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Mutual Funds

While different from stocks, mutual funds are of the most common pooled investment tools availiable to investors. Check out if mutual funds are right for you.

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How To Pump Up Your Portfolio With ETFs
These funds trade like stocks, provide diversification, reduce risk and increase returns.
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9 Misconceptions About Managed Futures
Managed futures are not all they're worked up to be. Learn why they are not a good option for investors.
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Valuing Small-Cap Stocks
When done right, small-cap investing can improve the performance of your portfolio without adding a great degree of risk.
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FINANCIAL EDGE

Invest In Real Estate With $1,000 (Or Less)
Here are some options to get you started in real estate for a fraction of what it would cost to buy an actual property.
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5 Ways To Invest In Currencies
As the economies of some countries sputter and former third-world countries are beginning to emerge, currency investing is becoming more intriguing. Learn ways to make money on money with the foreign exchange market.
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Commodity Prices Are Pinching Consumers
Prices of commodities - cotton, wheat, coffee, etc. - have recently spiked. Learn how that affects consumers.
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DICTIONARY TERMS

Dow Jones Asian Titans 50 Index
A market capitalization-weighted index of Asia-Pacific stocks designed to capture the blue-chip leaders of the region. The stock universe is the Dow Jones Asia-Pacific Index, from which the 50 largest Japan-based and 50 largest non-Japan...
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Large Cap (Big Cap)
A term used by the investment community to refer to companies with a market capitalization value of more than $10 billion. Large cap is an abbreviation of the term "large market capitalization". Market capitalization is calculated by multiplying the...
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Survivorship Bias
The tendency for mutual funds with poor performance to be dropped by mutual fund companies, generally because of poor results or low asset accumulation. This phenomenon, which is widespread in the fund industry, results in an overestimation of the...
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STOCK ANALYSIS

3 Ways To Play Japan's Mitsui & Co. (MITSY, VALE, EWJ, VPL, JEQ, MTU, IGA)
Japanese conglomerate Mitsui & Co. is trading at an extemely low valuation. Learn how to take advantage of this opportunity.
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Investing Ideas From The Appleseed Portfolio (PFE, NVS, JBSS, PICO, FHCO, GAIA)
The Appleseed Fund is the best socially responsible investment fund over a three-year period. We'll look at some of its holdings.
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Williston Basin Mid-North America Fund Levered To Bakken (CRR, BEXP, OAS, CLR, WLL)
This fund buys stocks that are focused on the Williston Basin and other areas in the Mid North American area.
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TUTORIALS

Fund Transactional Activity
Portfolio turnover is one of the simplest measures of mutual fund quality quality. Find out how to measure it.
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Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
This vehicle combines the diversification of a mutual fund with the flexibility of a stock. Learn more about them here.
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