Any fund that's heavy in technology has not done well.
Nobody is going to be perfect. I would not a sell a fund with a good record just because it missed a hot sector.
The market is so efficient that the performance of a fund is determined by the niche it's in rather than who's managing it,
The larger fund groups all have research analysts. You can't just take what the company hands you.
Funds have been reporting big losses, so most investors won't have to worry about paying taxes on capital gains.
Funds close for two reasons. They've gotten too large or there's too much money flowing in.
Nobody who's following (Steadman) even with cursory diligence would have stayed with the funds, ... No-Load Fund Investor.
There are plenty of funds that have between 25 and 33 percent of their assets in techs. Most people would be better off with that kind of aggressive growth fund,
A balanced fund buys stocks and bonds, and when you put the two together it reduces volatility,
If you want to spread your money around different fund groups this is a convenient way to do it. And if you want to move money from one fund into another, it's just one phone call.
To me, it's more significant that he's in the lower rankings of performance for large blend funds, ... It's more fair to benchmark a fund to that fund's category, not an index.