The Morningstar Approach to Investing

The Morningstar Approach to Investing

Author: Andrew Leckey

Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

Published: 2009-09-26

Total Pages: 161

ISBN-13: 0446930296

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With its hip style and cutting-edge techniques, The Morningstar Company has positioned itself as the nation's leading authority on fund performance, and this book, aimed at the dynamic Baby Boomer and Generation X crowds that made Motley Fool's Guide to Investing a major success, reveals its secrets for the very first time to show how anyone can win the mutual fund game. National targeted ads/media.


Find the Right Mutual Funds

Find the Right Mutual Funds

Author: Christine Benz

Publisher: Wiley

Published: 2004-12-29

Total Pages: 228

ISBN-13: 9780471711858

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The Morningstar Investment Coach: Finding the Right Funds allows readers to take their first steps in the world of mutual funds with confidence. Filled with informative topics such as how to purchase a fund and how to find a fund's total return, as well as important fund documents, this guide has been designed to give readers a solid mutual fund investing foundation.


Morningstar Complete Investor

Morningstar Complete Investor

Author: Christine Benz

Publisher:

Published: 2005-11

Total Pages: 516

ISBN-13: 9780760779675

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Today's investment environment is filled with more choices than ever before. But with so many choices and so much information available for each one, investors face an uphill battle when attempting to make important investment decisions. Now, in a single volume for the first time, Morningstar, Inc. looks to improve this situation with Morningstar Complete Investor.Divided into two comprehensive parts, Morningstar Complete Investor focuses on two of the most important investment vehicles currently available-mutual funds and stocks. It offers straightforward and accessible advice on understanding the essential features of these investments and illustrates how to integrate them into your own personal portfolio.In the first part of the book, Morningstar mutual fund expert Christine Benz will put you on the right path to building a sound, satisfying, and profitable mutual fund portfolio. She walks you through the often-intimidating mutual fund selection process, helps you choose the right funds to meet your goals, and shows you how to protect your assets in any market environment. Benz also discusses how to:* Minimize mutual fund costs by understanding expense ratios, loads, and other fund charges* Keep your portfolio on the right track with quarterly and annual reviews* Assess the quality of a fund's manager, and next steps should a fund manager leaveIn the second part of the book, Pat Dorsey, the Director of Stock Analysis for Morningstar, Inc., will help you understand how stocks operate, how to avoid the common pitfalls of stock investing, and how to build a strong portfolio of stocks. Filled with unparalleled stock research and investment strategies, this section covers a wide range of stock-related topics, including:* How to find great companies that will create shareholder wealth* How to dig into a financial statement and find hidden gold . . . and deception* How to recognize red flags that can cause blowups in a portfolioYou don't need an MBA to be a successful investor. What you do need is accurate information and the knowledge and self-confidence to act on that information. Brought to you by Morningstar, Inc., Morningstar Complete Investor will give you the information you need to succeed and help you build and maintain a profitable portfolio today, and for years to come.


Morningstar Funds 500

Morningstar Funds 500

Author: Morningstar, Inc.

Publisher: Wiley

Published: 2004-02-05

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780471468523

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Who will you trust your mutual fund portfolio to this year? It’s a basic and important question, especially in the wake of recent fund company misdeeds. The place to go is Morningstar. Professional, sophisticated, and concerned investors like to have relied on Morningstar’s expertise for 20 years. In this completely new 2004 reference, you’ll find extensive coverage of the fund scandal. You’ll also have the best information available and independent opinion on 500 funds to help you build a diversified portfolio. It’s never been more important to go with the fund information leader. After all, your financial future is in the balance. You’ll benefit from this book if you’re: Starting a new fund portfolio Shaping up your portfolio in the wake of the bear market You’ll also benefit from: 140 extensive Morningstar Analyst Picks Tips for picking great funds A new expanded management section For nearly 20 years, Morningstar has helped individuals and financial advisors make better investment decisions. Our information and analysis is trusted and independent, and provides a level of insight unavailable form other sources. For more information about other Morningstar products and services visit us online at www.morningstar.com


Fund Spy

Fund Spy

Author: Russel Kinnel

Publisher: John Wiley & Sons

Published: 2009-03-23

Total Pages: 192

ISBN-13: 0470473495

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Author Russel Kinnel walks readers through the handful of key factors they need to pick winning funds. Armed with the quantitative data and qualitative research, they will gain the confidence to pick great funds for the long-term. This book will be accompanied by a web-based tool created by Morningstar, which will enable readers to evaluate their own funds using Kinnel's criteria. Written in a fun and accessible manner, The Fund Spy offers Kinnel's unique insight as a 14-year Morningstar fund analyst. He speaks plainly about the conflicts that can go against investors' interests, explaining how to avoid traps and push out the slick sales pitches facing today's investors. He also offers several "10 lists," which provide quick answers to investors' most common questions (e.g., the Top 10 Funds to Recommend to Relatives, the 10 Best Contrarian Managers, the 10 Most Overrated Managers).


The Neatest Little Guide to Mutual Fund Investing

The Neatest Little Guide to Mutual Fund Investing

Author: Jason Kelly

Publisher: Plume Books

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 152

ISBN-13:

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Today there are more and more mutual funds, as more and more people understand that mutual funds are the best place to put money. These funds include the good and the bad, the expensive and the bargain-priced, the short-term and the long-term, the highly secure and the very risky. So how do you find the funds that are right for you without spending a lifetime trying to become a market maven and finding yourself buried in graphs and charts? What you can do very easily is spend a little time with the swiftest, surest, smartest book ever to lead you through the mutual fund maze with wit and wisdom. No other guide tells you so clearly, so concisely, and so captivatingly what different kinds of mutual funds there are, how to choose your own goals and decide your own risk level, how to split your mutual fund investments to reflect your wants and needs, how to quickly learn which funds are the best of their kind, how and where to buy funds at the lowest price, how to spot hidden charges, how to track performance, how to know when to sell, how to make funds work for you in retirement, and much more.


Morningstar Funds 500

Morningstar Funds 500

Author: Morningstar, Inc

Publisher:

Published: 2002

Total Pages:

ISBN-13:

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Rates five hundred mutual funds and provides information on category, quarterly performance, manager strategy, fund history, risk analysis, performance analysis, holdings, total cost, and tax analysis.


Morningstar Guide to Mutual Funds

Morningstar Guide to Mutual Funds

Author: Christine Benz

Publisher: Wiley + ORM

Published: 2011-03-10

Total Pages: 342

ISBN-13: 1118046145

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GUIDE TO MUTUAL FUNDS SECOND EDITION "Picking actively managed mutual funds is no mean challenge. And as the recent era underscores, past performance is of little help. The Morningstar Guide to Mutual Funds helps cut through the fog with a solid volume of constructive information. The central message--'truly diversify, keep it simple, focus on costs, and stick with it'--is not only timeless, it is priceless." --John C. Bogle, founder and former CEO, The Vanguard Group "Successful investors know they must do their own due diligence. Morningstar has done much of that homework in this guide. Leave it to Morningstar to get it right, offering smart ways to pick, build and monitor a portfolio. It's a commonsense guide that should grace every investor's shelf." --Ted David, CNBC Anchor "There's nothing Morningstar doesn't know about mutual funds. And at last, for ready reference, there's a book. You'll find everything here you need to know about managing fund investments, inside or outside a 401(k)." --Jane Bryant Quinn, Newsweek columnist and author of Making the Most of Your Money