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Better Investing Online Mutual Fund Tools

Better Investing Online Mutual Fund Tools. Allen Holdsworth BIVA Board Director Illowa Buy States Chapter Director MAD Investment Club. Disclaimer.

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Better Investing Online Mutual Fund Tools

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  1. Better Investing Online Mutual Fund Tools Allen Holdsworth BIVA Board Director Illowa Buy States Chapter Director MAD Investment Club

  2. 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.

  3. 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!!! 3

  4. 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!! 4

  5. Mutual Funds • Past performance • Performance vs. index • Fees • Turnover ratio • Manager tenure • Number of holdings • Style of investing 5

  6. Types of Funds • Diversify by types of funds • Large cap • Mid cap • Small cap • Foreign • Bonds 6

  7. 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! 7

  8. Index Funds • Index Funds • Passive vs. active management • Lower costs • Roughly 80% of mutual funds underperform their index • Index for every type of investing 8

  9. 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 9

  10. 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 10

  11. Online Tools 11

  12. Online Tools 12

  13. Online Tools 13

  14. Online Tools 14

  15. Ariel Fund ARGFX 15

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  21. Online Tools 21

  22. Trend Report 22

  23. Trend Report 23

  24. Online Tools 24

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  26. Mutual Fund Screening 26

  27. Screening Results 27

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  30. Online Tools 30

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  33. BI Mutual Fund Tools • Excellent source of information is the BI Mutual Fund Handbook • Mutual Funds for Dummies 33

  34. QUESTIONS?

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