Mutual fund is a group of different stocks, usually 100 or more. An index fund is all the stocks in something like the Dow Jones 30, or it could all the stocks on the NYSE, or all the stocks in th...

A Roth can be a mutual fund. Are you asking about a Roth vs. a non retirement investment or a Roth vs. a traditioanl IRA?

Most funds are sond through 3rd parties,like stockbrokers or insurance salesmen. ...

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Mutual funds - take the investments of many investors collectively - invests them, and manages that investment. Theoretically, the fund manager knows how to manage investments to make them grow. ...

Every fund company has its better and worse funds, and I don't know that any one truly stands out in that respect. I have an affinity to Oppenheimer and American, primarily because of how the...

If I am understanding your question correctly the answer is yes. When mutual funds pass on dividends and capital gain distributions to share holders it lowers the cost per unit of the fund. Most ...

a form of collective investment that pools money from many investors and invests their money in stocks, bonds, dividends, short-term money market instruments, and/or other securities.

If the mutual fund is currently held with a large fund family, you should be able to open an IRA with the fund family and have your mutual fund transfered to your new ROTH IRA. This way it grows t...

A mutual fund is meant to be a long-term investment; many funds have penalties if you sell them within a stated period of time. Generally, C shares have a 1% penalty if sold within a year of purch...

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A mutual fund is an investment vehicle that lets people pool their money into a fund to (hopefully) earn better returns because of a larger asset base. It also allows investors to reduce the risk i...

Just out on the magazine racks is " Kiplinger's" 2007 report on mutual funds ( with a little on ETF's.) Should have great info for comparison with Mstar.

You can figure this yourself, if you're willing to take the time. Here's how I figure mine: Say you bought 100 shares for $8 apiece. Your cost basis at that point is $8 per share. If y...

How do you have taxes to pay if you don't have a job? I guess technically you could sell a small portion of your mutual fund to cover the costs, like a few shares. But with the commissions ...