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Recent Articles

Starbucks Offering up 2-for-1 Holiday Drink Special

By InvestorPlace Staff

Starbucks (NASDAQ: SBUX) is hoping consumers will take a break from their hectic holiday shopping to enjoy one of their new seasonal beverages that hit stores today.

Google Workers Get $1,000 Surprise

By InvestorPlace Staff

Google CEO Eric Schmidt e-mailed Google employees that they will get a $1,000 Christmas bonus and 10% raise for 2011.

The Market’s Best Quarter (and Six Months) Starts This Week

By InvestorPlace Staff

November is historically the second best month in market history (April is #1) and November is also the start of the best three months and the best six months of the market year. In addition, we saw a dramatic shift in Congress this week, which points toward a strong market year ahead.

Apple Says No White iPhones Until Spring

By InvestorPlace Staff

Apple again delays the white iPhone release date, this time until spring 2011.

McDonald’s To Raise Menu Prices

By InvestorPlace Staff

McDonald's plans to raise menu prices to help offset rising commodities costs.

Starbucks (SBUX) to Sell Booze?

By InvestorPlace Staff

Starbucks is testing cafes featuring wine and beer.

Analyzing Your Bond Fund: What Will Happen When Rates Start to Increase

By InvestorPlace Staff

Bond fund investors have been on a pretty good ride. Using the Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund (MUTF: VBMFX) as an indicator of what bond fund investors have earned, the fund reports one and three year total return rates of 7.96% and 7.36% respectively, through the end of the third quarter.

How Mutual Fund Overlap Alters Your Investment Strategy

By InvestorPlace Staff

If you're a typical buy-and-hold mutual fund investor, your investing strategy may have a significant downside -- and we're not just talking about performance.

Traditional Mutual Funds Versus Index Mutual Funds

By InvestorPlace Staff

Traditional mutual funds have come under heavy critical fire lately. This has given them an increasingly bad reputation due to their high fees and costs that eat away at overall returns.

Beware of High Mutual Fund Expenses and 12b-1 Fees

By InvestorPlace Staff

When the average investor buys $10,000 of Class A shares in a load mutual fund, how much of that money actually gets invested in the market?

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