In this age of information you are deluged with data, news, facts and figures from the Internet, newsprint, and a variety of telecommunications. Yet, when you want and demand immediate concise, factual and current information to make an investment decision, where is it?
An excellent research source that can help you make investment decisions is a mutual fund trade symbol. The mutual funds are assigned a five digit symbol (always ending with X) and generally follows the mutual fund name. Example would be ABC Mutual Fund ABCFX (fictitious name and symbol). The mutual fund symbol is your key to unlock a wealth of investment data.
Many major Internet financial search engines provide all the information you seek to make a investment decision based on facts. Some excellent financial search engines are Finance.Google.com, Finance.Yahoo.com, LipperWeb.com. To view the vast resource of mutual fund data that is readily available, the website requires a symbol be placed in the dialog box. Here is a thumbnail sketch of the valuable type of source material provided.
Mutual Fund Profile lists the mutual fund's family - address - toll free number - name of the Manager and tenure - inception date - net assets - investment category - investment objective, etc.
Mutual Fund Purchase includes the minimum initial purchase - minimum initial IRA purchase - maximum 12b1 fee - maximum front end sales load - maximum deferred sales load - brokerage availability.
Mutual Fund Performance provides the current net asset value (share price) - year-to-date return - long-term average return - best one/three year total return - worst one/three year total return - performance vs. benchmarks.
Mutual Fund Risk shows the risk rating - 3 year Alpha rating - 3 year Beta rating - 5 year Alpha rating - 5 year Beta rating - total expense ratio.
Now that you are armed with the value of the mutual fund NASDAQ symbol you can find top mutual funds that are worth researching at www.largedividends.com (Mutual Interest Data Service).
Good luck on your investing future.
Mutual Interest Data Service (http://www.largedividends.com) was created September 26, 1999. The objective is to be an exclusive mutual fund resource based on finding top mutual funds that 1) distribute large income/capital gains and 2) maintain performance growth for a 5-year period. Thousands of mutual funds are screened and analyzed every year and a new data base of more than 900 mutual funds is created based on the performance. Within the data base, the best 44 stock mutual funds serving 22 investment classifications are than selected. To validate our niche, amutual funds model was created. The mutual fund names and symbols are available. Always contact the mutual fund and read the prospectus before making an investment.
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