Funds: What's Ahead for Fund Investors?
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This decade has been a tough one for fund investors. The average stock fund has lost almost 6 percent annually since the beginning of 2000, a return that encompasses huge losses from 2000 through 2002 and big gains in 2003.
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A recent survey found that mutual fund ownership is on the rise after two years of decline, an encouraging signal that Americans are starting to save more money. But although most investors say retirement is their No. 1 priority, experts say the vast majority remain in danger of shortchanging this goal.
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It's time to think a little about asset allocation.
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Some mutual funds invest in stocks; others invest in bonds. Now a new breed of funds is offering the chance to own fine art.
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Here's your game plan for finding the best funds out there.
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Investors in the market for mutual funds may want to consider a promising alternative: shares of asset management companies that sell the funds.
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Give your fund portfolio a head-to-toe evaluation.
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Investor's Business Daily - At a time when rapid growth in hedge funds might suggest that their mutual fund counterparts -- long-short funds -- would also prove popular, few investors seem to have much appetite for mutual funds they can sell short.
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Investors will soon get clarity on an uncertain quarter.
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NEW YORK -- With some investors wringing their hands about inflation and the Federal Reserve's efforts to keep it in check, those with bond fund holdings could be forgiven for wanting to take their money and run. But while some market observers see volatility ahead, few are ready to call it quits.
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Investor's Business Daily - Insult is about to follow injury. It's bad enough that you've had to put up with a so-so year of market performance. Now you have to brace for an expected rise in stock fund capital gain distributions.
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He's got a new fund, and he wants YOU to invest.
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If, through some cruel twist of fate, disco ever comes back, you'd want to invest in companies that make puffy shirts. And if the bull market is really back, then the best place to be is in the stocks of companies that manage mutual fund companies.
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Will the recent market volatility continue?
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Can investors use CAPS to try to predict the future?
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Most investors are missing out on this segment of the market -- are you?
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Fundamental indexing has been one of the hottest investment ideas in the mutual fund world, touted as a "new paradigm" for passive investors, but these funds haven't rewritten history yet. In fact, early returns from one of the most prominent fundamental indexing shops, WisdomTree Investments Inc., are less than groundbreaking.