Beating the Bear Market: No-Load Index Funds
January 14, 2008 by Miranda Marquit
Filed under Finance
There are investments to be made, even in a bear market. As we continue to look at the Paul Farrell MarketWatch article about beating the bear market, we find some good investment advice:
You don’t need a broker nor funds run by active managers with high expense ratios. Protect your nest egg by investing in low-cost, no-load index funds. Research proves low expenses are the only reliable predictor of future performance.
This is good investment advice even in a bull market. Administrative fees and loads can eat into your earnings on index funds. This also applies to other types of investments. If you can use investment research tools available to you, you can make investing decisions and then use online discount brokers to save money on commissions.
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