All Articles About Mutual Funds

What Mutual Fund Benchmark Are You Following? How Do Conservative Growth Strategies Really Work? An Introduction to Investing in Index Mutual Funds Open-End vs Closed-End Funds Rebalancing Your Mutual Fund Advantages to Investing in Indexed Mutual Funds The Upside Potential of Growth Mutual Funds 3 Advantages of Index Mutual Funds Growth Stock Mutual Funds for the Long-Term Investor Picking a Growth Stock Mutual Fund The Pros and Cons of an Aggressive Growth Mutual Fund Downsides to Stock Market Mutual Funds Equal Weight with Portfolios and Mutual Funds How to Invest in Mutual Funds and Minimize Risk The Pros and Cons of a Preferred Stock Mutual Fund Redemption Restrictions for Mutual Funds Passive Management The Best Types of Mutual Funds to Buy Managed Money How to Buy Mutual Funds 5 Ways to Measure Mutual Funds Accrued Income World Fund Survivorship Bias Portfolio Management Portfolio Income Management Fee Managed Account Investment Company Act of 1940 Green Fund Top Country Mutual Funds Can You Invest in a Foreign Mutual Fund? Why a Mutual Fund Investment Is Better than Owning Individual Stocks Calculating the Cost Basis of Mutual Funds Financial Index Equity Income Equity Fund Absolute Return The Gold Index Fund: Pros and Cons Turnover Ratios: Weak Indicators of Fund Quality Your Mutual Fund Annual Report: A Wealth of Information 4 Reasons a Small Cap Index Fund Can Hold Its Own The NASDAQ Index Fund The Risks of Infrastructure Funds Your Mutual Fund Redemption When the Dollar Fades, International Mutual Funds Shine Why Does Index Fund Performance Not Match the Index? Why Index Funds May Not Be for You Getting Over the Minimum Investment Hurdle TIPS Fixed Income Funds Explained 4 Reasons for Selling Mutual Funds Stop Paying High Mutual Fund Fees Build Your Portfolio with Infrastructure Assets Financial Sector Funds: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly The Difference between Load and No-Load Mutual Funds Decoding the Mutual Fund Prospectus Determining When to Sell Mutual Funds Key Qualities of Floating-Rate Funds Pros and Cons of Floating-Rate Mutual Funds International Fixed Income Funds: What to Know The Pros and Cons of Life Cycle Funds Stock Funds Aren't Always Great Investments Stock Funds Are the Way to Go for the Average Investor Stock Funds vs Traditional Stock Ownership S&P 500 Index Funds Risks Associated with a Small Cap Index Fund What Is an Enhanced Index Fund? How Do Small Cap Index Funds Compare to Their Big Brothers? Disadvantages of a Large Cap Index Fund 4 Reasons to Invest in a Large Cap Index Fund What Do International Mutual Funds Have to Offer? The Different Types of Mutual Funds 3 Things to Know before You Buy an Index Fund Actively Managed ETF or Mutual Fund? Pay Attention to Your Mutual Fund Holdings Look at Mutual Fund Performance with One Eye on Risk How to Gauge Mutual Fund Performance Current Income How Liquid Are Index Funds? Different Money Market Funds Carry Different Risks Money Market Fund Risks and Costs How to Invest in REIT Funds What Does a REIT Fund Have to Offer? 3 Reasons Bond Funds Are Better than Bonds Bonds vs Bond Funds Target-Date Life-Cycle Funds: How Do They Work? What do Foreign Infrastructure Funds have to Offer? The Islamic Fund: Religious Take on Socially Responsible Investing Understanding the Statement of Additional Information (SAI) 6 Steps to Start a Mutual Fund 4 Methods of Earning with Your Mutual Fund Calculating Annual Turnover Mutual Funds 101: Last Year's Winners Can Be This Year's Duds What Does Your Mutual Fund Reclassification Mean to You? Mutual Fund: Dividend Reinvestment or Growth? 