Smart Guide to Profiting from Mutual Funds
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Mutual funds are good for those who want to take part in the current stock-market boom but have neither the time nor inclination to pick individual stocks on their own. But with nearly 9,000 mutual funds on the market, which ones should you pick or avoid? If you're faced with this dilemma, turn to Susan Karp's Smart Guide to Profiting from Mutual Funds. Karp, a finance journalist, writes a broad introduction to the world of mutual funds, and covers everything from the different types of stock funds available (e.g., aggressive, growth, index, sector, bond, and money funds) to assessing your own goals and objectives as well as tolerance for risk. While Karp does not recommend individual funds, she goes into detail on how to evaluate and buy them and what performance indicators are most important. In addition, the book is sprinkled with phone numbers and URLs of various fund companies and other resources that can help you evaluate different funds. --Harry C. Edwards
Book Description
An all-you-need-to-know introduction to mutual funds—ideal for tentative beginners as well as veterans looking for a brush-up on the fundamentals of "wealth building"
Smart Definitions of blended funds, balanced funds, and closed-end funds
Smart Strategies for college savings, tax-free funds, and retirement plans
Smart Tips on how to find reliable fund families and managers, and how to ride a volatile market
Smart Advice on diversifying your investments, capitalizing on "bull" and "bear" market cycles, committing to aggressive growth funds, knowing when to "sell short," and much more
Smart Tips on calculating interest-rate risk, choosing between taxable and tax-exempt funds, analyzing a fund's performance history, and matching your fund family's goals and style with your own
Smart Insights into how mutual funds perform against CDs, individual stocks and bonds, and treasury securities
Quick reading and easy referencing with a comprehensive index and loads of sidebars and tables
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Smart Guide to Profiting from Mutual Funds
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