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John Wagonner recommends that it might be best to create a portfolio comprising no more than 5 funds rather than spreading your investments over a large number of funds. The reasons for this are as follows: You will minimize the amount of time you spend worrying about whether to increase or decrease your holdings with [...] Janus Capital Group Inc. (NYSE: JNS) have launched the Janus Adviser International Equity Fund. This fund is a portfolio which has as its goal to seek long-term growth by investing in companies outside the United States. The fund aims to use Janus’ proprietary research process to identify and capitalize on companies with strong growth potential [...] Chet Currier writes in Contra Costa Times writes that it might be worth considering investing in dividend-growth funds. Dividend-growth funds normally hold well-established companies offering dividends of 6, 8, or 10 percent or more. They however require investors to be committed to holding them for the long-term when you benefit by receiving good dividend payments. [...] Tom Cock at FundAdvice.com reports that investors most often are beaten by the market. In the 20 years from 1976 to 2005, the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index compounded at a rate of 11.9 percent annually while investors in US stock funds achieved a return of only 3.9%. Investors in bonds also did not do [...] |
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