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How to read the stock market. How to get started in the stock market.?

March 3rd, 2011

How to buy stocks off the internet.
How to get mutual funds.
What are the ends and outs of stock trading.
also the stock market.

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clarification on index funds?

October 5th, 2010

I’m 19 years old and trying to plan for my future. I’ve been trying to do research on things to invest in and originally i went into this looking into buying a mutual fund. most of the information i found said that mutual funds arent the way to go but index funds are where its at. Ive been looking into this "VTSMX" fund but I just don’t understand how i’ll really make money with it long term. I just don’t understand how its a good long term investment. The stock market goes up 2 out of every 3 years i read somewhere but it seems like like it takes 2 years to recover from how long it got at one point. so how do I make money on an index fund when it just platues. As far as the fund is concerned it went to 35$ at one point and then came back down to 14 and then continued to rise to 38 again. I guess I just don’t quite understand and have alot more learning to go. any insight would be wonderful

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ETF vs. Index funds?

October 2nd, 2010

Please cite the differences between ETFs, Index funds and mutual funds..

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Mutual funds transferred to an Index fund?

September 29th, 2010

Hey, certainly not the right place to ask important financial questions but did need some quick clarification…

Listening to NPR today and one of the top performing investor’s overall recommendation was that basically, a basic index fund will, on average, out perform any Mutual fund. And, because Index funds have less fees associated with them, the investor really will make out far better in the long run. His advice was, of course, not to pull your money out of your investment account but to perhaps transfer it to an Index Fund.

Since this was really limited information, my question was really about how the mutual fund works. I’ve lost, say, 30k in the 3 different mutual funds I have now. Shouldn’t I just leave the money in (since it’s already a loss) and hope the value goes up in the next 10 years? Or, within the mutual fund are the stocks constantly trading so the stock my mutual fund holds now, will not be the same stock in it 10 years from now. If the later is the case, I can see why moving it to an index fund makes sense. But if investors usually keep the same core stocks, then isn’t transferring my money to an Index fund the same as pulling out of the market? Does this make sense?

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cdn index funds search?

September 18th, 2010

Does anyone know a good source for canadian index funds? I’m in search of a good index fund to invest in but would like to be able to compare, or at least get some stats. My research so far tells me index funds have out performed the majority of Canadian equity mutual funds. If this is so then I sure would like to diversify my portfolio. Thanks!

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I do I go about buying Index funds??

September 13th, 2010

And what are your guys opinions on Index funds and other mutual funds can you get rich of them??

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I purchased an index mutual fund, but I don't see it changing with the market like I do my 401K mutual funds.

September 11th, 2010

Why is that? Do index funds only update once a day… perhaps when the market is already closed? Is this normal? All day today it was showing the previous trading day’s values… till tonight. I presume tomorrow it will show tonight’s value till the trading is done. Is this a correct assumption? What is the logic behind this… and why does this not apply to my 401K mutual funds?

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What does a company gain by offering a consumer a CD account or a mutual fund?

August 27th, 2010

These types of accounts (CDs and Mutual funds) are said to have higher interest rates that the account holder can benefit from than a normal savings account , but what’s in it for the company offering the CD or the Mutual fund ?