ABCs of Investing

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One question that often comes up when deciding on how to invest is the choice of investment vehicles.  If you want to buy low cost investments then index funds and exchange traded funds (ETFs) are the best choices.
Most investors are better off with index funds for a number of reasons - however it really depends [...]

If you own a mutual fund, index fund or exchange traded fund (ETF) then you pay a fee called the management expense ratio (MER) or “expense ratio”.  This money goes to pay for the cost of running the fund.  It’s important to note that this fee is not directly charged to the investor but rather [...]

An index fund is a mutual fund that invests in the same stocks that are contained in a stock market index, in the same proportion as the stock index.
Imagine a stock index - let’s call it the ABC index - that contains 2 stocks:- American Express and Kraft.  Let’s say that the ABC index is [...]

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