You do not want to make an investment move solely for tax reasons. But you should take actions that will minimize taxes without changing your investment strategy.
Today's Stocks & Topics:  Blue Chips Stocks, Consumers Expending, Housing, Investing, Annuities, 401k, (MO) Altria Group Inc., (CCL) Carnival Corp., Bond Funds, Pension Plans, (COST) Costco Wholesale Corp., Trust.

One difference between an Exchange Traded Fund and a mutual fund is that the mutual fund is actively managed.  Well now there is one less difference.
Today's Stocks & Topics: (ACC) American Campus Communities Inc., College Debt Bubble?, QE3, (NLY) Annaly Capital Management Inc., (FCX) Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc., (ACTG) Acacia Research Corp. - Acacia Technologies, Pharmaceuticals, The Stock Market, College Tuition.

If you hold the usual domestic small, mid, large, and foreign stocks, you may need to look at another factor for true diversification.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Merging markets, College debt in a bubble?, Delaying Social Security payoffs, Pension Plan, (FMCC) Freddie Mac, (FNMA) Fannie Mae, (HYGS) Hydrogenics Corp., (STRZ) Star Buffet Inc., (TSLA) Tesla Motors Inc., (AAPL) Apple Inc., (GLD) SPDR Gold Trust, (REGN) Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc., (ARR) Armour Residential REIT Inc., (ABG) Asbury Automotive Group Inc., (AGNC) American Capital Agency Corp.

If you move your 401(k) account funds to an IRA brokerage account, you would be able to invest in stocks, bonds, mutual funds and exchange-traded funds, not usually possible in a 401(k).

~ Today's Stocks & Topics: The Feds & QE3, Presidential Second Term Purse, 6 Things that do not add value to your house, Life Insurance, Bonds, Large Caps, The Stock Market, Stock Float, Investing Software, Mutual Funds.

Financial records you do not know what to do with.  Unopened statements. Stress when you think about it?  You need a system to manage all that mess.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Lessons from the 90s, Shorting, (RTN) Raytheon Co., (CLF) Cliffs Natural Resources Inc., Roth IRA, (NVC) Nuveen California Select Quality Municipal Fund Inc., Smart Money vs. Dumb Money, (PG) Procter & Gamble Co., Bonds.

News flash -   A total of 352 mutual funds classified as "bond funds"  now own stocks.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Beating Inflation in Retirement, Housing Sales, (SNXFX)
Schwab 1000 Index Fund, Investing, Real Estate, 401k.

Mutual fund investors now have strict demands that are changing the industry growth,  liability management and lower fees.
Today's Stocks & Topics: Six myths about 529 Plans, The Fed & Bernanke, Inflation, Facebook, (PG) Procter & Gamble Co., (KRFT) Kraft Foods Group Inc., Insurance, Roth I-R-A, Commodities, 401k, Foreign Stocks.

So-called alternative investing CAN pay big, but requires lots of time and research.  Is it worth the work and the risk?
Today's Stocks & Topics: Index Funds, Bernanke & the Fed, Key Industries Performance, 529 Plans, Corporate Taxes, (ARMH) ARM Holdings PLC ADS, Secular Bull Market.

Hoping for potentially higher returns, U.S. investors are putting more money into overseas funds that invest in offices, malls and apartment complexes. Should you follow the trend?

Stocks, funds and topics: ETFs, 'Puts' and 'Shorting,' 401K, (FNMA) Fannie Mae, IRA, Global economic outlook, Bond market

On average, 401k fees reduce investment returns by 1 to 2 percent a year. So is there a way to trim those?

Topics and Stocks: (DLR)Digital Realty Trust Inc., Dividend payments, (AAPL) Apple Inc., Current market rise, Dow Jones Average predictions, Tapping into IRAs too soon, Obtaining Financial data, Most Shorted Stocks.