Articles in Home | Finance | Mutual funds Title|Newest|Oldest Tiger Woods, A Golfing Wonder! On December 30, 2007, Earl and Kultida Woods had no idea how there life would change after the birth of their son, Eldrick T. "Tiger" Woods. At the age of 2, Tiger was a child prodigy. In 1978, he played with Bob Hope on the Mike Douglas Show. From that day on, he continued to be successful in the game of golf. By the end of his second year in college, he turned pro. Almost immediately, he began to rack up tournaments. Today, he is the number golfer in the world. Using Technical Analysis To Manage Risk And Maintain Top Quartile Performance To manage an effective risk management solution requires more than the calculation of VaR. Ultimately a successful risk management program requires the execution of an effective hedge. Technical analysis is a vital element of this strategy. A unique investment strategy for mutual fund investors Hedge funds are becoming very popular in the news with the guru’s clamoring for increased regulation and the chicken littles sounding the market crash alarm. Hedge funds are private investment organizations that uses a different strategies protecting wealth from risks of volatile markets. A New Exchange Traded Fund: Silver and Gold have been recently trading at multi decade highs. Last week after much publicity and a long wait, the Barclay's Silver ETF (SLV) finally started trading. And it looks like the wait was worth it. Each share represents 10 ounces of silver. We Eluded the Bear of 2000 ! The date October 13, 2000 will forever be embedded in my mind. It was the day after our mutual fund trend tracking indicator had broken its long-term trend line and I sold 100% of my clients’ invested positions (and my own) and moved the proceeds to the safety of money market accounts. Some people thought we were nuts, but I had come to trust the numbers. The bear eluded in 2000 The last 2-1/2 years clearly illustrate that it is as important To be out of the market during bad times, as it is to be in the Market during good times. Want proof?According to InvesTech’s monthly newsletter it turns out that, Measuring from 1928 to 2002, if you started with $10 and you Followed the famous buy-and-hold strategy, that $10 would Become $10,957. If you somehow missed the best 30 months, your $10 would Only be $154. However, if you managed to miss the 30 worst How to Pick a Good Mutual Fund We've spent the past few weeks discussing investments so you'll know by now that we recommend good low risk mutual funds as the investment of choice. What Do Mutual Fund Ratings Involve? If you want to reduce your risk, diversification is the key. This is why many active investors pick mutual funds. As a unequal group of bonds, money market securities or stocks, many mutual funds hold potentially hundreds and often thousands of individual stocks. The Zen of Trading While trading you should find a way to keep centered and positive. Theres a lot of literature on the psychology of trading and investing. Believe me, under- standing your-self and how to be above the fray is as important as a good trading system. Mutual Fund As Your Alternative Investment Portfolio Mutual fund is a risk sharing investment portfolio, it provides you a medium of investing your money into a high earning stock & bond market while automatically diversify your investment to reduce your risk. Hence mutual fund can be your alternative of investment portfolio that will give you higher reward and lower risk. How To Build A Good Mutual Fund Portfolio Mutual funds are extremely popular. There must be a reason, right? But, like any other form of investment, mutual fund investing requires some information and resources. Easy access to investing information and the availability of online trading has made life easier for do-it-yourself investors. The Internet has brought the "trading" desk to millions of households and it is now possible to buy and sell shares, options, warrants, interest rate securities and managed funds fr Mutual Funds Expenses Sometimes investors think of mutual funds as a straight choice between no-load funds or load funds, because that is what they read about in the financial or popular press. But, there are a host of mutual fund expenses that can be charged to a no-load mutual fund as well as a load mutual fund. Why You Should Avoid Load Mutual Funds (part 2) Five more reasons why you should select no load mutual funds rather than load funds. Pick a load mutual fund and you could lose a significant amount of your investment profit. An Investment in Alternate Energy Mutual Funds is an Investment in the Future of the Earth For those who want the diversification of a mutual fund but also want to invest in the alternative fuel/high gas price arena, you should be looking at Alternative Energy Mutual Funds Why You Should Buy No-Load Funds! Load is defined as the fee or the commission that an investor pays to a mutual fund at the time of purchasing or redeeming the shares of the mutual fund. If the commission is charged when the investor buys the shares, it is known as a front-end load. On the other hand if the commission is charged when the investors redeems his shares, it is known as a back-end load. Mutual Funds - An Introduction and Brief History Each one of us does not have the expertise or the time to build and manage an investment portfolio. There is an excellent alternative available , mutual funds. A mutual fund is an investment intermediary by which people can pool their money and invest it according to a predetermined objective. Mutual Fund Expenses An informed investor knows where his money is going. For an investor in mutual funds, it is essential to understand the expenses of mutual funds. These expenses directly influence the returns and cannot be neglected. What are no-load mutual funds? No load mutual funds are mutual funds whose shares are sold without a commission or sales charge. The reason for this is that the shares are distributed directly by the investment company, instead of going through a secondary party. This is the opposite of a load fund, which charges a commission upon the initial purchase at the time of sale. [1]

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