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Do You Follow the 50-50 Rule of Mutual Fund Investing?

by DR

Picking mutual funds to entrust your hard earned cash can often feel like a crap shoot. The experts tell us not to look at past results, but let’s be honest, it’s the first thing most of us look at. And if past results are not an indicator of future performance, why are past [...]

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Do low cost mutual funds outperform high cost mutual funds?

by DR

Image credit: ansikA reader recently asked whether the expense ratio of a mutual fund or the fund’s performance was the most important factor when selecting an investment. It’s an important question. What’s the point in investing in a low cost fund if it underperforms higher cost funds? Mutual funds report their [...]

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How to Find The Hidden Cost of Mutual Funds

by DR

I wish mutual fund companies actual sent us a bill each time they charged us. They don’t, of course, and so like The Dark Side of Placing Your Finances on Autopilot, we can easily forget about just how much they cost us. On top of that, not all costs of owning a mutual [...]

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