented me from pulling the trigger.
December 7, 2015
Venezuela's Woes Ground Shares of Copa Holdings
Venezuela's Woes Ground Shares of Copa Holdings
After this year's plunge, shares of the Panamanian airline appear cheap, trading for just 10 times estimated 2015 earnings.
November 6, 2014
I'll Beat the Market Yet
I'll Beat the Market Yet
The aim of my venture into individual stocks is to prevail when the market plunges or languishes for years.
August 1, 2014
20 ETF Picks to Fill the Gaps in Your Portfolio
20 ETF Picks to Fill the Gaps in Your Portfolio
We winnow down the thousand-plus offerings to find stock and bond funds that will help you meet your investing goals.
July 1, 2014
7 ETFs to Hold Forever
7 ETFs to Hold Forever
You can buy these exchange-traded index funds and never have to worry about replacing them.
June 3, 2014
7 Funds to Own Forever
7 Funds to Own Forever
A strategy of buying and holding index ETFs may not be exciting but it should deliver solid long-term returns.
May 22, 2014
6 Great Mutual Funds That Benefit From Small Portfolios
6 Great Mutual Funds That Benefit From Small Portfolios
A manageable portfolio holds between 20 and 30 stocks, roughly balanced by sector and weighted fairly equally.
February 28, 2014
An ETF to Match the Market
An ETF to Match the Market
Vanguard Total Stock Market owns almost every publicly traded U.S. company worth at least $10 million.
December 2, 2013
My Two-Year Portfolio Performance Report
My Two-Year Portfolio Performance Report
After a couple of years of investing with an audience, I've gained more than $69,000, but am slightly lagging my benchmark.
November 4, 2013
A Year-End Assessment of My Stock Portfolio
A Year-End Assessment of My Stock Portfolio
Kathy Kristof put her real money into the market so she can help you be a better investor. Here's how she's done over the past year.
March 13, 2013
Will Flash Crash Trades Stand?
Will Flash Crash Trades Stand?
A formula will decide which transactions stick.
June 1, 2010
The Best ETFs for 2010
The Best ETFs for 2010
Here are this year’s top five stock exchange-traded funds, along with choice picks in bond ETFs.
January 12, 2010