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Determining the yield of a mutual fund

Determining the yield of a mutual fund

A mutual fund is an investment company that invests a pool of funds belonging to many individuals in a portfolio of investments such as stocks and bonds. Each shareholder in the pool owns a percentage of the mutual fund?s (investment company?s) total portfolio.

Understanding Your SMSF (Self Management Super Fund) Loan

Understanding Your SMSF (Self Management Super Fund) Loan

Many Australians have large amounts of their savings invested in SMSFs, or Self Management Super Funds. If you are one of those people, you may find that you want to invest in real estate. With a Self Management Super Fund loan, the investor is able to take a serious interest in his or her investments. [...]

Understanding Your Self Management Super Fund Loan (SMSF Loan)

Understanding Your Self Management Super Fund Loan (SMSF Loan)

Many Australians have large amounts of their savings invested in SMSFs, or Self Management Super Funds. If you are one of those people, you may find that you want to invest in real estate. With a Self Management Super Fund loan, the investor is able to take a serious interest in his or her investments. [...]

Should You Invest in Mutual Funds?

Should You Invest in Mutual Funds?

Bill Gates probably doesn?t invest in mutual funds (funds), maybe because most of his money is tied up in Microsoft stock.

Are Balanced Funds Really Balanced?

Are Balanced Funds Really Balanced?

After the stock market crash of the late 90?s many experts called balanced funds the saviors of retirement planning and the 401k world.

Reasons To Fire Your Mutual Fund Company: 12b-1 Fees

Reasons To Fire Your Mutual Fund Company: 12b-1 Fees

The 12b-1 fee is the obscurely-named outrage that dings investors in mutual funds so that management can market the fund. In 1980, the mutual fund industry successfully lobbied the SEC to allow this fee with the justification that a larger fund lowers the expenses for everybody. In theory, the logic is right when you take [...]

Mutual Funds and Their Risks

Mutual Funds and Their Risks

Investing in mutual funds is a relatively safe way of growing your net worth, but such investments are not entirely free of risks. Before you pick on any particular mutual fund for investment you should watch out for a few things.
Performance
The first thing you should look for is whether the mutual fund you [...]

Hedge fund research guide

Hedge fund research guide

The origin of Hedge Funds dates back to the year 1948 when Alfred Jones, a Harvard University graduate, while writing about current investment trends was inspired to try his hand at managing money. He followed his instinct and came up with the innovation to sell short some stocks while buying others. Thus, he raised $100,000 [...]

Hedge fund investing guide 101

Hedge fund investing guide 101

Hedge funds have become a new craze among the investors who are looking for higher net returns and to diversify their investment portfolio. However, before investing one should first have a basic idea of what hedge funds are all about. A hedge fund is characteristically a privately organized joint investment fund, predominantly invested in public [...]

More Light is Shed on Mutual Funds

More Light is Shed on Mutual Funds

A prospectus for a mutual fund describing that fund’s objectives, financial statements, and history probably doesn’t sound like a fun read to most people. But a prospectus is an important document that adds detail and helps potential investors become more informed when making investment decisions.
The added information has made a wealth of knowledge [...]

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