Investing in mutual funds doesn’t have to be difficult, as long as you steadfastly follow a few straightforward principles. Unfortunately, many opposing forces get in the way of putting these rules into effect in your personal portfolio.
The following five rules of thumb will help you select funds that will outperform their peers over the long term:
1. Be cheap. Keep costs and expenses low.
2. Pick funds with stable, consistent, long-term performance records of out-performing their style indexes.
3. Understand the importance of a fund’s management to its success.
4. Choose funds with low portfolio turnover. Find managers that invest shareholders’ money, not trade with it.
5. Verify that the fund’s investment style is consistent over time. A fund’s approach shouldn’t “drift” from its stated philosophy.
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