Question about Mutual Funds?
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Here is the page to go to to find mid-cap funds on Yahoo.  Scroll down the category page until you find mid-cap.  They have a selection for mid-cap value, mid-cap growth, and mid-cap blend.  To select the ones with the best record,  select morningstar 4 star or better.  To select the ones that are no load, select no load under front load.  \n\nhttp://screen.yahoo.com/funds.html\n\nYou will find several pages of them.  Study several of them to learn more about picking mutual funds.  It will come in very handy during your life.
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They get a fee which is calculated into the expense ratio of the fund. The more people that invest in the fund, the more money goes into their pockets for managing it. \n\nThey bring experience and possible insight into managing the funds. Though I am not a super big fan of mutual funds, they can be a good investment for someone who doesn't want to watch the market daily and choose individual stocks. There's less risk in buying a fund than an individual stock.
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to learn about mutual funds and the stock market go to investopedia.com or the motelyfool.com. they will tell you everything you need to know
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Dude, you need to check out what is called an indexed mutual fund. The way it works is the company guarantees your full invested capital; so you can't lose that. The money that they make is added to the value of your fund, but you have to lock it in for a minimum amount of time; can be as long as ten years. This is a good place to start out. If your feeling more daring invest in silver or mining companies like Pan American Silver trades on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker PAA. This baby is on rails right now, you can check them out on their web site and research their history. Hey your the blunt guy aren't you? Well good luck towards your first million and keep living the American dream.
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Just so you know, Mutual funds aren´t for everyone.  Personally, I wouldn´t invest in them unless I had to.  For more detail on that, just do a search for where I´ve addressed this question in other answers.\n\nHowever to answer your question, there are several rankings of mutual funds.  Here are some of the sources with appropriate link.\n\nLots of sources for Mutual fund reports that you´re looking for.  Here are some.\n\nMoney Magazine\nhttp://money.cnn.com/magazines/moneymag/bestfunds/indexfunds.html\n\nMorningstar\nhttp://www.morningstar.com/Cover/Funds.html?pgid=hetabfunds\n\nKiplingers\nhttp://www.kiplinger.com/personalfinance/investing/funds/?\n\nMutualFundRankings\nhttp://mutualfundrankings.org/\n\nAnd you may want to take a look at this article on mutual funds too just so you have a little more info if you´ve got tax concerns.\n\nhttp://www.stanford.edu/dept/news/pr/93/930429Arc3288.html\n\nIf you have any questions, please let me know.\n\nHope that helps!\n\n\n\nInfo on mutual funds\nhttp://beginnersinvest.about.com/cs/mutualfunds1/a/aa031501.htm\n\nInvesting for Beginners\nhttp://beginnersinvest.about.com/popular.htm
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Hello,\nWelcome to the investment world.\nSince you do not have a prior experiance of investment then forget about managing your own portfolio. Choose to invest in any mutual funds.  One thing you have to keep in mind is the higher the return on the fund, the riskier it is. so whats your risk level?\nSome mutual fund are made for capital gain and some for dividends(income)... so which one do you prefere?\n\nYou might want a fund that is focused on hot secters like: oil, gas, biotech, hightech... the future is looking good for these sectors. \nI have put my money with Fidelity, TD waterhouse(canada).. in a very risky aggressive funds and they showed handsome returns...\n\nhope this will help..!\nSpecialist$$$
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Morningstar.com has the best records for all mutual funds. Yahoo! Finance also has this info.
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There are a number of mutual funds in India... The list is enless.. cant be written here... Regarding wothdrawl, you can do it whenever u want but most of the mutual funds keep some exit load if you withdraw before certain time. (Normally 6 months).. There is another class of Mutual Funds called ELSS which have a lockin of 3 years i.e u cant withdraw before three years.. But from the next financial onwards, they will become close-ended. \n\nThere are lot sites that can list all the mutual funds and their technical analysis. My favourites are:\nwww.moneycontrol.com\nwww.valueresearchonline.com\nwww.sharekhan.com\nwww.icicidirect.com\n\n\n..the list is endless..\nStart exploring with these sites, you will get a great deal of knowledge...
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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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Well, like stocks, there are lots of them and not all of them are good investments.\n\nThe costs associated with mutual funds can still be high, even though they are "no-load" stocks (in other words there are still management fees that may be excessive).\n\nA disadvantage of all mutual funds, but which may be an issue with no-loads because people think there is "no-cost" to get into them, is that people may overdiversify (buy too many different kinds of mutual funds).\n\nSome mutual funds, although not restricted to no-loads, may put a lot of your investment aside as "cash equivalents" to allow for liquidity, which means that you could have more of your money not working for you in an investment.
