The returns earned by mutual funds may not be the same as those earned by the investors who buy them. A recent study by a university professor and two public foundation researchers indicates that mutual fund investors may have earned much less than the returns reported by the funds. The study, recently reported in Money magazine, showed that money usually […]
Month: September 2002
Bonds have a place in your portfolio
Investors have poured money into the bond market this year as they have watched their stock holdings vaporize. The latest mutual fund statistics show that investors are selling more shares of stock funds than they are buying, while at the same time throwing billions into bond funds. Should you do the same? Maybe, but not for the same reason the […]