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By: Why I Ditched My Vanguard Money Market Fund In Favor Of ING Direct - Amateur Asset Allocator

Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:54:34 +0000

[...] be sure, Vanguard is a fine mutual fund family and no Vanguard money market fund has ever lost money. Furthermore, the Prime Money Market Fund [...]

By: How To Pick A Money Market Mutual Fund - Amateur Asset Allocator

How To Pick A Money Market Mutual Fund - Amateur Asset Allocator — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 04:52:35 +0000

[...] They Aren’t Tied To A Bank – When you open a high-yield savings account with Ally Bank, your money is held on deposit at that bank. By contrast, when you invest in a money market mutual fund your money is pooled with thousands of other investors to purchase short-term cash-like assets such as Certificates of Deposit, Treasury Bills, and commercial paper. That is, your money isn’t is spread out over many different banks, not just one. Therefore, you generally can’t just go to a bank teller and ask for your money back: you have to initiate an electronic funds transfer from your mutual fund company. [...]

By: The Mutual Fund NAV: What Does It Mean? - Amateur Asset Allocator

The Mutual Fund NAV: What Does It Mean? - Amateur Asset Allocator — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:02:18 +0000

[...] a few words: not much. The sponsoring mutual fund company picks an arbitrary number for the fund’s NAV when it opens the fund, often around $10 and [...]

By: Vanguard Index Funds Are Not The Cheapest In Town - Amateur Asset Allocator

Vanguard Index Funds Are Not The Cheapest In Town - Amateur Asset Allocator — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 01:04:14 +0000

[...] a higher-cost fund by the difference in expenses. I’ve made no secret that Vanguard is my mutual fund company of choice for the same reasons everybody else seems to love them: low costs, investor-friendly [...]

By: Vanguard Decreases Subsequent Electronic Minimum Fund Purchases To $1 - Amateur Asset Allocator

Tue, 26 Jan 2010 11:02:14 +0000

[...] Vanguard is actually late to the party on this issue, since Schwab and Fidelity (and probably other fund companies) have long allowed subsequent electronic fund purchases for even less than [...]

By: Rolling Over Your 401K - Amateur Asset Allocator

Rolling Over Your 401K - Amateur Asset Allocator — Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:01:46 +0000

[...] Investment Options – You can start an IRA pretty much anywhere you want. Most of the best mutual fund companies will allow you to buy and sell their funds for free directly from their [...]

By: Investing 101 – What is IRA? | Best Advices

Investing 101 – What is IRA? | Best Advices — Thu, 21 Jan 2010 01:13:57 +0000

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By: The Ten Largest Mutual Fund Companies - Amateur Asset Allocator

The Ten Largest Mutual Fund Companies - Amateur Asset Allocator — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 11:02:32 +0000

[...] of what is popular can often pay great dividends in the investing business. And the top 10 mutual fund companies are, by definition, the most popular of the [...]

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Wed, 13 Jan 2010 18:52:42 +0000

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