Mutual Fund Investing Guides

These articles explore mutual funds from the basics (what is a mutual fund) to advanced topics (computing annual return and deciding whether to buy funds or stocks).

1. Mutual Fund Basics
2. Average Annual Return
3. Buying from Brokers versus Fund Companies
4. Distributions and Tax Implications
5. Fees and Expenses
6. Index Funds and Beating the Market
7. Money-Market Funds
8. Reading a Prospectus
9. Redemptions
10. Types of Funds
11. Stocks versus Funds