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Wednesday, September 9, 2009

Tips On Choosing The Best Mutual Funds

By Hugo V. Higgins

One of the easiest ways to invest your money today is through the use of mutual funds. Mutual funds are professionally monitored investment options. They collect money from a group of people and they make a common investment. The money is invested in stocks, bonds and other forms of securities that the markets offer. They are very advantageous to those wishing to invest but do not have a large sum of money.

Choosing the best mutual funds to invest in will however need further scrutiny. This is because mutual funds are further subdivided into many types of funds. We shall look at a few of the common types of funds. We will begin with the open ended fund. It is called an open ended fund because once you join you can end the fund any day you wish. It is a good option because it allows for investors to get out when they see that it is not working out for them.

The exchange traded fund is a mutual fund that combines the open ended fund and a closed end fund. Their edge is that they deal in kind. With people being able to trade in kind then the members of the fund avoid all the procedures/expenses of transferring securities into money daily. This is not the case of the open ended fund.

When choosing the best mutual funds for your money needs there are the equity funds. The equity funds are all invested into the stock exchange market. This allows for fairly high returns to the members of this fund. I assume the risk that comes with it is very high though.

Before choosing the best mutual funds one will also come across the bond funds. There are about three types or more of the bond funds. We can mention one or two of these. The first one which is a very attractive option is the term fund. The term fund will have to wait a certain agreed duration before the returns are seen by the investor.

The term funds are in the same group of mutual funds with the municipal bonds. This group of funds is called the bond funds. When choosing the best mutual funds the municipal bond funds have an added bonus being from the local government. The municipal bonds returns are not taxed federally. This tax break is an incentive to some people.

When choosing mutual funds there is also the money market funds. I kind of see the very young couples who want to have something in their retirement going for this one. It is very low in risk. In fact it has the least risk among all the options. The catch however is that the return is very low. We all know the higher the risk the higher the returns. The money market funds are also liquid and can be redeemed anytime.

In conclusion I would just like to say that you need to take your time when choosing the best mutual fund to invest in. You should not just go in blindly, dissect all the options. - 23208

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