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Winning With Mutual Funds

A mutual fund (called ‘unit trust’ in Asia) is an investment vehicle that pools money from many individual investors. (…)

Dont Let Your Investments Control You

Which of your investments worried you most during the recent market correction? If it was one of your smaller holdings, you’re not alone. (…)

Sector Funds: More Than Meets The Eye

Believe that a part of the economy will be particularly strong or a part of the stock market is undervalued?
Sector mutual funds are one way of investing in market niches. (…)

Earnings Matter: S&P and Stock Market Investing

The S&P 500 is up about 7.5% thus far this year. That’s a good return for just over six months. Will it keep going up? Consider this. (…)

ETFs: New Wave or Riptide?

There was an excellent article discussing the pros and cons of investing in Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) in the July 3rd Wall Street Journal: As ETFs Seek Niches, Risks Rise (unfortunately, The Wall Street Journal doesn’t allow us to link to their articles, perhaps that will change after Rupert Murdoch buys Dow Jones.) There’s over $500 billion invested in Exchange Traded Funds and, I believe, they will either replace open-end index mutual funds or force those funds to lower their expenses. (…)