What is mutual fund and how could i invest on mutual funds.?

what are the different types of mutual funds and which is the best among them.

what are the risk and returns in mutual funds.
what are the types of mutual funds.

a mutual fund is a company that pools investors money together then invests it and allocates it to different securities(stocks, bonds, etc.) This is great for investors who are not familiar with the stock market or who do not have a lot of money. What a mutual fund invests in will depend on the objective of the fund some mutual funds invest in mostly stocks while other invest in mostly bond and others yet will invest in both or in foreign markets.

Their is no real answer to which mutual fund is best their a plenty of good mutual funds out there. Plus to determine which fund or funds are best for you one would need to know what your investment objectives are. You should probably go talk to a financial advisor through a company like ameriprise or edwards jones any simular company would be fine and they will help you find a mutual fund right for you. If you do go talk to a financial advisor tell them that you want a low load fund as the sales charge will be cheaper on these and you want a fund with no redemption fees(these are fees charged when you cash out the fund)

If you want you could also buy mutual funds on your own through a broker which actually would be the best scenario because you could buy into multiple funds and invest your money the way you want you could put some money in foreign funds of your choice or in double weighted index funds which seek double the return of the market. I would actually reccomend learning about ETF's you can get started learning buy visiting zecco.com. Some great etf companies are proshares.com ishares.com and wisdomtree. The best way to learn about mutual funds would be to buy a book on them or check one out at the library.

Mutual Funds are like vehicles. They come in a shapes,sizes, and price ranges. No one can answer your question without knowing more about you and your needs.

don't know difficult due to no experience in that fiel..sorry.

Mutual Fund is Collected fund by Investment Manager (expert investor). So Investment Manager will take care all of the investment. It will benefit you because you don't have to always monitor the investment. Because it report daily .The report of Mutual Fund , you always can see it everyday (in Net Asset Value / NAV).
If NAV is higher it means it you have profit else you loss. you can see it in http://finance.yahoo.com
There are 4 for type of Mutual Fund.
1. Money Market
2. Fixed Income
3 Equity
4. Mix the three above ...
I think the most profit is ... Equity .... it's always > 30% until 80 % in a year in benefit .... depends on Investment Manager
but it has high risk ... because depends on stock market ....
But from 2000 until now it's still safe ... except in 1997 when there is economic crisis ... it drops ...
If you want to be saved you should choose Fixed Income ... but it only return <10 % a year ... but it's more save ....
My suggestion ... if you have fund which is not taken in 3 year ... just put in Mutual Fund Equity ....

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