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However much money you want to put into it.  A lot of times it depends on which company (Edward Jones, Vanguard, Fidelity, etc. etc.) you want to start it with and if you already have accounts w/these companies or not.  If you get a mutual fund through a company and you have a full-service one, then you will have to pay fees/commissions but its not much (like 5%) and its TOTALLY worth it b/c then you don't have to worry about, manage it, or diversify it.  And once you have the mutual fund, it will always grow unless there is a recession in the economy or a big stock market decrease.
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First I recommend, be patient.  No need to make any quick decision(s).  Keep an open mind, and listen to suggestions.  Think for yourself then, and you will make the appropriate decision.  Look at your circumstances.  If it is a windfall, and not needed right now, take $10000 of it and find a no-load mutual fund as an investment.  Then leave it alone and your investment ought to double about every 7 years.  That is what us "little" people do.  A no-load fund means, no fees to buy and no charges when you sell later on.  Hold the remaining $5000 and think some more.
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Since every individual cannot become expert for trading in stock market and making large money due to lack of time and expertise.Due to this limitation the concept of Mutual Fund (MF) has come into picture.\n\nMF is a trust created by a trustee. For eg. In india Reliance Mutual fund is created by Reliance Capital who is a trustee. That MF collects funds from retail individuals and invest in the market. For doing this MF hires Fund Managers called FMC. They are group of experts who form a company and render services to any individual MF. They will be paid for their services. And when the retail investor request for redemption of funds. The MF sells the shares to that extent and return the money to the individual. The valuation is based on NAV (Net Asset Value). This figure is calculated everyday on the basis of the value of whole portfolio at the end of everyday. So the day when you invest the money will be converted to units (not shares) at that day's NAV and then when you sell those units will be muntiplied by the NAV on selling day and gives you money back. \n\nHope I am clear and elaborate enough.
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I assume you mean mutual funds.  \n\nThere are a lot of types.  They all have the same basic function--to pool individual investors' moneys and invest those moneys for the individuals hopefully with a decent return.\n\n1 index funds.  These are funds that attempt to match the returns of particular indexes. They are unmanaged and have very low expenses.  They are relatively new.  There are maybe 200 to 400 different index funds indexing everything one can imagine from the price of gold to the S&P 500. Many but not all are traded like stocks.\n\n2. managed equity funds.  These invest in stocks.  There are many different types of these.  Some invest in growth stocks, some in small cap stocks, some in value stocks, some in foreign stocks and everything else for that matter.  Many of these can be purchased directly from mutual fund companies.  They come in three different types. 1. ones with front end loads normally 7.75%. 2. ones with no front end loads. 3. closed end funds that are traded like stocks.  \n\n3.  managed bond funds.  These invest in bonds.  Some in taxable bonds and some in tax free bonds. \n\n4. Unit trusts.  These buy a pool of bonds and do not manage them.  They have very low fees.
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If the mutual fund is currently held with a large fund family, you should be able to open an IRA with the fund family and have your mutual fund transfered to your new ROTH IRA.  This way it grows tax-free!  If it isn't, you could also open a ROTH IRA with a broker and then transfer the mutual fund into your new account.  If you don't want to keep the mutual fund, then you can sell it and fund a new ROTH IRA.  However, I would be sure to check and ensure that there is no penalty on the sale, and that you still have plenty of time before you will need the money so that the tax-free growth is worth doing.  Good luck
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In simplest terms, mutual funds are just groups of investments.  They can be stocks, or bonds, or a combination of the two.  They can even be investments in real estate (REITs).\n\nIn an active mutual fund, a fund manager decides what to purchase for the fund.  In a stock fund, the manager picks the stocks to buy in hopes that the stocks will go up.  In bond fund, he picks bonds.  In some funds, the manager has the option of choosing between both stock and bonds.  He may even decide buy nothing if he can't find anything worth buying, keeping cash on hand until he finds something worthwhile to buy.\n\nIn an index fund, a fund manager's main job is just to buy the stocks or bonds in an index.  For example, in an S&P 500 stock fund, the manager's job is to buy all the stocks in S&P 500 and hold them.
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They are private funds similar to mutual funds that are managed in a similar manner. they usually require a hefty minimum to get in. Mostly wealthy investors.