Investing

College Student with 00 to invest. Want to invest 0 in 2 separate funds- one which will see growth in about 2 years and one that will see growth in about 5 years. Index funds and Intermediate term bond funds have been suggested. Am I not investing enough to see growth? [...]

I received some inheritance money that I’d like to invest for retirement. I plan to open a mutual fund account with Vanguard and begin investing in index funds. Should I invest the entire lump sum at once or keep it in a high-yield money market account and fund the mutual fund account monthly to take [...]

I think the safety factor of index funds and mutual funds are ideal. Bonds are very patriotic. I know individual stocks are risky. Please share your investments/strategies/and general knowledge.

I plan to invest in no load mutual funds (s&p 500 index funds) for wealth accumulation and open up an IRA account for retirement. There’s many brokerages I’ve heard of like Edward Jones, Vanguard, Janus, Fidelity, Charles Schwab, TD Waterhouse/Ameritrade, E*Trade, Sharebuilder, Scottrade, etc.
Though I heard ShareBuilder rips people off. I plan to [...]

I am a 19 year old student. With my small-time job, I am able to invest roughly 0 a month. I want to use an online investment firm to invest my money. Wanted Vanguard but I dont meet the 00 minimum. I am now considering ETrade or similar. I would like to invest in mainly [...]

I am a 19 year old student. With my small-time job, I am able to invest roughly 0 a month. I want to use an online investment firm to invest my money. Wanted Vanguard but I dont meet the 00 minimum. I am now considering ETrade or similar. I would like to invest in mainly [...]

with all the talk on the news about a possible recession i dont know if its a good idea to invest in mutual funds.

I’ve recently started work in my first career type job and have more money now and am keen to start investing money long-term for later in life.
Right now within my portfolio I have my money divided amongst a few different mutual funds. But I was wondering one thing about this. The mutual funds [...]

I am new to investing, and I wanted to know if I should only invest in index funds or add more to my portfolio.

Jim Rogers suggests INVESTING in commodities.But I am not sure how one does that.For example sugar is low priced now and will remain so even into the next year-how does one take advantage of this?Can the method of commodity indexes of passive investing be replicated on a smaller scale by us?Is it possible to buy [...]

im looking to invest with a online discount broker in index funds. i have ,000 to invest and i know exactly which funds to invest in. im looking for lowest fees posible becuase i will not be trading often but i will use dollar cost averaging once a month. thank you

I want to invest in commodities trading in through mutual funds. However, I don’t want to trade directly in commodity futures. Are there any index funds in India that invest in commodities? Also, is it a smart idea to invest in commodity index funds instead of commodities directly? As I understand it, index funds are [...]

diversified. I understand that index funds that follow the S&P are mainly large cap companies. Should I have a separate fund for Large, medium, and small caps? Or maybe just one that follows the S&P. Or maybe one that follows the entire market (wilshire 5000)? There are so many options . Please help. Thanks [...]

Hello all. I want to start a "wedding fund" for my daughter who is to be born soon so that in 20 years or so I can use to defray some of the costs of a wedding. I have heard index funds are the way to go. I don’t know much about [...]