Contents: Mutual funds : sharing risks and rewards -- Making more money, taking less risk -- Mutual funds : pros and cons -- Funding your financial plans -- Evaluating alternatives to funds. Selecting your own stocks and bonds -- Exchange-traded funds and other fund look-alikes -- Hedge funds and other managed alternatives -- Separating the best from the rest. Finding the best funds -- Using fund publications -- Buying funds from the best firms -- Crafting your fund portfolio. Perfecting a fund portfolio -- Money market funds : beating the bank -- Bond funds : when boring is best -- Stock funds : meeting your longer term needs -- Specialty funds : one of a kind -- Working it out : sample portfolios -- Applications, transfers, and other useful forms -- Keeping current and informed. Evaluating your funds and adjusting your portfolio -- The taxing side of mutual funds -- Common fund problems and how to fix them -- Fund ratings and forecasters -- Harnessing your computer's power -- The part of tens. Ten common fund-investing mistakes and how to avoid them -- Ten fund-investing fears to conquer -- Ten tips for hiring a financial adviser -- Appendix. Recommended fund companies and discount brokers

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