flink@umcp-cs.UUCP (10/21/83)
Anybody out there know anything about mutual funds? Anybody even read this group anymore? (This is my first time.) --Paul Torek (and Adam Sandler) umcp-cs!flink
jpl@mhtsa.UUCP (10/24/83)
So you want to know about investing in mutual funds, eh? well, a magazine called MONEY (published by time-life i believe) usually has an annual survey of mutual funds, plus the status of the top ten in every monthly issue. Check your library. As you can see, at least one other reads this newsgroup.
leimkuhl@uiuccsb.UUCP (10/27/83)
#R:umcp-cs:-326800:uiuccsb:15300009:000:667 uiuccsb!leimkuhl Oct 25 13:35:00 1983 MONEY? Yucch! MONEY gives the serious investor about as much information about investing as Discover gives a scientist about science. The only thing it will tell you is what a mutual fund is, the names of the biggies, and how they fared, but the past performance of funds is almost never a good predictor of future performance. I, personally, don't trust the people in charge of funds to pick stocks for me. If you're really set on mutuals, I think S&P or Moody's publishes a quarterly guide to the funds which would at least tell you which funds are conservative and which are speculative (and who does the picking). Ben Leimkuhler (uiucdcs!uiuccsb!leimkuhl)