I want to invest in some good but have little clue which companies offer some of the best plans, flexibility or "no-load" .

 

  • Dave W 5:58 pm on December 19, 2009

    Vanguard, American Century, Fidelity, T. Rowe Price are all fund companies I’ve either had good experience with personally or have heard good things about.

    For someone new to investing and looking for the kinds of returns generated by stocks, a good fund to start with is probably one based on an index like the S&P 500 or Russell 2000. Those are not without risk, but because they include a large number of stocks from a variety of industries, there’s not as much risk from one company or one industry going bad.

    Of course, you can also invest in bond mutual funds which will have less risk, but also in the long run will have lower returns.

  • PRIMO 8:27 am on December 20, 2009

    Mr. Dave:
    Be very very wary of A/C anf F. Do a through detailed analysis on both. After you are aboard,sooner or later,there will ba a non-negotiable negative to you ,that you can do nothing about : be it ever increasing fees,high high manager attrition rates,managers refusing to invest in their own funds,major delays in withdrawing your own money. Touch base with Investment moniters like Lipper,ID,Morningstar,etc for assistance.Primo