The 100 Best Mutual Funds to Own in America (3rd ed) [Paperback]

Gene Walden (Author)

Book Description

Series: 3rd ed | Publication Date: October 1998

With more than 8,500 mutual funds available, investors are faced with a daunting task when making their selection. Author Gene Walden objectively rates the hottest mutual funds to own, along with insights from the nation's top portfolio managers.

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About the Author

Gene Walden is the author of the bestsellers, The 100 Best Internet Stocks to Own for the Long Run, The 100 Best Stocks to Own in America, and The 100 Best Stocks to Own for Under $25.Walden also writes a weekly column for OnMoney.com and has been a contributor to The Wall Street Journal, Investor’s Business Daily, Red Herring, Your Money, Dow Jones News Service, and many other business and financial publications. A frequent speaker, he has been featured on hundreds of radio and television talk shows. --This text refers to an alternate Paperback edition.

Product Details

• Paperback: 371 pages
• Publisher: Dearborn Trade Pub; 3rd edition (October 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0793128595
• ISBN-13: 978-0793128594
• Product Dimensions: 9 x 6.5 x 1 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 2.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #9,254,593 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Seems obvious that Walden used Investors FastTrack, March 13, 2004

By A Customer

This review is from: The 100 Best Mutual Funds to Own in America (2nd ed) (Paperback)

The book is kinda of a dump of data and conclusions that the FastTrack people originated years ago. Skip the book and go to the source.

3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars How can the author include so many load funds?, August 28, 1999

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This review is from: The 100 Best Mutual Funds to Own in America (3rd ed) (Paperback)

I can't understand how a book that claims to offer/judge the best mutual funds in America can include any non-speciality load funds in the group. The author lists many equity funds with large loads and returns that are less than many no load funds he didn't list. Given the fact that there are so many no load funds with outstanding performance it just does not make any sense to include load funds in the book.

2 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars maybe good, but..., June 11, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The 100 Best Mutual Funds to Own in America (3rd ed) (Paperback)

This book's title should really read "the 100 best (mostly loaded) mutual funds to own in america". I would not recommend it if you are building your portfolio with no-load mutual funds. Kirk Kazanjian's book would be a good alternative.