Mutual funds

Newly revised and updated, Mutual Funds For Dummies, 8th Edition provides readers with insight on how to find the best-managed funds that match their financial goals. With straightforward advice and a plethora of specific and up-to-date fund recommendations, Eric Tyson helps readers avoid fund-inves...

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Main Author: Tyson, Eric (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language: English
Published: Hoboken, NJ : John Wiley & Sons, 2022
Edition: 8th edition.
Series: --For dummies.
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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Part 1: Getting started with funds. Making more money, taking less risk ; Fund pros and cons ; Funding your goals and dreams
  • Part 2: Evaluating alternatives to funds. Selecting your own stocks and bonds ; Exchange-traded funds and other fund lookalikes ; Hedge funds and other managed options
  • Part 3: Separating the best from the rest. Finding the best funds ; Using fund publications ; Buying funds from the best firms
  • Part 4: Crafting your fund portfolio. Perfecting a fund portfolio ; Money market funds: beating the bank ; Bond funds: when boring is best ; Stock funds: meeting your longer term needs ; Specialty funds ; Working it out: sample portfolios ; Applications, transfers, and other useful forms
  • Part 5: Keeping current and informed. Evaluating your funds and adjusting your portfolio ; The taxing side of mutual funds ; Common fund problems and how to fix them ; Information sources: fund ratings and forecasters
  • Part 6: The part of tens. Ten common fund-investing mistakes and how to avoid them ; Ten fund-investing fears to conquer ; Ten tips for hiring a financial adviser
  • Appendix: Recommended fund companies and discount brokers.