Whats the difference between a mutual fund and a closed end fund?

regarding investments in India.... I believe there are 2 good investments... stocks in ICICI and funds related to cellular phone technology... but always consult with a profession investor

Hello, Growth mutual funds invest in stocks with high earnings and sales growth, a high frequency of positive earnings surprises, and positive price momentum. Growth mutual fund managers find m...

instead of a mutual fund take a look at some of the ETF's from powershares the one that gets a lot of attention is PBW (powershares wilderhill clean energy portfolio). Now keep in mind thi...

They are pretty much the same thing. You are probably thinking of the difference between a stock (equity) fund and bond or other type of fund. It is just a difference of what the fund is invested...

combination of first three answers. If there is a load on your funds then that is sort of a fee. If you have a brokerage account then you likely have transaction fees. If you are investing only ...

You should get a fund with less than 1% expense ratio. I don't invest in anything with an expense ratio of more than 0.5%. One of my favorite funds has an expense ratio of 0.19%. See the li...

The downside that I have found with vanguard is that even though they have really low expense ratio's, their funds are mostly index, which means that they are not looked after like an actively...

ETF stands for exchange-traded fund... you can buy them through any brokerage which allows you to buy NYSE listed stocks. They are much better than mutual funds, as there are no fees (or "loa...