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Jonathan C | How can I figure out which Mutual Fund to invest in? Preferrably a stable, long-term fund? |
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phipsi32
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I'm sure there will be plenty of options offered here. All I will say is start learning the basics of mutual fund structure. It will help you understand how funds are set up, how fees are assessed and what impact fees have on returns. A good source on mutual fund investing will explain mutual fund specific risk factors and investing strategies.
I recommend Mutual Funds for Dummies. It's straight forward and easy to read. You can probably check it out at your local library.
http://www.amazon.com/Mutual-Funds-Dummies-Eric-Tyson/dp/0470165006/ref=pd_bbs_sr_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1211849005&sr=1-1 |
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Dont_taze_me_bro
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contact your broker |
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Raekwoon
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I assume that you are aware of the trade off between risk and return, the importance of diversification or the CAPM principle. If not, you should consider reading on the subject.
There are several fund performance indicators, none of them is perfect and each of them rely on assumptions made by their creator.
The most common ratios measure the earning by unit of risk bared by the fund. Depending on the assumption made on the risk measurement, you will use:
The Sharpe Ratio : (Return of Ur fund - Return of the Index )/standard deviation of the return of your fund.
The Treynor Ratio: (Return of Ur fund - Return of the Index )/ Beta of your portfolio
The larger the better. As mentioned before, those measure are based on assumption made by their creator. It's important to understand those assumption as they might not suit to every fund. Two common assumptions are that the past performance of the fund is a good predictor of its future performance, and that the stocks markets are efficient ( ie one cannot predict future returns.). Other fund evaluation tools with different assumption exist, you might want to consider them as well. |
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googie
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Find a good broker who is willing to spend a little time with you. There are over 2000 mutual funds of all sizes and descriptions. |
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jim_merrick
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Fidelity's Callan Chart shows that pursuing individual funds for high returns is riskier than diversifying across the major indices. You first need to determine your risk tolerance. |
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JSinc
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I usually use yahoo's top performing mutual fund list (http://biz.yahoo.com/p/top.html) when searching for a good mutual fund. go there and select which type of fund you are interested in and it will show you the best of the best. hope that's what you were looking for! |
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scott c
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You might want to try www.kiplinger.com, they have some good investing areas and rank the top mutual funds in a variety of areas. |
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Lori S
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I echo Phipsi32's sentiments to the word. |
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