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1.
What should you expect from your mutual funds as you're monitoring them?
That they're still meeting your investment criteria. You want your funds to meet the same investment criteria today as they did when you first bought them. If they no longer meet your criteria, do they still belong in your portfolio?
2.
What can happen if you ignore changes that occur in your portfolio?
Both of the above. Ignore changes in your portfolio and you may end up with a portfolio that's very different from the one you originally put together.
3.
If you've created an investment policy statement, you will have addressed which of these portfolio-monitoring issues?
All of the above. If you've created an investment policy statement, you will have addressed these questions and many others.
4.
Portfolios _______.
Both of the above. Portfolios can change without us doing anything to them. Market forces will make some investments perform better than others, which means they'll take up more of our assets. Or fund managers buy and sell securities, thereby changing the underlying portfolios of our mutual funds and, therefore, changing the look of our overall portfolios.
5.
The best way to put an investment's performance into context is to compare its returns to those of _______.
An appropriate benchmark. Compare the returns of your investments to the benchmark you chose.
