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The Internet is a great resource as you make decisions about how to invest in your 401(k) or other retirement plans. Here are some sites to check out. I have highlighted some of my favorite features that can help you choose funds.
This is the place to start. Morningstar is the company that really ordinated the concept of ranking mutual funds. It also crated the start system to score them. Go to the Morningstar home page and click on Mutual Funds, then click on a section called fund quick rank for fun, start by screening us stock funds by total return. You have got a list of the top perming US funds over the last ten years. Another impressive feature of the Morningstar site is its fund reports which produce a general description of virtually every fund there is along with an in-depth analysis that is easy to read and understand. You can also research individual stocks. You have to subscribe to Morningstar to get their detailed assessments, but general summaries are available for free.
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Yahoo offers a true full service financial portal with stock and mutual fund analysis, portfolio tracking, online bill paying, message boards, research and much more. Yahoo makes it easy of you to get the information you need quickly and for free. Try the following as a kind a test drive. Visit this site and click on Mutual Funds. Then click the mutual fund screener. When it asks you for qualifications, select any US stock funds at longer than 5 years of tenure with a minimum initial investment of less than $10000 and rank by performance. You have a long list of funds that have generate an average return of better than 10 percent year. From there, you can screen for a fund that meets your particular requirement. This is just one example of what this site can do. There is a wealth of free information her to help you.
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Looking for a quick list of mutual funds that let you invest lawn than $50 a month. Visit this web site’s fund center, where you will find a long list of mutual funds companies that welcome small investors. You will also fund valuable educations information on the benefits of mutual fund investing and tons of free tools to help you learn more.
Created by the editors of smart money magazine, this is a terrific site, easy to use and fun to work with. There are so many articles on this site that you could spend hours her a just scratch the surface. My favorite part of this site is the Personal Financial Planning section. There is also a great section in this area on retirement planning and tone of tools.
For real time stock quotes and detailed information about any of the more than 40000 companies listed on the NASDAQ stock market, this is the place to go.
AOL personal finance is the leading personal financial destination on the Internet, visited by millions monthly. If you are an American Online subscriber, go to AOL, where you will find a Money Coach Program I have crated with AOL to make becoming an Automatic Millionaire even easier.
