Fund disclosure is more a document that outlines the fund and how it conducts business, how and when redemptions can be made and ALL the other rules that come when buying into this investment vehic...

There is no trustworthy list of stocks. The stock market is highly unpredictable. In a way you could argue it is "designed" to be unpredictable. Let's suppose most people knew tha...

When you're investing in international markets, you're actually investing "twice" - once in the stock/bond/etc, and once in the exchange rate. During the purchase, your US doll...

I don't go back that long ... 2 years is too long, and several factors may have its part in the fund's performance. When picking up MF, I just look for the top performing fund the last...

Let's start with the issue whether you have to move your 401k when you retire. To be blunt, your "advisor" may not be giving you the correct information. For instance, Fidelity h...

The basic premise is this. Advertising and especially R&D expenses should lead to future profits for the business, but many times they don't so IAS wants them expensed since the future be...

I do not know of a property fund, but there are some excellent Australian stocks such as: BHP Billiton Woodside Petroleum Brambles

Actually it is the other way around. Except UTI and SBI which hail from the public sector nearly all others have failed to produce returns for their investors. Even UTI & SBI have pulled-up...

Yes, part of the problem is dividend reinvestment. Another part is the date range (from when to when?). Finally, it is easy to get confused were you looking at the real S&P 500, the ETF trackin...

That's about right with lawyer help. What level of funds are your starting with? and what can you show people to put their money in.

I have had the same experience. The multitude of pop up Windows is equally annoying.

No,with variable payments in and variable rates of growth, you have to do a separate calculation for each payment.

Morningstar is one company that provides ratings generally accepted throughout the financial industry as objective and honest. A Morningstar rating of 5 stars is the best. and 0 is the worst. If yo...

There is not a great deal of difference between the two terms, if any. When you look a mutual fund performance figures, you see see quotes of annual return for 1 year, 3 year and 5 years normal...

You can't mirror Berkshire. While some of their investments are in stocks you can buy and sell, they have a lot of wholely owned subsidiaries which you won't be able to buy or sell. In ...