Basic
things about mutual funds which needs to know by common man are illustrated in the below mentioned table.
The good
thing about mutual funds is that it is redeemable; your shares can be bought back from you by the mutual funds manager
The wonderful
thing about the mutual fund business — the investing business — is that it's never the same.
Not exact matches
After 40 plus years of investing in stocks, bonds,
mutual funds and ETF's, I've learned a
thing or two
about increasing our wealth through investing.
One
thing that stands out
about First Eagle is that it is almost purely focused on gold, unlike other
mutual funds that have some play with gold but also have stocks in silver, aluminum, and other metals.
Of course, he knew a
thing or two
about mutual funds.
So, as far as
mutual funds are concerned, this is the only
thing that you should be concerned
about from a profit booking perspective — your asset allocation.
First of all, there are the small annual subtractions that in the end can take a huge chunk out of your wealth and what we're talking
about here is subtractions from
things like
mutual fund expense, and brokerage commissions and trading too much.
I don't know of any
mutual funds or ETFs that do the precise
thing we are talking
about here.
One very important
thing to keep in mind
about the «comparison» above is that the management fees were kept the same and the load was a little higher than a
mutual fund would charge for 100K.
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I know countless people who have the basics of personal finance down to a T, yet never bother to learn a damn
thing about investing outside of «ETFs good,
mutual funds bad.»
I've learned a bit
about how cold calls work (and how to deal with them, although I don't get any cold calls overseas), what a trade should cost with a discount broker (
about $ 30), why I really don't have any business messing with options (too risky, too fast moving), why I probably don't want check - writing privileges on my
mutual fund (too many taxable events to report), and such
things.
The good
thing about ETFs is that they cut the management fees you pay to an absolute minimum — in most cases, less than a quarter of what you would pay for an equivalent
mutual fund.
One
thing to know
about mutual funds including index
funds is that they typically require a minimum investment of a few thousand dollars, $ 3000 being a typical amount, unless the investment is in an IRA in which case $ 1000 might be a minimum.
I once went to a large bank, back in the day, to ask
about investing and the first
thing they pushed on me was loaded
mutual funds.
I know many CC readers think
mutual fund companies actually cause cancer, and ETF providers are benevolent contributors to society, but let's be clear
about one
thing....
With this investment strategy analyzer, you won't have to believe everything you read; nor take anyone's word
about things like: ETFs are the most efficient and inexpensive way to invest, there's no sales charges on
mutual fund B - shares if you don't sell them, Roth IRAs are better than traditional IRA / 401 (k) s, or the tax benefits of 529 plans, whole life (VUL), or any kind of annuity will make up for the huge costs; lack of liquidity / choices / control, etc..
If and when you live in a world where everything is set up to do the best
things you can for your clients (because you have access to the whole universe of
mutual funds, and are not limited to just 22 American Funds and the products of a few life insurance companies), then there's zero reason to even think about using American F
funds, and are not limited to just 22 American
Funds and the products of a few life insurance companies), then there's zero reason to even think about using American F
Funds and the products of a few life insurance companies), then there's zero reason to even think
about using American
FundsFunds.
And I guess you're talking
about things like
mutual funds or something like that.
You can find very interesting
things about investment,
mutual funds, tax saving and financial planning.
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All these
things are true
about permanent life insurance but you can do all these
things by investing in say
mutual funds if you are disciplined enough to accumulate the cash for yourself.
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