The 100 Best Mutual Funds for the Long Term

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These funds are all small or i must say the smaller funds have higher costs. there is no way they will be able to keep the expenses low and make good returns.. look at the fund size before investing.. some funds only have 11 mil in them.. thats ridiculously low for a manager to spend time picking good stocks

shar of CA 9:35PM July 01, 2010

I thought this information might be useful. My company let's us invest in Vanguard so when I found a Vanguard fund here I thought I might consider investing in it. Got on their site and found Vanguard Capital Opportunity - the fund is closed to new investors. It seems like every time you think you might have an opportunity to make some money you run into a wall these days.

Rick Hon of CO 9:27AM June 30, 2010

I am just a common ordinary medium risk investor and not a financial advisor. By the time one reads through all of this, including reading the comments, one still has no clue as to what is best to do, nor does my financial advisor. Over the last ten years, if I would have gone with my gut feeling three different times, versus reading and listening to my financial advisor, I would have well over a million in my retirement account instead of less than half of that. The data is just data and 3, 5 and 10 years ago the list would have been different. There is no solid probability of significance of return. We are all at the whims of the greed of a wealthy few, big banks and monopolistic corporations.

jrt of LA 8:40AM June 30, 2010

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Chas of NJ 7:56AM June 15, 2010

There are some brutal costs associated with most of these picks!

Tiny Tuna of IL 5:23PM June 14, 2010

Indexers died with the 90s. Stock pickers are back.

Sean of PA 10:49AM June 08, 2010

low cost, low turnover, market returns. study after study shows that most active funds are too expensive and do not beat the market. active funds- no thanks!

jim of TX 6:49PM June 03, 2010

buy a long term treasury fund and if rates go up you get more income per month and if rates go down you get capital appreciciation. no muss no fuss

bob of NY 8:35AM June 03, 2010

Just stay invested in Treasuries (Last bastion of confidence, sorry to say) for the short term..the future does not look good for any investment until the developed nations get their act together, which will take a long time. Capitalism takes allot into consideration..demograhics, immigration, very stable and fiscal sound Government Budgets, and could be said also of the Global Market place and Foreign Government Debt. This ain't in the cards for the near term. And think about the recent "Flash Crash"..that makes you feel real secure about Wall Street! Just listen to Larry Kudlow and the CNBC crowd, when the Dow is up 200 points for the day..its the V shape recovery! But when you have the Soverign Debt issues come to light..its everybody elses fault. And if you go with Glenn Beck and Gold! God help you! "Goldline"..you may as well go to Las Vegas and hope you win the big one or play your State Lotto! Better odds! A Joke man, a joke!

Big Daddy of NM 3:13PM May 29, 2010

Frankly, most active funds, WHEN ADJUSTED FOR RISK, underperform passive/index in the long-run. Advisors that tout this strategy general hurt even more since they may charge AUM. Advisors claiming that they will pick the best funds and managers means nothing moving forward, it's the victors that write the positive history of active.
And the more asset classes that you utilize, the better chance passive/index has. There have been a zillion papers that confirm this.

Get it Straight of PA 3:21PM May 28, 2010