A timely update of a core title in our bestselling ...For Dummies personal finance list.Mutual Funds For Canadians For Dummies, 2nd Edition, demystifies mutual funds, and shows you how to understand mutual funds, identify the many available funds, build a strong portfolio, include mutual funds in your RRSP, use the Internet to make investments, and of course, how to maximize returns on your mutual fund investments.New to the second edition: An overview of the investment environment circa 2002, examining movements and trends that affected it, including the tech crash, the telecom meltdown, the rise of income trusts, the defections of key fund managers, Enron and other accounting scandals.Which fund companies have been bought, sold, or driven under.All information regarding market statistics, fund categories, and individual funds will be updated for 2002, as will the Websites and other resources to to track your funds' performance.Plus: The pros, cons, and track record of income trusts and hedge funds.Updates on MERs (Management Expense Ratios) and discount brokers.New standards on fund governance.Strong performance of small-cap stocks.Gold funds: Why everyone should own one.Underperformance of index and labour funds.New funds that minimize your tax hit.Capital class funds.
- ISBN10 0470832517
- ISBN13 9780470832516
- Publish Date 11 April 2003
- Publish Status Out of Stock
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Edition 2nd ed.
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 384
- Language English