Which are the best mutual funds to invest ,short term and long term?

What Varun failed to mention is that you can reinvest your dividends and its like nothing happened. You get shares to replace the value of the share price lost due to the dividend.

Vanguard Equity Income, Vanguard STAR (conservative investors, low/medium risk). ETFS go for SPY, DIA, QQQ and IWM. I chose SPY over Vanguard 500 because SPY charges a lower expense .10% SPY vs .Vanguard 500 .30%. Why pay more for a mutual fund when an ETF does the same exact thing?

My lifetime buy and hold stock is NYX. Bought 1k worth in my Roth IRA about 2 yrs ago. Plan to hold for 40 yrs until I retire....should be interesting to see!!!!

invest only in growth funds...do not invest in funds where u get dividend...cuz it reduces the value of ur mutual fund...

The Vanguard family of funds come with the lowest costs in the industry and have been scandal-free. Check out Vanguard's site and read its educational materials. Do NOT go chasing after last year's most profitable funds. Studies have shown that picking the top ten funds from last year is a great way to SIGNIFICANTLY underperform the S&P index.

There is no such thing as investing for the short term -- just short-term investing. For the short term, stick to CDs and other vehicles that guarantee a return. If you may need the money soon (the only reason to go short-term), you can't afford to risk losing it.

Deepu, Mutual fund provides opportunity to invest amount in short term and long term. If your time horizon is less than 6 months go for Liquid fund. If you are will to park your money more than 1 year go for growth funds. But before investing know about fund objective, fund manager and previous performance of fund house.

The problem is knowing which funds will rise. In my opinion, stocks will be weak until October 8th, 2007. Invest in the Rydex Bear Funds, which go in the opposite direction as the stock market. In the long run, the majority of mutual funds can not beat the stock market as a whole so invest in index funds which will at least match the market less a small expense ratio. Unless you have a feel for the markets, choosing the correct mutual fund is a crap shoot. There is a time for everything: a time to buy, and a time to sell.

1.s.bi. 2.dbs cholamandalam. 3. sundaram paribus. 4.fidelity 5.pnb mutual fund 6.u.t.i m.f. canara bank m.f. 8.fidelity m.f 9.aig m.f. tata m.f. 10.birla m.f 11.lic mf. 12.reliance m.f. 13.icici prudential m.f. 14.hdrc m.f etc.
wish u a good return on investment.

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There r several schemes of all the mutual fund companies, just have a look and then invest wisely.

For short term, you may want to consider money market accounts or investment-grade bond funds with a duration of 3 years or less.

For long term (> 10 years), you may want to consider a mix of stock and bond funds, or a fund-of-funds that will invest in both asset classes. Using a total stock market index fund and total bond market index fund will help simplify the process.