Why do people with mutual funds and retirement funds invest in US securities?

Since you are not going to be retiring any time soon, you should definitely put a majority of your money into the stock market. At your age I would put 80% of the money you are going to be investin...

It depends on your age and risk tolerance and also how much time you want to put into managing your account. I will say that you have a LOT of overlap in the S&P and Wilshire funds, in fact,...

Its best to invest in an index funds because it has little or no management fees. Picking the right one depends on your style and risk tolerance. The SPY and IWM are good index that follow the S&am...

Unless it's a money market Mutual Fund I'd suggest never putting money into a stock or bond Mutual Fund unless you had a time horizon of 7 years +. Most Mutual Fund companies would tell...

I think, you should give it more time. You can't judge a fund on two months performance. It is a good fund. & you will have to pay 0.50% exit load, if you redeem before six months.

Mutual funds is not a low risk investment. They are less riskier than investing in individual stocks, but more riskier than investing in bonds. If you want higher returns, you would need to invest ...

me...invest it in me!

daughter = you can open up a mutual fund in her name with you as the trustee no co owner -- she can back up to 1600 a year of unearned income before it applies to you taxes!!! same for you i wou...