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Costs are the biggest problem with mutual funds. These costs eat into your return, and they are the main reason why the majority of funds en...

An international fund (or foreign fund) invests only outside your home country. Global funds invest anywhere around the world, including you...

The objective of these funds is to provide a "balanced" mixture of safety, income, and capital appreciation. The strategy of balan...

Income funds are named appropriately: their purpose is to provide current income on a steady basis. When referring to mutual funds, the term...

No matter what type of investor you are there is bound to be a mutual fund that fits your style. According to the last count there are over ...

Unit Investment Trusts are pools of money invested in a portfolio that is fixed for the life of the fund. To form a unit investment trust, a...

In the United States, investment companies are classified by the investment company act of 1940 as either unit investment trusts or managed ...

Investments companies are financial intermediaries that collect funds from individual investors and invest those funds in a potentially wide...

The two major disadvantages of preferred stock are the seniority of the holder's claims and its cost. Seniority of the holders´ claims. ...

The key instruments of the money market include treasury bills, tax-anticipation bills, treasury notes, federal agency issues, negotiable ce...