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The marketing
departments of mutual fund companies are cooking up new financial
products all the time -- and sometimes they even get it right. Take
index funds and money markets, for example. |
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Editor's note: Some funds mentioned in this article may now be closed to new investors.
Traditionally, mutual funds are vehicles for long-term savings, but there's so many types of funds now that investors can also use them to seek shorter-term gains in various sectors of the economy.
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Editor's note: Some funds named in this article may now be closed to new investors.
What's in a name? Sometimes a lot, many times not much. Any restaurant can put up a sign that says "Fine Food," but that doesn't guarantee that the blue-plate special is all that palatable -- or that the plate is blue.
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Editor's note: Some funds referenced in this article may now be closed to new investors.
It's happened to all of us at one time or another: We lead ourselves astray through muddled thinking.
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In the old
days, fixed-income investments were a sure thing, though perhaps a
bit boring, for retirees and other conservative investors. |
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Investment-oriented articles may leave some people feeling left out if they don't have much money. But good financial advice benefits everybody.
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On the front
page of my company's newsletter this month, there's a quotation I
like from Will Rogers: "Good judgment comes from experience. A
lot of experience comes from bad judgment." |
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Not too long
ago, many investors were very wary of high-yield bond funds -- and
rightly so. |
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A fundamental
decision all investors must make is whether to adopt a mechanical
discipline or to trust their own judgments (or that of an investment
advisor). |
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It's been said
before: Little things mean a lot. |
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