You will generally find the relationship among the U.S.
equity index funds relatively strong, where commodity and bond correlation with the equity indexes is usually low.
Not exact matches
By passively investing in
index tracking
funds instead of managed
funds or your own stock picks, you'll capture the benefits of
equity investing quickly, cheaply and
relatively safely.
Given the very low payouts on most bonds, and the
relatively higher MERs charged by most bond mutual
funds (compared to bond ETFs), she felt it made more sense to focus on those mutual
funds that at least had a good shot at beating the
indexes and justifying their slightly higher MERs: that is, stock or
equity mutual
funds.
Today, I'm going to take a look at one
relatively new entrant in what has become a bit of a crowded fields: the iShares High Dividend
Equity Fund ($ HDV), which tracks the Morningstar Dividend Yield Focus
Index.
That said, most of the
relatively short book is taken up with making a case for a good investment plan based on regular investments into an
equity index fund.