Smart Guide to Profiting from Mutual Funds [Paperback]

Susan Karp (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: October 2, 1998 | Series: The Smart Guides Series (Book 3)

An all-you-need-to-know introduction to mutual funds--ideal for tentative beginners as well as veterans looking for a brush-up on the fundamentals of "wealth building"

Smart Definitions of blended funds, balanced funds, and closed-end funds

Smart Strategies for college savings, tax-free funds, and retirement plans

Smart Tips on how to find reliable fund families and managers, and how to ride a volatile market

Smart Advice on diversifying your investments, capitalizing on "bull" and "bear" market cycles, committing to aggressive growth funds, knowing when to "sell short," and much more

Smart Tips on calculating interest-rate risk, choosing between taxable and tax-exempt funds, analyzing a fund's performance history, and matching your fund family's goals and style with your own

Smart Insights into how mutual funds perform against CDs, individual stocks and bonds, and treasury securities

Quick reading and easy referencing with a comprehensive index and loads of sidebars and tables

Smart Guides take readers seriously. They satisfy even the most curious person's desire to know the essentials about any of a wide range of topics--from vitamins to mutual funds to stress relief.

It's all about good reading and expert information. The choice is yours.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

Mutual funds are good for those who want to take part in the current stock-market boom but have neither the time nor inclination to pick individual stocks on their own. But with nearly 9,000 mutual funds on the market, which ones should you pick or avoid? If you're faced with this dilemma, turn to Susan Karp's Smart Guide to Profiting from Mutual Funds. Karp, a finance journalist, writes a broad introduction to the world of mutual funds, and covers everything from the different types of stock funds available (e.g., aggressive, growth, index, sector, bond, and money funds) to assessing your own goals and objectives as well as tolerance for risk. While Karp does not recommend individual funds, she goes into detail on how to evaluate and buy them and what performance indicators are most important. In addition, the book is sprinkled with phone numbers and URLs of various fund companies and other resources that can help you evaluate different funds. --Harry C. Edwards

From the Back Cover

An all-you-need-to-know introduction to mutual funds—ideal for tentative beginners as well as veterans looking for a brush-up on the fundamentals of "wealth building"

Smart Definitions of blended funds, balanced funds, and closed-end funds

Smart Strategies for college savings, tax-free funds, and retirement plans

Smart Tips on how to find reliable fund families and managers, and how to ride a volatile market

Smart Advice on diversifying your investments, capitalizing on "bull" and "bear" market cycles, committing to aggressive growth funds, knowing when to "sell short," and much more

Smart Tips on calculating interest-rate risk, choosing between taxable and tax-exempt funds, analyzing a fund's performance history, and matching your fund family's goals and style with your own

Smart Insights into how mutual funds perform against CDs, individual stocks and bonds, and treasury securities

Quick reading and easy referencing with a comprehensive index and loads of sidebars and tables

Smart Guides take readers seriously. They satisfy even the most curious person's desire to know the essentials about any of a wide range of topics—from vitamins to mutual funds to stress relief.

It's all about good reading and expert information. The choice is yours.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 173 pages
• Publisher: Wiley; 1 edition (October 2, 1998)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0471296090
• ISBN-13: 978-0471296096
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 7.5 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #6,076,575 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Easy to understand guide to mutual funds, November 18, 1998

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This review is from: Smart Guide to Profiting from Mutual Funds (Paperback)

As a novice to mutual funds I found this book very well organized and easy for a "newbie" to follow. The writing was clear and to the point. I especially appreciated the comments by "experts" in the field and the examples given.

I think this book is a basic primer for the first time investor in mutual funds.

0 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Interesting, October 6, 1999

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This review is from: Smart Guide to Profiting from Mutual Funds (Paperback)

This was an interesting book. If you like this book try another one I found called Maximize Your Inheritance by Jarratt Bennett. Worth it.