Publisher's Synopsis
With the growing popularity of mutual fund investing, consumers need a reliable source to help them track and evaluate the performance of their mutual fund holdings and identify and monitor other funds as potential new investments. To fill this need, TheStreet Ratings Guide to Stock Mutual Funds offers ratings and analyses on more than 8,000 equity mutual funds, including growth funds, index funds, balanced funds and sector or international funds - more than any other publication.Updated every quarter to provide the user with the latest and most accurate informationHandy Investor Profile Quiz to identify the user's level of risk tolerance, with easy to use direction to the funds that match their risk levelThree Easy-to-use letter grade ratings for each fund - overall investment rating, performance rating and risk ratingIndex of Stock Mutual Funds - with their letter-grade ratings, fund type, ticker symbol, phone number, returns over time, dividend yield, expense ratio, net assets, bull and bear market returns, initial purchase minimums and moreAnalysis of Largest Stock Mutual Funds - letter-grade ratings, with additional charts and graphs for the 180 largest retail equity mutual fundsTop 200 Mutual Funds & Bottom 200 Mutual Funds100 Best & Worst Stock Mutual Funds based on Performance100 Best & Worst Stock Mutual Funds based on RiskTop-Rated Stock Mutual Funds by Risk Category & Fund TypeHelpful Appendices: What is a Mutual Fund?, Performance Benchmarks, Fund Type Descriptions, Share Class DescriptionsAvailable in print and online database formatsTheStreet Ratings Guide to Stock Mutual Funds makes it easy to see exactly which stocks are on the rise and which ones should be avoided. For those investors looking to tailor their mutual fund selections based on age, income, and tolerance for risk, this easy-to-use guide will help them identify those funds that are best suited to their individual needs and goals.
