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3 Things That Make a Great Mutual Fund

April 13, 2010 by Jon

Mutual FundWith over 8,000 mutual funds to choose from, picking a few to put your money into can be a bit overwhelming.  If you have a 401k, the human resource department dwindled the list down a bit, if your lucky.  But which to choose?

Well lets say you’ve decided on the type of a fund, a growth fund for example, but you still see that you have a dozen to choose from.   There is no point in picking 2 or 3 different growth funds and putting your  money into each.  Reason being that all three funds will be invested in several of the same stocks.  If the funds do well, great.  But if they don’t you’re going to feel three times the pain.  There is no diversification with money in 3 growth funds so don’t do it, pick one growth fund and only one growth fund.  It’s better that way. Continue Reading…

How To Invest

April 9, 2010 by Jon

So you want to start investing, but you’re not sure where to actually begin?  Now is the perfect time to get started.  We can’t just dive into the investing pool just yet.  We need to know a few things first so grab a pen and paper. Continue Reading…

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