A mutual fund is a pool of investors’ money invested and managed by an investment adviser. Money can be invested in the fund or withdrawn at any time, with few restrictions, at net asset value minus any loads and or fees. It is very easy to diversify your investments in mutual funds since the amount invested per fund has just moderate minimum investments limits to attract a wider market. Mutual funds simply enable investors to construct a portfolio easier than they could if they wanted to crack the bone alone.
There are many classes of mutual funds. Here are a few of the most common. Money market funds invest in shorter term securities and cash deposits which mature after a just a few weeks or months, they are usually classed as a low risk investment. Index funds usually buy shares of a particular category of stock with a specified index. Sector funds are used to buy stocks in a given sector of the economy. This could be the finance, agricultural or technology sector and others. Growth funds are invested in companies that are commanding a lot of growth potential. Continue reading ‘A-Z of Mutual Fund Investments’ »
Posted by Morgan on April 25, 2011 at 3:06 am under Mutual-Funds.
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From the end of 1999 through the end of 2009, all of the popular Wall Street market performance measurement tools were in the red. The average bloodletting level of the DJIA, the S & P 500, and the NASDAQ was a disturbing-to-some minus nineteen percent.
The Media has dubbed it “The Dismal Decade”.
Most of the investment community is either open-mouthed in shock or strident in blame about the somethings or someones who must be responsible for such horrific performance. Never again they swear to their clients— without ever a hint that they might themselves be the problem.
It won’t be long before the Wizards of Wall Street announce that they have studied the situation, and readied their sales minions to switch the shattered investment public into yet another fail proof (fool-magnet?) portfolio of hedges, gimmicks, signal responders, and panaceas for whatever the new decade brings. Continue reading ‘A Dismal Decade? No Way – Market Cycle Investing’ »
Posted by Morgan on January 7, 2010 at 5:46 pm under Investing.
Tags: Advisors, Asset allocation, Bonds, business cycle, curves, cycle, DJIA, economics, finance, interest rates, investment management, investors, market gurus, nasdaq, s & p, Stock market, Stocks, tax code, treasury bonds, wall street
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