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  • Creating Your Own Mutual Fund is Easy  By : Larry Haywood
    Creating your own custom mutual fund is not as hard as some people may think. There are several advantages to creating your own mutual fund which you may or may not be aware of. Discover how you can take command of exactly where your money goes.
  • Mutual Funds: What Are They?  By : Vikas Sharma
    Do you invest in mutual funds? If you do, you know what they are and what they can do for you. If you don’t know about them, it is high time you should. This post gives you from the most basic to the technical aspects of a mutual fund.
  • Active Management works…If Done Right.  By : Paul DuMoulin
    It's happening again. Every time markets take a step back, as they have done year to date, people loose a little bit of the love they had for their Index Funds and Exchange Traded funds (ETFs). Turning back to actively managed funds in times of trouble has been seen in past market cycles and it's happening again.
  • When should I keep financial records for mutual funds?  By : Stephen L. Nelson, CPA
    Do You Know the Three Reasons You Should Keep Records for Mutual Funds? Let a Certified Public Account Tell You.
  • How do I set up a mutual fund account?  By : Stephen L. Nelson, CPA
    Do you know how to set up a mutual fund account on Money? This step-by-step recipe from a Certified Public Accountant will show you how.
  • Condo Loans Becoming Stricter  By : Karen Hoeve
    However, a group has sponsored state legislation which, if passed, will protect non-resident condo owners from having to give up their rental rights.
  • Uranium Mutual Funds-Are They A Wise Investment?  By :
    If you are looking for new investment opportunities, uranium mutual funds may be the best place to put your money. Most of the new age energy mutual funds have a number of stocks into sectors such as oil, gas, nuclear energy, uranium and so on.

