Bogleheads:Featured article
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- Featured article/Behavioral pitfalls
- Featured article/Bogleheads® investment philosophy
- Featured article/Importance of saving early
- Featured article/Index fund
- Featured article/Investing FAQ for the Bogleheads® forum
- Featured article/Investment policy statement
- Featured article/Mutual fund
- Featured article/Risk and return: an introduction
- Featured article/Risk tolerance
- Featured article/Tax-efficient fund placement
- Featured article/Three-fund portfolio
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Mutual funds are registered investment companies that pool investors capital for the purpose of investing in securities. Mutual funds are managed by professional money managers. They are a primary funding vehicle for the corporate contributory retirement system in the United States. In 2014, a total of 7,923 U.S. mutual funds held over 16 trillion dollars of assets, owned by forty-three percent of American households and an estimated 90.4 million individuals
Mutual funds offer investors the advantage of diversification, professional management, liquidity, and convenience. These advantages are offset by such factors as costs, fund turnover, and the consequences of organizational structure. (more...)
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