Investing Into Money Market

December 18, 2008 by Leo  
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The Benefits of Mutual Fund Investing

April 25, 2008 by Leo  
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The power of mutual funds lies in its ability to pool together funds from so many different investors. Imagine a thousand investors each with P5,000 to invest who decide to pool their funds together. That’s already a pool of P5 million! Now imagine that instead of just investing P5,000 each, some investors put in P10,000, P100,000 or even P1,000,000. The size of the collective pool would even be bigger. And when it comes to investing, there is strength in numbers. P5,000,000 can gain better access to more diversified investment instruments than P5,000.
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Frequently Ask Questions (FAQs) on Mutual Fund

April 24, 2008 by Leo  
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What is a mutual fund?

A mutual fund is an investment vehicle that pools together the funds of various investors—both individuals and corporations. The pool of funds is managed by a professional fund manager who uses the funds to create a diversified investment portfolio consisting of various investment instruments such as stocks and bonds.
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Investing in Mutual Fund

April 23, 2008 by Leo  
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Money is precious. As they say, it doesn’t grow on trees. But you can make it grow, even in this time of economic hardship. How? Simple. By investing wisely.

There are indeed many ways to invest in today’s markets, but none is growing faster in popularity than mutual funds. Although this investment instrument has only been recently introduced in the country, mutual funds are prevalent in European, North American and even some Asian countries. But what is a mutual fund anyway?
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Mutual Funds: What Are They?

June 16, 2007 by Leo  
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A mutual fund is nothing more than a collection of stocks and/or bonds. You can think of a mutual fund as a company that brings together a group of people and invests their money in stocks, bonds, and other securities. Each investor owns shares, which represent a portion of the holdings of the fund.

You can make money from a mutual fund in three ways:

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What and Why You Should Know About UITF?

August 2, 2006 by Leo  
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UITF stands for Unit Investment Trust Fund. The product is fairly simple on paper: the funds of several people are combined by an administrator and collectively invested into particular assets. As the assets gain or lose in market value, the individuals who pooled their funds either accrue the gains or absorb the loss. In exchange for structuring the fund, fees are charged to the individuals by the administrator.
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