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Can You Buy Mutual Funds Anywhere?
For those that are new to investing and have decided that mutual funds are the way to go, the next logical question is how do you go about purchasing them? There are many different ways to go about investing in mutual funds, and you have several different op...
Author: Patrick Zanders, 09-01-08
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Beware The Index Hugger
Don't be fooled by the warm and fuzzy name - index huggers are arguably the most vile, misleading vehicles in the investment market. These funds, sometimes called "closet trackers" or "pseudo trackers", are mutual funds or portfolios of equities...
Author: Brian Bloch, 19-12-07
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Has Your Fund Manager Been Through A Bear Market?
Securities indexes in the U.S. and in many countries around the world are on course to record their fifth consecutive year of positive gains in 2007. These gains come on the heels of the dreadful equity returns experienced during the dotcom bust from 2000...
Author: Michael Weiss, 19-12-07
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Socially (Ir)responsible Mutual Funds
For many investors, social responsibility is an important factor in their choices of mutual finds. In Socially Responsible Mutual Funds, we discuss what socially responsible mutual funds are, how they came to be and why investors may want to choose them. ...
Author: Shauna Croome-Carther, 19-12-07
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Socially Responsible Mutual Funds
Some may believe that unscrupulous means are sometimes necessary for making gains in a portfolio. However, it is possible to profit while using an ethical investment strategy - and you don't need to join Greenpeace in order to do it. Here we'll take a look at ...
Author: Shauna Croome-Carther, 19-12-07
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Pump Up Your Portfolio With ETFs
Similar to mutual funds, exchange-traded funds (ETFs) allow access to a number of types of stocks and bonds (or asset classes), provide an efficient means to construct a fully diversified portfolio, include index- and more active-management strategie...
Author: Eric Petroff, 19-12-07
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Don't Panic If Your Mutual Fund Is Drifting
Style drift is a common issue for many mutual funds. It occurs when a fund's current portfolio characteristics clash with its stated investment strategy. Drifting, by definition, is an inactive response to an external force. If you invest in a&n...
Author: Michael Weiss, 19-12-07
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The Lowdown On No-Load Mutual Funds
If you have ever surfed the internet for information on mutual funds, you've undoubtedly come across articles espousing the benefits of no-load mutual funds. These funds allow investors to limit the fees they pay by cutting out the investment advisors and brok...
Author: Michael Weiss, 19-12-07
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More Trouble With Mutual Funds!
Being that I don't care where I rank in terms of my popularity, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that managed mutual funds should not be long-term investment vehicles. In fact, I'll go one step further and say that (at least in today's financial world),...
Author: David Lewis, 03-12-07
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Wealth of investment information is just a click a way!
In this age of information you are overwhelmed with data, news, facts and figures from the Internet, newsprint, and a variety of telecommunications. Yet, when you want and need immediate, concise, factual, and current information to make an investment decision...
Author: King Kovacs, 03-11-07
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