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Stan Luxenberg

Special Contributor, The Street

Stan Luxenberg is a freelance writer specializing in mutual funds and investing. He was executive editor of Individual Investor magazine.

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Despite Ill Winds, Health Stocks Look Healthy
Sep 26, 2011
Health stocks have faced strong headwinds. The sluggish economy has caused patients to postpone elective surgery, while pharmaceutical companies have been hurt by healthcare reform and expirations of patents on...
Tax Mitigation Strategies Using ETFs and Mutual Funds
Tax Mitigation Strategies Using ETFs and Mutual Funds
Jun 24, 2011
While the downturn of 2008 devastated mutual funds, there was one side benefit, albeit a perverse one: Investors had little reason to worry about capital gains at tax time. Now that the bull market is in its third...
The Fairholme Fund: Battling Its Own Success?
Jun 13, 2011
For most of the past decade, Fairholme Fund (FAIRX) soared, outpacing nearly all its competitors by a wide margin. Assets poured into the fund, and portfolio manager Bruce Berkowitz was named manager of the decade by...
At Vanguard, Active Beats Passive—Frequently
At Vanguard, Active Beats Passive—Frequently
Jun 10, 2011
When John Bogle served as chief executive of Vanguard Group, critics often accused him of taking a hypocritical stance on actively managed funds. For years, Bogle promoted index funds and said that most actively...
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Concentrated ETFs
Jun 07, 2011
PowerShares QQQ (QQQ) has been racing ahead. During the past five years ending March, the ETF has returned 7 percent annually, outdoing the average large growth mutual fund by 4 percentage points, according to...
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