Sentences with phrase «funds are the only game in town»
However, to assume that mutual funds are the only game in town is to overlook the many positive benefits of individual stock ownership, especially ownership in emerging growth stocks.
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I have been in mutual funds since the late»80s, when that was the only game in town (other than stocks and bonds, i.e. before ETFs).
And while, yes, you won't get to use your contributions to lessen your income for tax (as with a traditional IRA) or withdraw the funds tax - free when you retire (as with a Roth IRA), if you've maxed out all of your tax - sheltered accounts, it's the only game in town.
Mutual funds were pretty much the only game in town for retail investors to play the stock market.
My experience has been that older investors are more prone to having their savings stashed in high - fee mutual funds that were the only investment game in town in the 1980s and 1990s.