Sharebuilder mutual fund?

does anyone have this mutual fund IDGEX ING DIRECT Global Equity Dividend Fund and how is it doing? im looking for a high risk/return fund am im thinking this is close and i dont want to leave sharebuilder.

I'm afraid that it is NOT what you are looking for... 5% return for an international fund is embarassing.
You can make a list of the funds that are available to you and check out their performance on finance/yahoo...( the link is a little later in this message)
Put each fund symbol in the " quote" box ... and today's report will come up on the screen...but off to the left you can click on " performance" and it will show you what the fund has done in the last year, last five years, etc.( IDGEX doesn't seem to be that old.)
Click on the " chart" link and it will come up in a chart form....on that screen left hand, bottom you will see a box marked "compare"...if you type in another symbol you can compare the two funds ...you can put more than one symbol in the box, just put a comma between them.
Make a list of other ones and compare them to the IDGEX
Here's the starting point: http://finance.yahoo.com/q?s=IDGEX
You're really looking for something that's doing 15% or more...one hint: I don't think anything with " dividend" in the name will be a real high- flyer.... there sort of slow and stodgy...nothing wrong with that !!..but that's what you get into when you have years and years of profits to " protect".

it looks pretty volatile; am not an expert; but find out how much the fund manager charges .... that is key. if they charge too much it isn't worth it because the yield is less than 4%

i too think sharebuilder is worth staying with.

good luck to you.

It's up 5.17% YTD as of November 30 and is badly trailing its benchmark index according to Yahoo Finance.

If you want to invest in an international fund, it won't be hard to beat this one if you don't have to stick with this "sharebuilder". Fidelity has two broadly diversified internation funds that are up 12-15% each. If you want high risk/high reward, some emerging markets funds are up 40% or more. And that's from doing about two minutes worth of research. I'm sure that there are a lot more good ones from other fund companies if you take some time to research them.

Some fund companies have programs that allow you to regularly invest relatively small amounts. Check around. You may be able to find something else that you like that won't require a lot of money at one time.

I don't like IDGEX. Way behind it's benchmark and average fund for that category. High fees, 1.4%, unproven management. I looked over other ING funds. If you MUST stay with this fund family, are the "O" shares no-load funds? If so, the Index Plus Large Cap fund looks pretty good. Symbol IDLOX. Or Balanced fund symbol IDBAX. The balanced fund has JNJ, PG, XOM, AIG and a lot of other good quality names that should do well in '08.