Mutual Funds

Magazine articles on mutual funds.

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Financial Planning August 1, 2012 Craig L. Israelsen	Commodity Confidence Find a commodity fund that adds value to an overall portfolio by virtue of its raw performance as well as by virtue of its low correlation with the other portfolio ingredients.
Financial Planning August 1, 2012 Ilana Polyak	Focus on the Home Front When conditions are bad, sometimes it's best to stay home. That's largely how mutual fund investors felt about the second quarter. Bonds were the place where investors sought solace.
On Wall Street August 1, 2012 Dave Lindorff	The New Emerging Markets: Africa and the Middle East It comes as some surprise that on a list compiled by Lipper Inc. of the top performing emerging market funds, the top tier of leading funds includes several that specialize in Africa or in Africa and the Middle East.
On Wall Street August 1, 2012 Sasha Franger	An Easier Way to Track Mutual Funds' Expense Ratio Each year Lipper produces its "Quick Guide to Fund Expenses." The report consists of a single table displaying the asset-weighted average and average total expense ratios by load-type, fund type, and Lipper classifications/objectives.
Registered Rep. July 30, 2012 Diana Britton	Tinsel Coming Off of Tinseltown? The number of U.S. mutual funds holding the stock of major film studios has significantly declined in the last nine months
Registered Rep. July 26, 2012 Brad Zigler	Managed Futures: Easier To Get, But Harder To Love Obama okays advertising by hedge funds and CTAs. What effect will this have on the investment vehicles?
Registered Rep. July 20, 2012 Stan Luxenberg	To Index Emerging Markets or Not to Index? Index funds may not be the right choice for many investors who seek exposure to growing economies.
Registered Rep. June 19, 2012 Stan Luxenberg	Some Ports to Ride Out the Storms Go anywhere funds: Market timing, or prudent defense?
Financial Planning July 1, 2012 Craig L. Israelsen	Material World The natural resources mutual fund sector has a number of attractions, but one characteristic that is probably not immediately evident to many investors is that these funds do not correlate closely with broad stock indexes. This, it turns out, is a valuable feature.
Financial Planning July 1, 2012 Allan S. Roth	Beyond the Stars Morningstar's new forward-looking rating scale for mutual funds is sure to have a significant impact on the research done by financial advisors.
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