Brain-dead Mutual Fund Selection

About this time every year, the personal finance magazines will perform an annual ritual: Looking at how mutual funds have performed over the past year—and then using that information to suggest which mutual funds you should pick for the coming year. Sadly, this work is a complete waste of time.

Do not Let Mutual Fund Names Fool You Out Of Your Retirement

Mutual fund managers use fake fund names to part you from your money such that you cannot judge what a fund does by its name.

Exchange-Traded Funds are an Interesting Alternative to Mutual Funds

Exchange-traded funds (or EFT for short) have recently become a more and more interesting alternative to classic mutual funds. As of today, there are over 175 EFTs accumulating over 200 billion dollars - and these numbers are growing. While it is improbable for EFT to completely supersede classic mutual funds (at least in the near future), they are an interesting alternative and probably a must-have in every beginners portfolio.

The Big Lie of Investing In Mutual Funds

Have you been lied to? If you have listened to the advice of a financial planner or have money invested in mutual funds because you believe that those managers do a better job of investing your money, you most certainly have been lied to and probably more than once.