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Mutual Fund

&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad1" id&equals;"quads-ad1" style&equals;"float&colon;left&semi;margin&colon;0px 0px 0px 0&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h3>Disadvantages of Mutual Funds<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">• The management’s incapability to pick profitable stocks due to lack of creditability in the investor class&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">• Running a mutual fund is an expensive job and high costs of fund have to be absorbed by the investors&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">• Due to too much diversification the good returns from profitable securities are often off set by the losses or dilutions in the unprofitable ones&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">• Investors have to pay capital gain taxes&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">It’s possible to diversify the risk associated with mutual funds&period; Some funds are less risky and some are more&period; But it is not feasible to diversity all risks allied with mutual funds&period; The higher the risk the greater is the return and vice versa&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<h3>Types of Mutual funds<&sol;h3>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><strong>Money Market Funds<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad2" id&equals;"quads-ad2" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px 0 0px 0&semi;text-align&colon;center&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">A short term debt instrument usually treasury bills and are very safe investment&period; Due to low risk the return associated with this kind of fund is also low but there is almost nil chance of loosing the principle&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><strong>Income Funds<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">The purpose of these funds is to provide steady stream of income to the investors&period; Risks and return are low but a very safe place to park the idle money&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><strong>Balanced Funds<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Balanced funds are meant for to provide a balance of risk and return to the investors&period; The funds are diversified in such a way that investors can reap the fruits of high returns and capital appreciation and at the same time can rescue some investment against higher risks or loss&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><strong>Equity Funds<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Money to be invested in stocks and poses high risk of losses and at the same time provides very high returns to the investors&period; These funds are particularly attractive to the risk takers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><strong>International and Global Funds<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">To diversify the political&comma; legal&comma; and economic risks these funds invest inside and outside the country&period; Funds that invest only outside the country called international funds and that investing in home and world wide are called global funds&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify"><strong>Specialty Funds<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">To concentrate on certain segment of the economy specialty funds investments are made&period; These funds are extremely popular among the investing community and pay high returns and forgo broad diversifications&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Most of the mutual funds companies charge fee which consists of ongoing yearly fees for keeping the funds invested and transactions cost when the investor buy or sell securities&period; But a problem arises when the mutual fund companies through financial jargon hide costs or make it more complex for the common investors to understand&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">Shares in the mutual fund can be purchased by contacting the fund company directly&comma; or from brokers&comma; banks&comma; financial institutions&comma; and insurance agents&period; To purchase funds from any party other than the company directly one has to pay sales charge called load&period; In advanced countries where efficient money and capital markets exist the term of mutual fund supermarkets is also used for the mutual funds companies&comma; brokers&comma; and institutions dealing in mutual funds purchase and sale&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p align&equals;"justify">This is important to set an objective before being investing in a mutual fund due to the fact that funds are available with differing attributes and are specifically designed to meet the requirements of the masses&period; For example if the investor is planning to secure old age than long term capital gains and returns are preferable or if he&sol;she wants current regular income than short term income bonds should be preferred&period; Identifying a goal is important because it will help in choosing the right fund for the task&period; Another very important area of consideration is that the person wanted to invest in mutual fund must evaluate his&sol;her risk preference or risk tolerance&period; This evaluation would also help in deciding the right fund in accordance with the risk predilection or forbearance&period;&NewLine;<&excl;-- WP QUADS Content Ad Plugin v&period; 2&period;0&period;95 -->&NewLine;<div class&equals;"quads-location quads-ad3" id&equals;"quads-ad3" style&equals;"float&colon;none&semi;margin&colon;0px&semi;">&NewLine;&NewLine;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&NewLine;

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