Pl tell me how to choose good mutual fund before investing my money.?

only one answer was half right. With Mutual Funds you have to look LONG TERM thus 5-10 averages are the norm but some of the newr funds are worthy opf a look as well. For a good mutual fund you want low expenses and an investment stragety that suits your style. http://www.morningstar.com has the best research on mutual funds that I can find. They are totally non biased and tell you if its worth or not. look up that site and start digging in.

Check out their dividend payment ratio, their investment strategy, money manager head, his strategies in investments, in which companies the MF had invested, in which sector the company is emphasysing, which sector is on the boom, and which sector in on the down trend with which the MF is holding..... and many more factors... time will make you learn how to decide the best MFs

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Find one with a great long term record. Don't look at just 1 year or 3 year performance.

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The simplest thing you can do is to buy an S&P 500 index fund. Such a fund would include the 500 largest US corporations and covers most of the stock market. At least when it comes to US stocks you don't need to worry much about diversification if you own this (though you might also want to buy bonds, small cap stocks, international stocks, etc.) Vanguard has a well regarded index fund. You can also buy exchange traded S&P 500 funds like the SPDR (SPY) and the iShares (IVV).

Whatever fund you buy try and find something with low fees. Especially if it's an index fund.

In general I'd go with index funds over actively managed funds. Wall Streets BIG dirty little secret is that most actively managed funds don't beat the market over time (which you can easily buy with an index fund) and are more expensive because you have to pay somebody to pick stocks.

Don't just run out and buy a list of the mutual funds that went up the most last year. Past performance is not necessarily indicative of future performance.

Morningstar (www.morningstar.com) has a lot of info on funds.

Good luck.

Log on to valueresearchonline.com and find 5 star rated mutual funds which had a proven track record of growth. Invest in 4 or 5 star rated funds and enjoy the higher returns at lower risk

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Hello Jagat:
Send me an email at bhaskarkdas@gmail.com will surely tell you how invest to do it without any risks. At good leverages
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