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Authors: Bruce Jacobs
ISBN-13: 9780071376785, ISBN-10: 007137678X
Format: Paperback
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Companies, The
Date Published: January 2001
Edition: 2ND
Preface | ||
Introduction | ||
Ch. 1 | What Are Mutual Funds? | 1 |
Ch. 2 | Mutual Fund Classifications | 10 |
Ch. 3 | Types of Mutual Funds | 17 |
Ch. 4 | Load Versus No-Load Mutual Funds | 38 |
Ch. 5 | Advantages of Mutual Fund Investing | 47 |
Ch. 6 | Risks in Mutual Fund Investing | 57 |
Ch. 7 | Investment Companies | 67 |
Ch. 8 | The Prospectus | 76 |
Ch. 9 | How to Open a Mutual Fund Account | 85 |
Ch. 10 | Registering a Mutual Fund Account | 92 |
Ch. 11 | Making Subsequent Investment Purchases | 100 |
Ch. 12 | Strategies to Maximize Return on Investment | 107 |
Ch. 13 | Tracking a Fund's Performance | 122 |
Ch. 14 | Services Provided by Mutual Fund Companies | 140 |
Ch. 15 | Costs of Ownership | 156 |
Ch. 16 | Tax Issues | 166 |
Ch. 17 | Developing a Model Portfolio | 183 |
Ch. 18 | Is Mutual Fund Investing for Me? | 192 |
Ch. 19 | Mutual Fund Investing via the Internet | 203 |
Epilogue | 208 | |
App. A | Non-Technical Magazines and Newspapers | 217 |
App. B | Mutual Fund Listings in Newspapers | 218 |
App. C | Addresses and Toll-Free Telephone Numbers of Selected Funds | 222 |
App. D | The Miracle of Compounding | 225 |
App. E | Calculating Return on Investment | 227 |
Bibliography | 231 | |
Glossary of Mutual Fund Terms | 233 | |
Index | 241 | |
About the Author | 257 |