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Funds 105: How to Purchase a Mutual Fund

Introduction to How to Purchase a Mutual Fund Want Some Help Buying Mutual Funds? Going It Alone with Mutual Funds: Getting Started Going It Alone with Mutual Funds: No-Transaction Fee Networks Summary of How to Purchase a Mutual Fund
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Introduction to How to Purchase a Mutual Fund

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Before you take up the challenges of buying mutual funds, decide whether you want help choosing funds or whether you'd do it yourself.

What you will learn

  • Want Some Help Buying Mutual Funds?
  • Going It Alone with Mutual Funds: Getting Started
  • Going It Alone with Mutual Funds: No-Transaction Fee Networks

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Introduction to How to Purchase a Mutual Fund

Investing in a mutual fund may seem tremendously overwhelming at first. Instead of choosing just one company and one stock (one price, one ticker, one exchange, etc.), you're suddenly charged with committing to a whole portfolio, choosing an investment approach, monitoring someone else's record, and getting to know a whole new vocabulary. Before you get mired in those details, you need to decide whether you want some help choosing your funds or whether you'd rather do it on your own. Like most everything in life, both paths have benefits and drawbacks.