    The good investment potential in this sector has led to further upsurge in the demand for this sectoral funds and mutual funds industry is also bringing out new funds and investment opportunities. Today, uranium mutual funds are one...
  • Low Cost Index Funds -- Finding the Lowest Cost S&P 500 Index Mutual Funds  By : The Skilled Investor
    For a better mutual fund and ETF investment strategy, focus on very low cost, broad market, passive index mutual funds and ETFs. They cost less and get the broad market return before costs. Furthermore, they narrow the range of investment portfolio outcomes, and therefore they reduce the risk to your long-term personal financial plan.
  • Too Easy Mutual Fund and ETF Performance Index Benchmarking  By : The Skilled Investor
    Historical investment performance charts will compare a particular fund's performance against some market index benchmark. A market index is a market index, isn't it? The question that individual investors should ask is whether the market index benchmark really is appropriate. All index benchmarks are not the same, and there can be very significant differences between market index benchmarks -- even when indexes seem to match the particular investment style of the ETF or mutual fund in question.
  • Historical Mutual Fund Performance Charts Are Hard to Interpret  By : The Skilled Investor
    Interpreting rates of change from a cumulative performance chart is a challenge for many people. Visually, cumulative historical ETF and mutual fund performance charts are just very difficult to interpret. Most people would only look at the most recent values to see whether the fund's cumulative performance to date is above or below the index.
  • Mutual Fund and ETF Screening - 7 Scientific Criteria  By : The Skilled Investor
    People simply want to invest in mutual funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) that have higher chances of doing better in the future on both a sustained and risk-adjusted performance basis. The good news is that the scientific finance literature has shown that there really are better approaches to buying and owning funds. You do not need to frantically chase fund performance. Better performance tends to come to those who calm down and more carefully evaluate what really tends to work.
  • How To Know Which Are The Best Mutual Funds To Invest With  By : Muna wa Wanjiru
    There are different ways that you can use the money that you have earned. Investing in a mutual fund is one such way. The many different mutual funds you will find have many excellent options for you to try out
  • Tips on How to Survive Liquidation and Financial Troubles  By : joesph doyle
    If your are experiencing financial hardship you are not alone, because with the current downturn in the U.S. economy more and more people are going through hard times just like you. There are things that you can do to lessen the negative impact on your life and by following a set plan you can shorten the time that you have to spend in insolvency.
  • Great Personal Bankruptcy Tips  By : joesph doyle
    Personal bankruptcy should be the last resort you take if you are in insolvency. The reason for this is that it takes years to work its way off of your credit report and new changes in laws have made it far more difficult to escape paying your debts. This means that you can have a bankruptcy on your credit report and still be stuck paying some of your debts.
  • Saving money through investing in mutual funds  By : rateempire
    A good mutual fund company will know how to use the investor’s money to buy and sell large amounts of securities. The aim of mutual fund companies is to increase their profit margins.
  • Time is Money: Lose no Time or Money and Start Investing in Mutual Funds  By : Eric Krammer
    Haven’t you become a member of the large family of mutual fund investors yet? If you keep waiting you may never be able to feel the positive effects mutual funds have on your account.
  • Benefits of Mutual Funds  By : Eric Krammer
    Hoping that the lottery will make you rich is as unreasonable. However, mutual funds have proven that they are a good investment tool that has been successfully used by many, which has resulted in accumulation of a real fortune.
  • The Mutual Fund Store® Approach Serves Investors Well  By : Mutual Fund Store
    Service experience at The Mutual Fund Store®
  • The Mutual Fund Store® Experience a Positive One  By : Mutual Fund Store
    A summary of the experience of The Mutual Fund Store®.
  • Your Basic Guide To Mutual Funds  By : Gia Deonne
    Basic guides to mutual funds and explains todays newer types of funds.
  • Issuance Of MVD Bonds By Surety Bond Company  By : ron victor
    Motor vehicle dealer surety bonds fetches good demand among the customer and large number of people started buying MVD bonds to protect them and to ensure confirmed obligation by the obligator i.e. dealer.
  • What Do Mutual Fund Ratings Involve?  By : Christopher Smith
    If you want to reduce your risk, diversification is the key. This is why many active investors pick mutual funds. As a unequal group of bonds, money market securities or stocks, many mutual funds hold potentially hundreds and often thousands of individual stocks.
  • How Inflation is Forcing Retirees to Take More Financial Risk  By : Bob Freeman
    When John and his wife retired 10 years ago, they thought they had more than enough money saved to enjoy their retirement years without worry. But, just a decade later, they are beginning to feel the squeeze that inflation has put on their retirement savings.
  • What You Need To Know About Savings for Your Retirement  By : Bob Freeman
    Far too many people put off savings for their retirement until they are in their 30’s or 40’s. The best time to start saving is with your very first paycheck! For many, putting off saving for retirement has little to do with having enough money to put away.
  • Mutual Funds 101: What Are Mutual Funds and How Do They Work?  By : Bob Freeman
    What is a mutual fund? It is a company that pools money from many investors and invests it in a variety of options including stocks, bonds, short-term money markets and other securities.
  • Mutual Fund Investing: Performance Isn’t Everything  By : Bob Freeman
    When it comes to Mutual Fund Investing, performance truly isn’t everything. Too often, investors rely almost totally on a fund’s past performance to determine whether or not it’s a good buy.
  • Retirement Savings: Choosing the Plan That’s Right For You  By : Bob Freeman
    Saving for retirement isn’t as hard as it may seem. Most employers offer some sort of plan that provide tax incentives for employees. Others even match worker’s contributions, giving them even more "free" money to sock away.
  • Mutual Fund Alternatives – With Lower Risk and Higher Returns  By : Sacha Tarkovsky
    Mutual funds as a group perform badly over the longer term.

    Most cannot out perform the share index furthermore, a mutual fund is considered good if it reaches double digit gains.

    If you take into account the effect of inflation on growth, mutual funds don’t look so attractive and the risk is high, with 30% or more in terms of drawdown and years to recovery in many instances.

    So what are the alternatives?
  • Investing in Mutual Funds  By : Roberto Bell
    Investing in a mutual fund is a way of sharing the risks associated with investment in the markets.
  • A Brief Guide to Mutual Funds  By : Adam J. Heist
    A mutual fund is a joint stock that is managed for and by the investors who buy into the fund.

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