4 Popular Mutual Fund Benchmarks What is an Absolute Return Fund? 5 Things to Watch Out for with Absolute-Return Funds Annual Fund Operating Expenses How to Invest In Absolute-Return Funds Sector Weight and Mutual Fund Diversity What Is in Your Mutual Fund Shareholder Report? The Large Cap Mutual fund How Do Mutual Funds Work? The Ultra-Short Bond Fund Tips for Reading Your Mutual Fund Prospectus The Importance of Fund Fees and Expenses on Earnings Knowing Your Mutual Fund Shareholder Fees Using a Letter of Intent to Hit a Breakpoint Buying Mutual Fund Shares A Look at the Performance of Total Stock Funds 5 Reasons to Invest in Mutual Funds The Unit Investment Trust (UIT) 3 Reasons to Invest in Growth Funds The Diversified Common Stock Fund Important Features of the International Fund 5 Reasons to Trust Your Money to an Investment Company The Vulture Fund: Picking the Remains The Shortcomings of Enhanced Indexing Where Do Mutual Funds Fit in Your Current Income Portfolio? The Basics of Stock Funds Mutual Fund Advantages and Disadvantages How Does the Tax-Free Income Fund Work? The Fixed Income Fund The Inherent Risks of Growth Funds Pros and Cons of the Growth Fund The Money Market Fund vs Traditional Savings Accounts Money Market Fund vs Money Market Account Making Money with Equity Funds Exchanging Mutual Fund Shares in a Family of Funds Is a Tax-Free Income Fund Worth It? Check Your Bracket A Look at the Income Fund Introduction to the Money Market Fund How Do Bond Funds Work? Diversification with the Mutual Fund: Divide and Conquer Permanent Portfolio Funds Offer Solid Performance in Any Market Late-Day Trading vs After-Hours Trading Investing in Infrastructure: There's More than One Way Discretionary Mutual Fund Advisory Programs Non-Discretionary Mutual Fund Advisory Programs Mutual Fund Advisory Programs: What Do They Offer? Blend Fund vs Balanced Fund 5 Qualities Shared by the Best Mutual Fund Companies Beginner's Guide to Mutual Fund Dividends 4 Reasons Passive Management Works Segregated Funds vs Mutual Funds Segregated Funds: The Pros and Cons The Feeder Fund Strategic Asset Allocation: How Does It Work? Modern Portfolio Theory: The Basics 4 Reasons the Protected Fund Might Not Be for You Mutual Funds: "Risk-Free" Is an Illusion Mutual Fund Dividend Reinvestment Infrastructure Funds: Paving the Way to Your Retirement 4 Reasons Mutual Funds Beat Individual Stocks Be Aware of Management Risk to Your Mutual Fund How to Access Independent Mutual Fund Research How to Appraise a Bond Fund Is Your Fund Manager Practicing Sector Rotation? Taking a Level Load Off of Your Retirement How to Identify a Profitable Equity Mutual Fund Index Tracking Risk: Big Gains Mean Big Exposure Can You Avoid an Advisor Fee? Portfolio Income and Taxes Unraveling the Absolute Return Fund 4 Reasons to Invest in a No-Load Fund The Debt Fund Core-Plus Investment Management Style Load vs No-Load Fund Why Go with a Load Fund? The Municipal Bond Fund: Another Tax-Free Investment Municipal Bonds vs the Municipal Bond Fund Investment-Grade Bonds: Head and Shoulders Above the Rest What Is an Approved List? The Fund of Funds Adding a Little Extra for Your Breakpoint Sale 4 Reasons to Invest in a Gold Fund 4 Indicators of a Lousy Fund Company A Managed Account Might Not Be for You A Balanced Fund Provides the Best of All Possible Worlds Equity-Income Mutual Funds Green Funds: Saving the World, One Investment at a Time 3 Reasons the Green Fund Won't Grow on You Give the Green Fund Some Time: It Might Just Bloom Diversify, Diversify, Diversify: Mantra of the Mutual Fund Stable Value Fund vs Money Market Fund Pros and Cons of the Stable Value Fund 3 Reasons to Include a Global Fund in Your Portfolio The Global Fund: You Can't Get More Diversified than Planet Earth Your Capital Gains Distribution Understanding Form 1099-DIV Steady Returns with the Income Share Your Mutual Fund's Standard Deviation Legal Consequences of the Mutual Fund's Definition Claiming the Mutual Fund Foreign Tax Credit How Does Income Risk Occur? 5 Reasons to Invest in a Diversified Fund How Late-Day Trading Hurts Your Investments What Is a Commingled Fund? The Offshore Fund: Invaluable Investment Opportunity or Scam? A Closer Look at Offshore Mutual Funds The Vice Fund: Why Does Depravity Pay So Well? Which Mutual Fund Investing Style Matches Your Needs? Do Hybrid Funds Provide a Valuable Mix? Using Relative Return to Review Your Manager A Look at the Momentum Fund The Blend Fund: Mixing the Best of Everything Are Soft Dollars Bleeding Your Retirement? What Is Forward Pricing? Is Your Mutual Fund Holding Cash Equivalents? 