Mutual Funds

Forth Coming IPO:DBH FIRST MUTUAL FUND

Initial Public Offering IPO Lottery (Free subscription) | yesterday

DBH First Mutual Fund (Subscription Open: 13.12.09, Close: 20.12.09 ) Nature of the fund Close-end Mutual Fund of 10 (Ten) years tenure Subscription Opens December 13, 2009 Subscription Closes December 20, 2009 For Non Resident Bangladeshis December 13, 2009 to December 29, 2009. Offer Price (in Taka) Tk. 10.00 per unit Face Value (in Taka) Tk. 10.00 per unit Market lot (in unit) 500 Units Sponsors...

Forth Coming IPO:Trust Bank 1st Mutual Fund

Initial Public Offering IPO Lottery (Free subscription) | yesterday

Trust Bank 1st Mutual Fund (Subscription Open: 06.12.09, Close: 10.12.09 ) Nature of the fund Close-end Mutual Fund of 10 (Ten) years tenure Subscription Opens December 06, 2009 Subscription Closes December 10, 2009 For Non Resident Bangladeshi December 06, 2009 to December 19, 2009 Offer Price (in Taka) Tk. 10.00 per unit Face Value (in Taka) Tk. 10.00 per unit Market lot (in unit) 500 Units Sponsors...

Forth Coming IPO:Prime Bank 1st ICB AMCL Mutual Fund

Initial Public Offering IPO Lottery (Free subscription) | yesterday

Prime Bank 1st ICB AMCL Mutual Fund (Subscription Open: 06.12.09, Close: 10.12.09 ) Nature of the fund Close-end Mutual Fund of 10 (ten) years tenure Subscription Open December 06, 2009 Subscription Close December 10, 2009 For Non resident Bangladeshi December 06, 2009 to December 19, 2009 Offer Price (in Taka) Tk. 10.00 per unit Face Value (in Taka) Tk. 10.00 per unit Market lot (in unit) 500 Units...

Mortgage Related: FHA $1mln', Delinquent Flood, Wells GN Servicing, Tax Servicing, Mods, FN Reverses, Hiring Boom, Rates, Delinquencies, 4 more

Mortgage News Clips (Free subscription) | yesterday

+ read the last paragraph - NYT: With FHA Help, Easy Loans in Expensive Areas; Barney Frank Pushes for Permanent Higher Limits – Approaching $1 Million – Posted by TraderMark – Fund My Mutual Fund andmore on no money down – The Magic of the F.H.A. – Kid Dynamite’s World ———— + [...]

Chuck Jaffe: Fund companies' biggest lies

Market Watch (Free subscription) | yesterday

The mutual-fund world is rife with misleading statistics and data. Most fund investors don’t necessarily know how this information can be used against them.

Trader Mark Spots the Mark-Up Monday Trend

The Reformed Broker (Free subscription) | yesterday

Some of my most profitable and interesting discoveries in the market have occured when I’ve taken a hunch or gut feeling and then backed that up with some actual fact-finding. My boy Trader Mark (Fund My Mutual Fund) just followed up on one of his suspicions concerning why it felt as though the market’s been up [...]

Diversified MF schemes shine

Times of India (Free subscription) | yesterday

The performance of tax planning mutual fund schemes vis-a-vis diversified schemes in the past one year is causing a lot of uneasiness among investors.

Charles A. Jaffe: What fund companies say vs. what they really mean

Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | yesterday

My friend Keith works for a big mutual fund company and assumes I hate mutual funds because I "always write about the things we do wrong."

• The biggest lies fund companies tell - Boston Herald

Money for nothing: Some investors pay for advice they never get

Money Prophet (Free subscription) | yesterday

Sam in Boston built his mutual-fund portfolio years ago but has long since stopped working with the financial adviser who set it up.

Corrections: RS fund managers' stock picks

Market Watch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

On Nov. 20, a MarketWatch column misidentified the mutual fund that owns the selected stocks and misspelled a portfolio manager's name. The column has been corrected.

Ron Baron on Investment Opportunities

GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

By gurufocus. (GuruFocus, November 20, 2009) Investment Guru Ron Baron is a product of American Opportunity himself. According to this article in [www.nysun.com] , The successful entrepreneur in mutual fund world came from rather modest background. He was born in Asbury Park to an engineer Father. Like many of us, he had to make money as a youth by shoveling snow, waiting tables, serving as a life...

First Mutual Fund Investment in Microfinance in India

PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

CHENNAI, India, November 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A recent micro-loan securitisation, completed by IFMR Capital and Equitas Micro Finance, has enabled the first ever mutual fund investment into the Indian microfinance sector. The Rs. 480 million ($10.4 million) transaction is backed by over 55,000 micro-loans originated by Equitas Micro Finance, a Chennai-based microfinance institution with approximately...

Transamerica Announces New Mutual Fund Platform with Expanded Target Maturity Choices from Three Industry Leaders

Business Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Transamerica Retirement Services today introduced a new mutual fund platform for company-sponsored retirement plans. The new platform offers an investment line-up with no proprietary fund requirements. Target maturity funds are included from three fund families, a choice often made available only to larger plans by most providers. The new mutual fund platform features...

Start A Roth IRA With $50 At T Rowe Price

Amateur Asset Allocator (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

One of the most common reasons people cite for why they’ve yet to start a Roth IRA is high initial mutual fund minimums. Vanguard is a great mutual fund company, but most Vanguard funds require an initial investment of at least $3,000 (except the STAR fund, of course), which is beyond the reach of many [...]

How to find the 200-day moving average for your mutual fund

USA Today (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009

Q: Can I see the 200-day moving average for a mutual fund using USATODAY.com's Money section?