Mutual Funds
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Letting professionals manage your money.
If you want to pursue the reward potential of stocks, bonds, real estate, precious metals, currencies, money
markets or virtually any other type of investment — but you have neither the time nor the expertise to
investigate and evaluate investment prospects on your own — mutual funds may be right for you.
According to a survey conducted by the Investment Company Institute (ICI), a trade organization for the mutual
fund industry, Americans have over $10.7 trillion in the nation’s mutual funds as of March 2007.
With approximately 8,000 mutual funds currently available, there are funds that can help you seek out
opportunity in every corner of the U.S. markets and the world. If you don’t know much about mutual funds,
read on to learn why these investment vehicles are so popular.