4 Reasons Managed Money Works The Quant Fund: Removing Emotion from Investing The Long-Short Fund Is a Long Way from Perfection The Exit Fee Makes Leaving Your Fund a Painful Thing to Do Why Your Mutual Fund's Annual Turnover Is Important to You The Performance-Weighted Mutual Fund Strategy A Family of Funds Pioneer Investing with Venture Capital Funds Fund Flow a Great Indicator of Investor Interest Tracker Funds Continue to Stand the Test of Time The Redemption Fee: Nemesis of Mutual Fund Timing Emerging Market Funds: Great Potential If You Can Swallow the Risk Long-Run Disadvantages of the Open-End Fund The Growth and Income Fund 3 Benefits of a Retail Fund The Market Neutral Strategy: Being a Winner in Any Situation 3 Reasons to Stay Away from a Capital Appreciation Fund Capital Appreciation Fund vs Income Fund Do Market-Neutral Funds Really Beat the Market? When to Invest in a Value Mutual Fund Private Investment in Public Equity (PIPE) for Mutual Funds Risks and Benefits of Commodity Funds Are Mutual Fund Investors Chasing Profits or Security? 4 Factors Influencing Commodity Mutual Fund's Investments 4 Important Statistics Related to Mutual Fund Investments Mutual Funds: Dividend Profits 5 Tips on Comparing Mutual Fund Quotes How to Build Income through a Mutual Fund How to Conduct Useful Mutual Fund Trading Research How to Corroborate a Mutual Fund Rating 4 Tips to Interpreting a Mutual Fund Report How to Assess the Quality of Mutual Fund Analysis Mutual Fund Comparison: Talent 3 Ways to Invest in a Mutual Fund When Is It Good to Buy a Mutual Fund? How to Analyze Mutual Fund Prices A Bond Mutual Fund: A Long-Range Investment Decision? What Are Reasonable Mutual Fund Fees? 3 Ways to Compare Mutual Funds How to Invest in a Top Mutual Fund Choosing an Asset Allocation Fund to Suit You What Is a Mutual Fund? Are Mutual Bond Funds a Long-Run Investment? How Are Mortgage Fund Ratings Issued? How to Pick a Growth Mutual Fund The Benefits of No-Load Mutual Funds Understanding Your Periodic Payment Plan Does Your Mutual Fund Hold Credit Default Swaps? Flawed Thinking behind the Asset Allocation Fund A Guide to Mutual Fund Classes Understanding Mutual Fund Classes: C-Shares Understanding Mutual Fund Classes: B-Shares Understanding Mutual Fund Classes: A-Shares Bear Funds: Are They Worth the Risk? Can Mutual Funds Rally against Bear Markets? Dollar-Cost Averaging for Mutual Funds Hedge Funds and the Long/Short Strategy The Buy-and-Hold Strategy Stands the Test of Time Mutual Funds vs the Subaccount Breakpoints and Rights of Accumulation (ROA) Portfolio Management and Risk An Argument against the Efficient Market Hypothesis Quantitative vs Qualitative Analysis for Mutual Funds Mutual Fund Holding Rules Commodity Funds and the Illusion of Diversity Mutual Funds and the Drawdown Metric Understanding Capital Gains Exposure The Value-Focused Fund: Great Idea, Terrible Results Deciphering a Mutual Fund's Name How to Gain with a Closed-End Fund Active Share: A Measure of Active Management Arguments for and against Weighted Index Investing Where Do Precious Metal Funds Fit in a Portfolio? Does Low Turnover Mean Greater Gains? The Healthcare Fund The Long-Term Outlook of Healthcare Funds Performance-Based Compensation Goes a Long Way The Efficient Market Hypothesis: Are You a Believer? Advantages of Passive Management for Your Mutual Fund Knowing Your Net Asset Value (NAV) What Does It Mean to Trade at a Premium to Net Asset Value? The Limitless Potential of Pooled Funds The Influence of Portfolio Turnover on Your Mutual Fund The Protected Fund Hedging Your Bets with Portfolio Insurance Is Your Portfolio Manager Worth the Money He's Paid? The Importance of Tracking Cost Basis Can Mutual Funds Successfully Mimic Hedge Funds? Hedge Fund Lack of Transparency Comes at a Cost Being an Accredited Investor A Look at a Variety of Income Funds A Beginner's Guide to Income Funds Don't Put Too Much Stock in Mutual Fund Ratings A Guide to Mutual Fund Ratings Mutual Fund Analysis: Absolute vs Relative Returns Hedge Fund Research Can Take You a Long Way How Liquid Is Your Mutual Fund? 4 Advantages that Mutual Funds Offer The Mutual Fund Economies of Scale Advantage How Will Declining Stockpiles Impact Natural Resource Funds? 