Are you confused about choosing investments in a company 401(k)? More than three-quarters of the plans try to solve the problem for you by offering target-date mutual funds – one-stop shopping for savers who want to simplify their lives. You can buy them for Individual Retirement Accounts, too.
I like these funds, but picking the right [...]
Posts Tagged ‘mutual funds’
- Why you should ignore stock recommendations from experts
- POSTED 01.13.11
Investors use stockbrokers and investment managers for what they assume is their market-beating advice in picking stocks. FAIL. A new report from Bloomberg News finds that equity analysts are not only wrong when they list “best buys,” they’re spectacularly wrong. For all of their computers, MBAs, and six-figure bonuses, they follow the herd into stocks [...]
The government is winding up a major, years-long investigation into insider trading. If the charges prove true, they’ll show that the gains in some mutual funds and hedge funds have nothing to do with brilliant analysis or even luck. The big boys, illegally, got information in advance that pointed to a probable rise or fall [...]
- Lower Fees on Mutual Funds? Yes, If the SEC Has Its Way
- POSTED 08.27.10
The Securities and Exchange Commission is preparing to break the high fixed prices you pay in sales charges when buy and sell mutual funds. It wants to clear the way for discount brokers to offer funds at a lower cost.
To that end, the commission put out a sweeping proposal earlier this month, to change the [...]
- Morningstar star rankings fail mutual fund investors
- POSTED 05.7.10
Mutual fund investors adore Morningstar. The Chicago firm publishes rankings for most of the funds that have lasted for three years or more. It awards anywhere from five stars (top rung) to one star (the cellar), based on past performance, minus sales loads and adjusted for risk.
Money pours into the four- and five-star funds. They’re [...]
