Funds Beginner: Earnings from Mutual Funds

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1.
The confirmation statement sent to investors after a dividend reinvestment states all but which of the following?
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An investor's capital gains. Capital gain information arrives in a different notice.
2.
You earn capital gains from your mutual fund shares when you sell them for a profit.
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True. Capital gains result from selling your assets that have risen in value.
3.
How does a mutual fund increase its value?
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It receives the dividends, interest, and capital gains from the securities in its portfolio. The fund then passes these earnings to shareholders.
4.
Ordinary dividends are earned when a mutual fund sells securities for a profit.
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False. Capital gains dividends are earned in this way, but ordinary dividends are distributions of interest or dividends from the fund's holdings.
5.
Because it is a sum, a total return is positive.
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False. If there has been a substantial loss in net asset value, the sum may be negative.
6.
A return of capital is a type of what?
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None of the above. Returns of capital are merely your own money returned to you.