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Mutual Funds: Are You Where You Should Be?

Posted on July 2, 2011 by petillo — No Comments ↓

For the vast majority of investors – mutual fund investors in particular, watching the major indices and judging your performance against them distorts the reality of not only where you should be but where you could have been. If you…

Tagged with: 401ks, commodities, comparison, dividends, emerging market investments, index funds, investments, iras, mutual funds, performance, retirement plans, S&P 500 funds
Posted in 401k, bonds, economics, financial planning, index funds, Mutual Fund Investing, personal finance, Profitable Investments, Repercussions: A Retirement Review

Mutual Fund Investing: It is what You Believe It is

Posted on May 4, 2011 by petillo — No Comments ↓

Even if there wasn’t so much emphasis on the Baby Boomers with the threat that they will upset the whole of the investment apple cart by suddenly taking everything they have accumulated for retirement and flee the markets, mutual funds…

Tagged with: 401ks, Baby Boomers, comparison, ETFs, index funds, investments, iras, mutual funds, performance, retirement plans
Posted in 401k, Boomers, economics, ETFs, financial planning, index funds, IRA, Mutual Fund Investing, Profitable Investments, Repercussions: A Retirement Review, Retirement Planning Target 2025, social security, taxes

Mutual Fund Investment Success: Out of Sight, Out of Mind

Posted on January 12, 2011 by petillo — No Comments ↓

First off, this is not the kind of thing you want to sink all of your investment dollars in. That might sound like a disclaimer, but the very idea that you could own a mutual fund that acted conversely to…

Tagged with: 401ks, cash, commodities, comparison, dividends, emerging market investments, hedge funds, investments, iras, long and short funds, mutual funds, performance, retirement plans
Posted in Mutual Fund Investing, Repercussions: A Retirement Review, Retirement Planning Target 2025