Should you invest in a mutual fund
Many investors automatically think that placing money in a mutual fund is a smart way to generate better returns on average than the market. With a mutual fund there is a fund manager who hand picks shares that he or she thinks will out-perform the market. Is this hand picked mutual fund a good return [...]
Tracker funds – how do they work?
Tracker funds (also known as index funds) are a type of mutual fund or exchange-traded fund (an investment fund which is traded on stock exchanges, bearing a striking resemblance to stocks) which invests in all the companies within the index of a particular market or by an agreed upon set of consistent guidelines uninfluenced by [...]
Mutual funds – picking the right fund.
Becoming familiar with the process and aim of mutual funds is integral for any aspiring investor. Being a collection of stocks and bonds (from which the investor earns dividends on stocks and interest on bonds), a mutual fund can be bought very simply; any bank can set up its own mutual fund for you and [...]
