in a rising market they are all low risk, in a falling market they are all high risk,

There are as many mutual fund types as there are people to say that they are bad or good. It is impossible to say that all mutual funds are good or bad. it depends on the fund and your goals.

Load vs. No Load A load, in mutual fund speak, is a sales commission. If a fund charges a load, the investor will pay the sales commission on top of the net asset value of the fund鈥檚 shares. No l...

s hares & mutual funds have same taxation rules. In case of SIP, tax will be calculated on units based on first in first out basis.

Depends on how you rate them: most money, greater return, best performance over the years, all stock, all bonds, mixture of both, balanced funds...you get the idea. Try www.morningstar.com. You...

When a mutual fund declares a dividend the amount of the dividend is frequently designated to be reinvested in the mutual fund. The amount of the dividend is used to purchase however many shares it...

Volume of selling will only decide if it will be viable or not. You will require a good team of sellers to achieve it.

5% is much better than mutual funds at this point.

Reginald Laing, Analyst at MorningStar, had this to say about your fund. Investors should avoid the overpriced Dreyfus S&P 500 Index (PEOPX). Dreyfus charges too much for this index fund...

I use scottrade for my investments. When you buy a mutual fund or even a bond no commission is charged, however, the price of the bond is slightly adjusted (in scottrade's favor). Mutual funds...

A mutual fund is a form of collective investment that pools money from many investors and invests the money in stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, and/or other securities. [1] In a ...

This could be a 10 page paper. Positives: Stocks good long-term investment returns on average 10 percent per year over the long term. Very liquid Bonds - Relatively safe interest income investm...

Newspapers are usually the close price of the business day before. Internet lets you know real time what is happening. Many mutual fund companies however, will only let you buy in at the close pr...

Where did you buy them? They should be able to look up your account based on your name.

It depends on the date of that distribution, and the price on that date. Here's an example 12/1/2004 Purchase 100 @ $10 Total Value=1000 12/1/2005 Price = 12 Total Value=1200 Retur...