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Classes-To-Go! 2C Better Investing Online Mutual Fund Tools Allen Holdsworth BIVA Board Director Illowa Buy States Chapter Director MAD Investment Club
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Classes-To-Go! 2C
Better Investing Online Mutual Fund Tools
Allen HoldsworthBIVA Board Director
Illowa Buy States Chapter DirectorMAD Investment Club
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Disclaimer
• The information in this presentation is for educational purposes only and is not intended to be a recommendation to purchase or sell any of the stocks, mutual funds, or other securities that may be referenced.
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Allen Holdsworth
• MAD Investment Club 15 years• Illowa Chapter director 14 years• BIVA Board director 5 years• Teach 16 week “Personal Investing”
class at local community college• Broker and Financial Planner 7 years• Retired- Life is good!!!
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Personal Story
• One lady said she was not worried about the stock market. She did not own any stocks
• She was in mutual funds!?!?• There are a LOT of people out
there who need help!!
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Mutual Funds
• Past performance• Performance vs. index• Fees• Turnover ratio• Manager tenure• Number of holdings• Style of investing
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Types of Funds
• Diversify by types of funds• Large cap• Mid cap• Small cap• Foreign• Bonds
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Be Diversified!
• One example MIGHT be:• 20% large cap• 20% mid cap• 20% small cap• 20% international• 20% bond funds• Depends on goals and time
frame!
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Index Funds
• Index Funds• Passive vs. active management• Lower costs• Roughly 80% of mutual funds
underperform their index• Index for every type of investing
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Have a Plan
• You need to have a plan before choosing which funds to buy
• How old are you?• How long till you retire?• How will you use the money in
their accounts?• You need to think about these
things before choosing funds
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BI Online Mutual Fund Tools
• BetterInvesting has a very good set of tools for studying mutual funds
• There are several parts to these tools
• We will look at each part
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Online Tools
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Online Tools
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Online Tools
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Online Tools
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Ariel Fund ARGFX
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Online Tools
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Trend Report
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Trend Report
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Online Tools
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Mutual Fund Screening
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Screening Results
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Online Tools
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BI Mutual Fund Tools
• Excellent source of information is the BI Mutual Fund Handbook
• Mutual Funds for Dummies
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QUESTIONS?
