Mutual Funds – An Introduction and Brief History

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[ad_1] Not each of us has the expertise or time to build and manage an investment portfolio. There is an excellent option available – Mutual Funds. Mutual Fund is an investment vehicle through which people can pool their money and invest it according to a predetermined objective. Each investor in a mutual fund gets a … Read more

Five Excellent Investing Characteristics

[ad_1] We favor investments that are low cost, tax efficient, diversified, liquid and simple. Many investors often run into trouble while investing in things that do not have these five characteristics. Investments with these five characteristics have been profitable over time, but usually aren’t very exciting. There usually isn’t a “hot story” you need to … Read more

Jack Dreyfuss – a financial magician

[ad_1] Jack Dreyfuss was born on August 28, 1913, in Montgomery, Alabama. Dreyfus was an American financial wizard, and founder of the highly successful Dreyfus Fund. Dreyfus was one of the most successful investors in the 1950s and 1960s. He is credited with introducing a large number of Americans to the stock market by creating … Read more

Which mutual fund calculator should you use?

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[ad_1] There is no dearth of financial calculators on the internet and sometimes novice investors get baffled by the number of calculator links that come up for a simple search query like ‘goal sip calculator’ or ‘goal calculator’. How then can one choose a calculator that will accurately provide answers to what the investor was … Read more

Omega Ratio – A better investment performance…

[ad_1] Investors typically use performance benchmarks such as the Sharpe ratio or Sortino ratio to rank mutual funds, ETFs and index trackers. However, these general performance benchmarks have many drawbacks and can often be very misleading. The Omega Ratio overcomes these shortcomings and provides a more sophisticated method of ranking investments. The Sharpe ratio originated … Read more