4 Reasons to Invest in Natural Resource Funds Market-Neutral Funds: A Strategy Worth Consideration The Different Types of Commodity Funds Key Hedge Fund Metrics to Observe What Does Mutual Fund "Full Closure" Mean? Make the Best of a Mutual Fund Loss Attribution Analysis for Gauging Mutual Fund Risk International Equity Funds: A Necessary Part of Your Portfolio The International Equity Fund Technology Funds: Risky, Volatile and Likely Profitable Utility Funds: Monopolies You Can Count On Research Is Key Before Investing in a New Mutual Fund A Money Market Fund Is Not Invulnerable Investing in Real Estate Funds The Great Potential and Greater Risks of Prime Rate Funds A Ranking of Mutual Fund Types By Risk The Mysterious Nature of Hedge Funds Investing in a Mutual Fund Isn't Cheap What Can Sector Funds Offer for Your Portfolio? Interested in Sector Funds? Here Are a Few to Check Out Separately Managed Accounts: The Pseudo-Mutual Fund 4 Reasons Hedge Funds Outperform Mutual Funds Mutual Fund vs Hedge Fund Breakpoint Considerations for Your Mutual Fund Targeted-Distribution Funds: Replacing Retirement Plans? What Is Active Management? Active Management vs Passive Management Reasons Behind Intentional Style Drift Style Drift: Why Does It Happen? Mutual Funds and Long-Term Capital Gains Proprietary vs Nonproprietary Mutual Funds Your Mutual Fund Closed? Maybe It's a Good Thing The Implications of a Closed Fund 3 Reasons to Consider a Closed-End Fund What's the Point of the 12b-1 Fee? The Uneven Returns of Mutual Funds How Do Tax-Free Mutual Funds Work? Mutual Fund Tax Implications A Guide to Money Market Mutual Funds Fund Managers and the "Groupthink" Mentality Your Mutual Fund Manager Left: Is It Time to Move on? The Value of a Good Fund Manager 3 Necessary Qualities of a Top Fund Manager Different Categories of Money Market Funds The Truth about Enhanced Index Funds Invest in a Mutual Fund through Your IRA The Causes of Index Fund Tracking Error Gauging Mutual Fund Volatility with the Beta Value Mutual Fund Alpha and Risk The Equal-Weight Index The Focused Fund The Impact of Late Trading Mutual Funds Measuring Mutual Fund Volatility 4 Major Mistakes when Building a Portfolio What Is an Activist Hedge Fund? 3 Things You Didn't Know about Mutual Funds The Expense Ratio of Mutual Funds Taxable vs Tax-Free Mutual Funds R-Squared Value and Mutual Fund Risk "Sinful" Mutual Funds How Does Mutual Fund Timing Hurt Investors? Who Is Controlling Your Mutual Fund? The Socially Responsible Mutual Fund The Sharpe Ratio: Insight into Risk-Adjusted Performance 3 Signs It's Time to Ditch Your Mutual Fund Stay in the Loop with Your Mutual Fund Annual Report The Flaws of the Hedge Fund Strategy Mutual Fund Tips for a Declining Market Mutual Funds Aren't a Risk-Free Investment 5 Important Features of the Mutual Fund Prospectus What Is a Value Fund? A Look at Sector Funds Donor-Advised Funds: Charity at Its Easiest How Does a Reverse Mutual Fund Work? Your Mutual Fund Options Choosing the Right Market Cap for Your Mutual Funds Passive Investing with an Index Fund Are Country Mutual Funds Worth the Risk? Can a Mutual Fund Grow Too Large for Its Own Good? Advantages of Managed Accounts Preparing for Retirement with a Life-Cycle Fund Mutual Fund Name Changes: Don't Fall for It An Argument in Favor of Hedge Funds Advantages of the Small Cap Mutual Fund Evaluating Manager and Fund Mutual Fund Investment Strategy Tips Getting In: Starting Low Initial Investment Mutual Funds Mutual Fund Investors: Expanding Their Overall Diversification Potential 6 Mutual Fund Investing Tips How To Invest In Mutual Funds The Best Mutual Funds to Invest In? Do Large Investors buy Mutual Funds? Ranking The Best Mutual Fund Investment Companies Mutual Funds: Minimum Investment Requirements Investment Advice: Mutual Funds For Beginners Advantages and Disadvantages of Mutual Funds Investment Advice: Starting Out With Mutual Funds Investing In Mutual Funds? Understand How They Work Contrasting Mutual and Closed-End Funds Load or No-Load Mutual Funds? Identifying your Mutual Fund Investment Objectives The Basics of Mutual Funds - Part 2: Major Benefits Closed-End Funds How Mutual Funds are Priced The Basics of Mutual Funds Mutual Funds 101 Types of Mutual Funds Money Market Accounts and Mutual Funds Money Market Accounts and Mutual Funds - Types of MMMFs Mutual Funds