Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are the rage today with many investors flocking to purchase them as opposed to the usual mutual funds...

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As investors, and we all are investors these days, it is important that we understand the idiosyncrasies of the Stock Market pricing data we use to help us in our decision making efforts...

Going International A lot of noise has been made recently about the importance of investing in international markets for greater returns...

Load is defined as the fee or the commission that an investor pays to a mutual fund at the time of purchasing or redeeming the shares of the mutual fund...

The popularity gained overtime and the ever-increasing crowd of investors in the Hedge Fund industry has augmented the need for higher degree of regulation in the hedge fund market...

The launch of the US Oil Fund (ticker: USO) gave investors an easy way to invest in the hottest commodity of the day: oil...

An informed investor knows where his money is going For an investor in mutual funds, it is essential to understand the expenses of mutual funds...

Each one of us does not have the expertise or the time to build and manage an investment portfolio There is an excellent alternative available – mutual funds...

Do you believe that the world economy will grow Do you believe that US economy will grow...

Wherever you look, you will find various rating systems on mutual funds, each of which uses a different approach...

Remember in the 1990’s when we got our 401k plans, we could invest and forget Some of us could even self-direct funds and buy the stocks we wanted...

Investing in mutual funds is a relatively safe way of growing your net worth, but such investments are not entirely free of risks...

The typical scenario is that you get your paycheck After you recover from the shock at how little is left after taxes, you proceed to divvy it up among all your outstanding bills, intending to put whatever is left over into your savings...

Suppose that the market dropped 20% in one year (as it did in 2001 and again in 2002) You might have to spend the bulk of the next big move up in the market just getting back to even, instead of making money...

We have all heard the advantages of investing in a mutual fund over trying to pick individual stocks...

A common misconception about mutual funds is that pretty much any reputable fund will do Of course, any investment that produces a solid return for you is better than nothing, but not all funds are created equal...

As 2005 draws to a close there are 3 questions that all investors need to ask: 1 What results have each of your investments produced for the year...

Non-indexed mutual funds try to keep it secret that actively managed mutual very funds rarely do better stock market indexes...

Mutual fund managers use fake fund names to part you from your money such that you cannot judge what a fund does by its name...

One among many ways you lose money in non-indexed mutual funds is the tax trap You may have to pay taxes even when your mutual fund loses money...

Many investors think that investing in mutual funds is free What nonsense...

Is the Mutual Fund you build yourself The perfect Mutual Fund you build should have the objective of owning no more than 12 to 15 companies; owning shares in 12 companies would allow the diversity needed to sleep well at night and would provide a cash dividend every week of the year...

I’ve been in and interested in the stock market so long (one year shy of forty years) I can remember when the mutual fund pages in my home town paper were just one page...