http://netvouz.com/infor626/tag/mutual?feed=rss&pg=4 infor626's bookmarks tagged "mutual" on Netvouz http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.35/how-many-mutual-funds-are-needed-for-a-well-diversified-portfolio-evidence.html How many mutual funds are needed for a well-diversified portfolio? - evidence - Personal Investment Management > Investment Asset Diversification Articles -- Reducing Your Portfolio Risk - Financial Articles, Mutual funds are not created equally. Particularly with actively managed mutual funds, performance can vary significantly – even when those funds are pursuing similar strategies or “styles.” Holding multiple funds will reduce the volatility or risk of your portfolio. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.64/how-morningstar-ratings-for-mutual-funds-are-used-as-a-marketing-tool.html How Morningstar Ratings for mutual funds are used as a marketing tool - The Skilled Investor's FUND AUTHORITY SCORES for Mutual Funds and ETFs > Mutual Fund Rating Services - Morningstar Star Ratings - Financial Articles, Mutual fund companies seem to exploit “four and five star only” investor beliefs. Advertising practices by mutual fund families are selective concerning which mutual fund star ratings they will advertise. You would be challenged to find any mutual fund family that advertises its one or two star rated funds, and the advertisement of a three star fund is infrequent. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.2/how-much-do-hidden-mutual-fund-trading-expenses-cost-you.html How much do hidden mutual fund trading expenses cost you? - Personal Investment Management > Cost Control and Investment Performance Improvement Articles - Financial Articles, The average mutual fund paid .27% of net assets in hidden commissions in 2001. When measured on a capitalization weighted basis, the average hidden commission cost was .19% of net assets. The effective trading costs related to the bid/ask spread and the temporary shifting of these spreads added .36% more annually in the hidden costs of the average fund. For funds with the highest turnover, hidden commission and bid/ask spread expenses exceeded 3% of assets annually. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.52/how-stable-have-morningstar-ratings-for-mutual-funds-been-over-time.html How stable have Morningstar Ratings for mutual funds been over time? - The Skilled Investor's FUND AUTHORITY SCORES for Mutual Funds and ETFs > Mutual Fund Rating Services - Morningstar Star Ratings - Financial Articles, Morningstar Ratings have been quite unstable over time. If an investor buys a 4 or 5 star rated fund and expects it to stay that way, he is likely to be surprised. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.60/how-the-new-morningstar-ratings-for-mutual-funds-have-been-determined-since-mid-2002.html How the new Morningstar Ratings for mutual funds have been determined since mid-2002 - The Skilled Investor's FUND AUTHORITY SCORES for Mutual Funds and ETFs > Mutual Fund Rating Services - Morningstar Star Ratings - Financial Articles, As of June 30, 2002, Morningstar, Inc. began to use significantly revised methods to define its star ratings for mutual funds. This article summarizes Morningstar’s new Morningstar Rating* methods as defined in its publications. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.ici.org/ infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.category.47/index-mutual-funds-and-index-exchange-traded-funds-etfs.html Index Mutual Funds and Index Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) - The Skilled Investor's FUND AUTHORITY SCORES for Mutual Funds and ETFs - Financial Articles, infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/wp/why-only-one-warren-buffett-the-illusion-of-superior-professional-mutual-fund-manager-performance-180.htm <<-- Continued from Part 1 (Where's Waldo? The illusion of superior professional mutual fund manager performance.) 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