| You are invested in Individual Retirement
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| | mutual funds serving the same investment
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| Account (IRA) certificates of deposits
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| | classification. The total expense ratio
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| and bonds for your retirement. These are
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| | is the fund's total annual operating
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| excellent investments; but you do not
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| | expenses which includes management fees,
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| want all of your IRA investments in just
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| | distribution (12b-1) fees, and other
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| these type of savings because you can get
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| | expenses is expressed as a percentage of
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| locked in with low annual percentage
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| | average net assets.
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| yields.
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| | On September 15, 2006, $10,000 was
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| You want a much larger annual return on
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| | hypothetically invested among four mutual
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| your investment but with low risk. Your
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| | funds that fill the above qualifications.
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| goal is to maintain a comfortable life
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| | Here are the current results.
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| style whether the market goes up or the
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| | Investment as of September 15, 2006:
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| market goes down.
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| | • $2,000.00 (114.92 shares) Balanced
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| A excellent IRA investment option is a
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| | • $2,500.00 (89.22 shares) Equity
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| Mutual Fund - the common name for an
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| | Income
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| open-end investment company. Like other
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| | • $2,500.00 (139.60 shares) Multi-Cap
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| types of investment companies, mutual
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| | Core
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| funds pool money from many investors and
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| | • $3,000.00 (20.19 shares) Speciality:
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| invest the money in stocks, bonds,
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| | Health
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| short-term money-market instruments, or
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| | • $9,843.08 (actual total investment
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| other securities. Mutual funds issue
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| | -1.56%) shares purchased after initial
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| redeemable shares that investors purchase
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| | fees
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| directly from the fund or through a
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| | As of May 11, 2007, the total return on
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| broker for the fund.
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| | these funds is $11,201.51 11.20%. The
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| Including an IRA investment as part of
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| | combined total return includes income and
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| your portfolio, you want a mutual fund to
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| | capital gains that were distributed by
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| meet certain conditions such as:
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| | these mutual funds. If the distribution
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| 1) Return over long-term (5 years) should
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| | was not made and not reinvested, the
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| be above the average CD yields. An
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| | total return would be $10,595.56 5.96%.
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| example would be a mutual fund that
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| | Mutual funds are not guaranteed or
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| provided an 8% average for 2002 through
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| | insured by the FDIC or any other
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| 2006. There is no guarantee of past
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| | government agency - even if you buy
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| performance but it can help you assess
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| | through a bank and the fund carries the
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| the fund's fluctuation.
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| | bank's name. There is no guarantee of
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| 2) Risk should be minimal. The risk
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| | past performance and always contact the
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| ratings of mutual funds range from low to
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| | mutual fund and read the prospectus
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| high. Risk is a standard deviation of the
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| | before making an investment.
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| return on total investment.
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| | Mutual Interest Data Service was created
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| 3) Distribution of income and/or capital
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| | September 26, 1999. The objective is to
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| gains that the mutual fund gives its
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| | be an exclusive resource based on finding
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| shareholders should be large. All
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| | top mutual funds that 1) distribute large
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| distribution should be reinvested which
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| | income/capital gains and 2) maintain
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| increases the number of shares owned.
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| | performance growth for a 5 year period.
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| Taking this action allows you not to be
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| | To validate this niche, the above mutual
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| taxed for the income or capital gains
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| | funds model was created. You can see the
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| received. You acquire additional shares
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| | actual distribution and reinvestment for
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| of the mutual fund at a lower net asset
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| | these investments at
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| value price because the share price is
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| reduced by the amount of distribution.
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| | Source:
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| 4) Total Expense ratio should be low or
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| | Occupation: Founder of Mutual Interest
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| should not exceed the average of other
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