Types of Funds
Equity Funds- these funds invest in stocks
Money Market funds- these funds buy bonds and CDs from the government and other companies
Fixed Income funds- these funds invest in bonds.
Income funds- these funds try to generate current income for their investors usually through dividends.
Growth funds- these funds invet mainly in growth stocks
Value funds- these funds try to invest in undervalued companies
Balanced funds- these funds invest in a balance of stocks and bonds
Sector funds- these funds invest in companies that are in a certain industry or sector of the economy
Regional funds- these funds invest in certain parts of the world
Large, Medium, and Small Cap funds- these funds only invest in companies that are a certain size
Index funds- these funds mimic an index
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Mutual Funds/What they are
http://www.investorguide.com/mutual-fund-list.cgi
http://www.stocks-investing.com/mutual-funds-list.html
http://biz.yahoo.com/p/fam/a-b.html
http://www.retirementplanners.com/rpa/plan/mutual_fund.html
https://www.fidelity.com/
http://corporate.troweprice.com/ccw/home.do#
https://personal.vanguard.com/us/home?fromPage=portal_image
http://mutualfunds.about.com/
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