An all-new personal finance guide from the authors/creators of "The Wall Street Journal Guide to Understanding Money and Investing" First in a new series based on information from Standard & Poor's--the leading financial information organization--"Standard & Poor's Guide to Money & Investing" demystifies the world of stocks, bonds, mutual funds, ...
Sooner or later, we all need to plan for our financial futures. The rich can afford personal financial advisors to help them out but what about the rest of us? Offering you instant diversification and low cost access to some of the best money managers in the business, mutual funds are the great equalizers. The problem is, with 10,000 mutual funds ...
This book presents everything you need to know about index funds in one updated resource. The newly updated edition of "All About Index Funds" gives individual investors all the tools they need to navigate one of today's hottest investing areas. It features complete coverage of all the new U.S. equity indexes that have changed the dynamics of the ...
Based on cutting-edge research by leading corporate critic Louis Lowenstein, "The Investor's Dilemma: How Mutual Funds Are Betraying Your Trust and What to Do About" reveals how highly overpaid fund sponsors really operate and walks you through the conflicts of interest found throughout the industry. Page by page, you'll discover the real problems ...
John Bogle, the founder and former Chairman of Vanguard, is one of Irwin's best selling authors, and one of the titans of the investing industry. His Bogle on Mutual Funds, published in September of 1993, sold more than 100,000 units in its first 18 weeks, and has gone on to sell more than a quarter of a million copies. He returned to McGraw-Hill ...
PRAISE FOR HIGH--FLYING ADVENTURES IN THE STOCK MARKET "A wonderful read--Baker takes you through a year in the life of a fund manager--it's so well conceived and written that you'll think you were there too. Individual investors who manage their own money should put this book in their 'portfolio.' Informative, educational, great fun."--Larry ...
This up-to-the-minute new paperback edition, includes 75 of Rowland's signature DOs and DON'Ts with practical, savvy solutions for the problems, frustrations, and missed opportunities encountered by anyone who owns shares in mutual funds.
During the 1990s, the number of mutual funds has tripled to more than 6,000 funds with more than $4 trillion in assets and more than 60 million individual shareholders. This text is designed for MBA and undergraduate business courses. It is divided into four parts. Part 1 contains a general introduction to mutual funds, a short history of the ...
Excellent for beginners as well as veterans looking for a brush-up on the fundamentals, this easy-to-follow introduction to mutual funds provides expert strategies for finding fund families and managers to bank on as well as advice on securing college savings, tax-free funds, retirement plans, and much more. Packed with charts, tables, and solid ...
Independent professional guidance on selecting the best mutual funds for your portfolio Morningstar Funds 500 provides readers with one-page research reports on 500 of the most notable mutual funds. The book also includes exclusive Morningstar tools-such as star ratings, category ratings, and Morningstar Style Boxes-to quickly show how well each ...
Uncover and invest in the best funds for today and tomorrow The number of mutual funds investors must choose from is now greater than the number of stocks listed on the NYSE. Selecting the right fund--and, just as important, the best manager--in a turbulent investment arena is more difficult than ever before. Revealing money--management secrets ...
Mutual funds are a key resource for Americans saving for retirement, college, and other long-term goals. With hundreds of fund families and thousands of individual funds crowding the marketplace, competition would hardly seem an issue. Yet funds are failing to compete effectively on price. This is a serious problem for savers, because small price ...
Two of the nation's foremost mutual fund experts offer authoritative advice for every investor on picking top-performing funds, creating a winning fund portfolio, and achieving financial independence. "If you really want to know about mutual funds, you've come to the right place . . . reading this book is an essential first step".--Charles Schwab. ...
This primer on shopping for mutual funds explains the basics of fund selection and ranks from 1 to 100 America's superstar mutual funds, including agressive international, global, sector growth and income, and other catagories. These ratings are based on five-year total return, consistency of fees, and services. Each of the 100 best mutual funds ...
The completely updated "How to Buy Mutual Funds the Smart Way" provides all the information an investor needs to select the best funds--a complex and challenging task--while paying the lowest possible commission. A former vice-president for E.F. Hutton, Stephen Littauer has counseled investors for over 30 years.
One out of every twelve dollars invested in mutual funds is invested in industry giant Fidelity, and for good reason. A long-time record of outstanding performance has made Fidelity the nation's largest mutual fund company in terms of assets under management and the number of funds available. With expert research and the industry's largest team of ...
Fidelity offers investors some of the most innovative financial tools, products, and platforms currently available, and with "What Every Fidelity Investor Needs to Know", James Lowell one of the most trusted names in the investment business and a self-described Fidelity fanatic will help you get the best out of what Fidelity has to offer; whether ...
Kazanjian shows investors how to select top-performing funds, pay no transaction fees, choose the best discount broker, build an all-star portfolio, and more. The book includes a complete directory of more than 500 available funds from 90 different families--and includes the author's selection of the top-performing funds.
With the new series, "If You're Clueless About . . . And Want To Know More", Seth Godin launches a group of helpful, humorous, and easy-to-read guides to smart money management. In this title, Godin quickly brings people up to speed on more intelligent mutual fund investing. Beginning with a lively look at the history of mutual funds, the guide ...
With more than 12 million investors and over $900 billion in customer assets, Fidelity is the largest mutual fund company in the world. In this revised edition of his popular book, Jack Bowers, editor of the Fidelity Monitor newsletter, shows how to pick the best Fidelity funds, create a great portfolio, avoid unnecessary fees, and win with long ...
Providing performance data on 8000 mutual funds, this text includes data from the Value Line Mutual Fund Survey. It provides advice for putting together an investment plan for the year 2000, and includes model portfolios for every objective.
Mutual funds are the dominant form of investment companies in the United States today, with approximately $7 trillion in assets under management. Over the past half century an important body of academic research has addressed various issues about the nature of these companies. These works focus on a wide range of topics, including fund performance ...
Top mutual fund adviser Gerald W. Perritt helps readers solve the problem of deciding which funds are the best for their portfolios. Perritt has selected the top 300 funds any investor can buy to suit any life stage or investment goal, analyzes each, and creates model portfolios that any investor can use and tailor to match their individual goals, ...
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