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1.
If you want to use sector funds to invest in a long-term trend, what strategy would be wise to use?
Dollar cost averaging. This is an effective way to get into a trend slowly and carefully, especially if you are fairly new at it.
2.
What costs are actually good for long-term sector-fund investors?
Redemption fees. Redemption fees discourage short-term traders from buying a sector fund and are paid back into the fund--in other words, they are paid back to investors who remain in the fund. And if you are a long-term investor, you'll never have to pay these fees.
3.
Which statement is false?
All investors need sector funds. You can build a very diverse portfolio without ever buying a sector fund. But you can use sector funds to diversify or to speculate.
4.
If you're investing in a long-term trend, such as buying a health-care fund to play the Aging of America theme, which should you perhaps not do?
Sell the fund if it loses money in a calendar year. To play a long-term theme, you need to be a long-term investor. If you believe in the idea, you should be buying when returns are down, or investing a little bit at a time (dollar-cost averaging) regardless of whether the fund's performance is up or down.
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Why would you want to know how diversified a sector fund is?
The fund may be highly concentrated in certain subsectors; this will affect its performance. Some subsectors are quite volatile.
