| Description |
1 online resource (xxii, 384 pages) : illustrations |
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--For dummies |
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--For dummies.
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| Contents |
Mutual funds : sharing risks and rewards. Making more money, taking less risk ; Mutual funds : pros and cons ; Funding your financial plans -- Evaluating alternatives to funds. Selecting your own stocks and bonds ; Exchange-traded funds and other fund look-alikes ; Hedge funds and other managed alternatives -- Separating the best from the rest. Finding the best funds ; Using fund publications ; Buying funds from the best firms -- Crafting your fund portfolio. Perfecting a fund portfolio ; Money market funds : beating the bank ; Bond funds : when boring is best ; Stock funds : meeting your longer term needs ; Specialty funds : one of a kind ; Working it out : sample portfolios ; Applications, transfers, and other useful forms -- Keeping current and informed. Evaluating your funds and adjusting your portfolio ; The taxing side of mutual funds ; Common fund problems and how to fix them ; Fund ratings and forecasters ; Harnessing your computer's power -- The part of tens. Ten common fund-investing mistakes and how to avoid them ; Ten fund-investing fears to conquer ; Ten tips for hiring a financial adviser -- Appendix. Recommended fund companies and discount brokers. |
| Summary |
Learn to pick the best funds, assemble and maintain your portfolio, and evaluate your funds' performance. Tyson helps you avoid fund-investing pitfalls and maximize your chances of success. |
| Subject |
Mutual funds -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc.
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Mutual funds -- United States -- Handbooks, manuals, etc. |
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Mutual funds |
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United States |
| Genre |
Handbooks and manuals
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Tyson, Eric (Eric Kevin). Mutual funds for dummies. 6th ed. Hoboken, NJ : Wiley Pub. Inc., 2010 9780470623213 (DLC) 2010929313 (OCoLC)619124730 |
| ISBN |
9780470875346 (electronic bk.) |
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0470875348 (electronic bk.) |
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9780470875360 (electronic bk.) |
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0470875364 (electronic bk.) |
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