- When You Invest in a Mutual Fund, Dig Deeper than Past Performance
There are plenty of low-cost funds out there with above-average returns. You just have to look closely to find them. Mutual fund advertisements tell you, usually in the finest of print "Past performance is no guarantee of future results." While that statement has always been true, now's a particularly good ......
- A Mutual Fund Strategy: From the Top Down
Before you can plan a mutual fund strategy, you need to have a clear picture in your mind of your goals as an investor. You also need to determine the amount of time you have to reach those goals. Investing is time-sensitive, so you will always need to factor time ......
- Index Fund Fundamentals
Index funds are mutual funds that mirror an index, such as the Standard & Poor's 500, The Dow Jones Industrial Index or the NASDAQ. The idea behind an index fund is not to try to beat the market but to mimic the performance of an index. By having a small ......
- ANATOMY OF A MUTUAL FUND.
A peek at how MDL Capital Management handles its investors' money provides clues to how mutual fund is run MARK D. LAY, CHAIRMAN AND CEO OF MDL CAPITAL Management, wants you to buy his mutual funds. And he's pitching them to you in several ways: as no-load funds you can ......
- ETF Essentials
Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are the newest flavor on the investment board today. Ironically, those who snickered at the lack of "adventure" offered by an index fund are now lining up to buy the stock equivalent. Established in 1993, ETFs present investors with an interesting hybrid of index mutual fund ......
- Resisting Urge to Panic Kept Many From Sept. 11
Fallout.
EVERY once in a while patience is rewarded without the customary long, tedious wait. Look how fast a payoff came for investors in stock mutual funds who resisted the impulse to panic and sell when the terrorists struck on Sept. 11. Only three weeks after trading resumed with a fearsome ......
- Diamonds, Spdrs and Webs--oh, my!
Invest in market indices with these stocklike instruments For most of this decade, actively managed mutual funds have lagged behind the performance of index funds--portfolios that mimic a specific market index like the Standard & Poor's 500--an innovation introduced by Vanguard Group founder John Bogle 25 years ago. As a ......