Mutual funds for dummies
By: by Eric Tyson, MBA
Edition: 7th edition.
Series: --For dummies; --For dummies
Publisher: For Dummies
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
ISBN-13: 9781119215516
Subjects: Mutual funds; Handbooks, manuals
Description: Newly revised and updated, Mutual Funds For Dummies, 7th Edition provides readers with insight on how to find the best-managed funds that match their financial goals. With straightforward advice and a plethora of specific and up-to-date fund recommendations, Eric Tyson helps readers avoid fund-investing pitfalls and maximize their chances of success.
Notes: "Learning made easy"--Cover.

Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Getting started with funds. Making more money, taking less risk ; Fund pros and cons ; Funding your financial plans; title: Evaluating alternatives to funds. Selecting your own stocks and bonds ; Exchange-traded funds and other fund lookalikes ; Hedge funds and other managed alternatives; title: Separating the best from the rest. Finding the best funds ; Using fund publications ; Buying funds from the best firms; title: 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; title: 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 ; Information sources: fund ratings and forecasters; title: 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; title: Appendix: recommended fund companies and discount brokers.