What are the fastest gaining mutual funds right now?
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Morningstar should have most anything you want to know about mutual funds: http://www.morningstar.com/Cover/Funds.html\n\nHowever, there's a good reason why they say for mutual funds that past performance doesn't mean much for future returns.  Often times, the biggest gainers in the 1 year category just took huge risks or got lucky, so use some good judgment and try to do some research before investing, rather than just picking the last hot mutual fund, which is a good way to get underperformance.
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Morningstar.com is a good way to star.\nNoLoadFundX is an outstanding letter which recommends funds--forbesnewsletters.com\n\nGood luck on your investing!
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Buy a good S&P index fund. Vanguard has a good one with lows fees.  Should get you 8-10% a year over the long run.
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The cheapest and often best way to buy funds is to deal directly with a 100% no-load mutual fund company. If you find a fund that interests you, call the company and ask for a prospectus and application. With true no-loads you pay no sales charges, exit fees or other charges. Load funds can charge from .5 to 9 percent in sales charges plus other charges. These sales charges are deducted directly from your initial investment and subsequent deposits. The Investors Alliance feels that most investors should buy directly from the fund company and purchase no-load funds or low-load (less than 3 percent sales charge) funds. Keep in mind also that if you buy no-load funds through a broker instead of directly by mail, you still must pay a broker's commission.
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Vanguard will give you the lowest fees.\n\nSchwab will probably give you the best service.
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That all depends on how fast you want. Forex, or the foriegn currency exchange has notoriously high-risk/high-reward positions. If you would, however, like to play with less risk, look for small and or mid-cap stocks which tend to have a higher volatility, that it, they tend to make bigger moves up and down. Do your research, start with a pharmaceutical company with drugs in its pipeline, or find an up-and-coming tech company. Also, I highly recommend international companies, as they tend to have higher returns. Look to China, India, and Russia. They all have ETFs (Exchange-Traded Funds, like a mutual fund that tracks a country!). Russia's is TRF (with an astounding 16.10% Dividend!), China's is FXI (more than 40% growth YTD!), and India's is IFN. Also, SSO double's the return of the American S & P 500. Check them out!
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One good choice would be to invest in a no-load mutual fund. I suggest either T.Rowe Price, Vanguard, or Fidelity.  Here are a couple of websites to help you choose a good performer.  Don't let an investment representative fool you into thinking he's worth the 5% or more commission he'll charge.  You can do your own homework, and probably get better results.  I know I do.  Good luck.  Don't be intimidated.\n\nhttp://screen.morningstar.com/fundsearch/FundRank.html http://biz.yahoo.com/p/top.html\nhttp://screen.morningstar.com/fundsearch/FundRank.html
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This is absolutely not your best option!!! TRUST ME, I KNOW!!! Mutual funds are always the way to go but if you are looking to make your money grow fast....invest in CHEESE. The 2nd richest man next to Bill Gates is a cheese man. last year their stocks split almost 2 a month. I did and by the end of last year I was very very wealthy!!!! I'm 26 and finacially have the resources to retire and live comfortably until I'm 85 and never work another day in my life. AINT LIFE GRAND!!!!!
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Diversified stocks is the fastest, but the most risky.  Most people try a mix of stocks and bonds.  The more risk you are willing to take the more stocks.  Buying mutual funds is usually best.  I like vanguard.com and fool.com for advice.  Fool.com is somewhat tongue-in-cheek
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You can buy stock/mutul funds/CDs. But, it depends on when in the future do you need the money.
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Any brokerage firm will gladly make it "fast and easy" so how about I tell you who is "the best".\n\nI recommend Scottrade its only $40 to open an account($500 min.)there are NO mantainance/hidden fees and trades are only $7 for unlimited shares(unless they under $1) they also pay interest(monthly) on your cash balances and charge no inactivity fees. With a $2500 balance you can even get a checking account so you'll have easy access to your profits.  \n\nAs a day trader I've used their services over 5 years now and have tried to find a better deal. Sure, there are places that advertise trades for as little as $1 but they more than make up for it with hidden/maintainance fees or activity requirements. Scottrade is straight up they never pulled any crap like this on me or anyone else i'm aware of.\n\nThe "make money quick" part is entirely up to you, this takes a good understanding of how the markets work, which is more than i can tell you here but, i will refer you to a good beginners resource. Read Jim Cramers' book "Real Money" it will knock years off the learning needed to become a successful trader/investor. \n\nIf you'd like more info just click on my icon(Truyer) and drop me a line, I'm allways glad to help an aspiring trader get started. This is the greatest job in the world!\n\nWishing You the Best of Good Buys!!!
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Right now your best bet is HSBC Online. They offer 4.8% until the end of April. Citi is solid with 4.5%. You can also open a Paypal account and enroll in its Money Market account and save according to your needs. Finally, overall, the best would have the be the high yield Orange accounts with ING.
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Before investing in anything I'd suggest at least getting a basic understanding of mutual funds and investing (in general).  If you're too lazy to learn & just want a quick investment....\nVanguard Funds would be the best choice. Do the S&P500 Index Fund or the Total Market Index Fund for diversification & low cost(no commission).\n\nA Brokerage may charge account fees for such a low balance. \nFor $3000 go direct to a good no-load mutual fund company like;\nVanguard\nFidelity\nT. Rowe Price\netc.
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Mutual funds are not designed to appreciate in price quickly since they offer wide diversification (frequently hundreds of stocks).  It stands to reason that some of those stocks will rise, but others will decline.  Naturally you expect (or at least hope) that they will all rise, but the more stocks owned by the fund, the greater the chance that some will decline.  If you own one stock, and its price rises substantially within a short time, you will get rich quick.  With a mutual fund, this cannot happen.  The diversification in a mutual fund is designed to minimize risk.
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Put $5,000 into an international mutual fund and the other $3,000 into a domestic S&P 500 mutual fund.  Put the remaining $2,000 into a small company fund.\n\nI recommend e-trade mutual funds as they have the lowest management fees (under 1%).\n\n\nInternational - ETSPX\nDomestic - ETINX\nSmall-cap - ETRUX\n\nI recommend mutual funds because you don't want to be spending all your time researching and keeping up with the market.  Let the profesionals do it for you.
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It depends what you mean by the best. If you like ETFs try India Fund Inc. (IFN)
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3 years or less I would have to say a CD or ING Direct.  That is not enough time for a mutual fund.