In a time of panic in the stock market, fear is the prevailing mood among stock investors, just as greed prevails when markets are on a tear. Today, fear rules with the Dow Jones Industrial Average dropping 513 points or 4.31%.
This was the worst day on the stock market since the financial crisis at the [...]
Continued from Part 1 (Why Mutual Funds?)
The first answer is that they are not mutually exclusive strategies.
To get at the heart of answer though, we need to know what a mutual fund is. A mutual fund is a professionally managed collective investment that pools money from many investors to buy stocks, bonds, short-term money market [...]
Investing in mutual funds can be an efficient way to grow funds for retirement. Like investing in stocks, there is risk associated with mutual funds, but there are ways to minimize risk and hopefully grow your investment faster than inflation and more conservative savings vehicles like CDs and savings accounts.
The general rule with investing is [...]
Prior to the World Wide Web, trading stocks required making use of brokers at a full service brokerage. To trade stocks, you would have to call or visit your broker, who would place trades on your behalf, usually for a steep fee.
Managing your portfolio similarly involved a management fee, typically a percentage of each trade [...]
Purchasing shares of a mutual fund is an indirect way to buy stocks, bonds etc. The fund itself purchases a mix of stocks, bonds, CDs, and other investments and your purchase nets you a ‘slice’ of the mutual fund, thus achieving diversification.
Mutual funds are professionally managed collective investments that are regulated. Hedge funds are not [...]
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