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Re: investing...throwing darts....
Posted by James [Email] (more from James) on Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:50:47
In Reply to: investing...throwing darts...., GFW3pedals
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I am in no way an expert in this (most actual experts won't give you advice on Saabnet), but if you're looking at mutual funds, I'd look at a few things in particular:
1) loads - are they front end, back end, or none at all?
2) office costs - your rate of return is the advertised rate of return *less* these costs, and some funds are bloody wasteful compared to others.
3) Most importantly risk/reward - rather than believing the risks others attribute to a fund ("low risk" "high risk") etc, I look at how they perform in bad times. Any dummy can make money in a booming market. The good ones don't lose too much in bad times. I have been amazed by how many "low risk" (low reward) funds are outperformed in bad times by "moderate risk" funds (and then vastly outperformed in good times also). We've had a few rough years to look at, so now's not a bad time to evaluate funds...
there are of course other options that may be more profitable than investing in mutual funds depending on your interests/bias... eg often a stock market index is as about good as many funds + doesn't carry the loads + office costs... I'm not necessarily advocating any particular investment types... it's wise to diversify (thoughtfully)...
James...
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Posts in this Thread:
- investing...throwing darts...., GFW3pedals
, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:09:33- it just depends on what kind of fund your looking for, vvack0matic
, Sat, 14 Jan 2012 15:13:12 - Open a fidelity account, pony, Sat, 14 Jan 2012 03:55:36
- Re: investing...throwing darts...., pennydini, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:37:43
- It's all about asset allocation and costs, RodM, Fri, 13 Jan 2012 09:23:16
- It's all about the fund managers tr.............., soccersaab, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 19:41:44
- Re: investing...throwing darts...., Reality, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:11:41
- Re: investing...throwing darts...., davidgmills, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 17:07:14
- Re: investing...throwing darts...., TML
, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 14:59:25 - Re: investing...throwing darts...., John Myers, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:14:16
- Index Funds vs. Actively-Managed Funds, Bill Homer
, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:10:58 - Re: investing...throwing darts...., James, Thu, 12 Jan 2012 11:50:47 <-- Viewing This Message
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