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August 19, 2019 Mutual Funds No Comments

I-T returns to have pre-filled mutual fund gains information?

I-T returns to have pre-filled mutual fund gains information? NEW DELHI: From next year, you may not have to fret about calculating the capital gains tax liability while filing tax returns. The revenue department is in talks with the Securities and Exchange … Continue reading at timesofindia.indiatimes.com Mutual Funds Common Sense on Mutual Funds: Fully […]

August 18, 2019 Mutual Funds No Comments

Will ETFs Cause Mutual Funds to Be Extinct?

Will ETFs Cause Mutual Funds to Be Extinct? This article was originally published on ETFTrends.com. Mutual funds, like dinosaurs, might be roaming the capital markets with their sheer size, but exchange-traded funds (ETFs) might be … Continue reading at finance.yahoo.com Morningstar Reports U.S. Mutual Fund and Exchange-Traded Fund Flows for July 2019 Strong demand for […]

August 17, 2019 Mutual Funds 17 Comments

Best And Worst Q3 2019: Energy ETFs And Mutual Funds

Best And Worst Q3 2019: Energy ETFs And Mutual Funds The Energy sector ranks eighth in Q3’19. Based on an aggregation of ratings of the 176 stocks in the Energy sector. XOP is our top-rated Energy ETF and IENSX is our top-rated Energy mutual fund. Continue reading at seekingalpha.com 4 Best Mutual Funds for Retirement […]

August 12, 2019 Mutual Funds No Comments

Investing: Bond funds worth a place in your portfolio

Investing: Bond funds worth a place in your portfolio Bonds are immensely popular these days, as shown by surging net inflows to mutual funds and exchange-traded funds. And it’s easy to see why. While few stock-fund managers match or beat the returns of … Continue reading at chicagotribune.com The Top 4 Technology Mutual Funds for […]

August 8, 2019 Dividends 12 Comments

Dividend Value Stocks Yield Success for This Fund

Dividend Value Stocks Yield Success for This Fund “A dividend is a very tangible reward to shareholders,” says … Keeley Jr., a well-regarded practitioner of value investing, as a mentor. Keeley, who founded Chicago-based Keeley Asset Management in … Continue reading at barrons.com Like Dividends? You May Want to Put AT&T Stock on Your Shopping […]

August 2, 2019 Mutual Funds 12 Comments

4 Best Non-US Mutual Funds to Buy Now

July 28, 2019 Earnings No Comments

Twitter shares surge after earnings report shows growth in daily users

July 26, 2019 Mutual Funds 14 Comments

Stay Away From Preferred Stocks Unless You Know What You’re Doing

Stay Away From Preferred Stocks Unless You Know What You’re Doing The easiest way is to do this is to buy a fund dedicated to preferred stocks. Here a strong note of caution is needed. Mutual funds that appear in screeners under the “preferred” category often … Continue reading at forbes.com Next Recession: The Case […]

According to Lubaszka, the U.S. dollar has lost more than 80% of its original value since the early 70's when we went to a floating currency, a situation not helped very much by the debut of the Euro in the late 1990s. Unlike American dollars, a portion of the Euro is gold-backed, a stability feature that has helped it outperform the dollar over the long haul. It is for this reason that many foreign investors have been taking money out of U.S. dollars and putting it into gold and oil instead, one explanation for why the price of both has continued to rise in recent months.

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Performance will vary. Fund performance often falls off and risk levels rise during the subsequent three years after a fund is given an initial five-star Morningstar rating, suggests another recent study by Matthew Morey, a professor at Pace University. One reason for this is that after receiving a five-star rating the size of the fund grows dramatically, which then makes the fund unwieldy to manage, he suggests. Since Morey's study was completed, Morningstar also has changed the way it doles out top rankings to make them more precise. One of the biggest problems with all rating systems is that they are not necessarily predictive in nature. This means they're not really set up to tell you whether certain funds will necessarily do better in the future. For the most part, the ratings indicate how much you might have made and how much aggravation you faced in the process.