A stepbystep guide to mutual fund investment is designed to help wouldbe investors create a portfolio designed to serve as a foundation for a secure financial future and offers helpful advice on how to select the right mutual fund, the art of online investment, and more. Original.
James Lowell is the editor of Fidelity Investor, a mutual fund advisory newsletter published by Phillips, and has spent the last decade covering mutual funds for all media. A feature columnist for the Dow Jones Investment Advisor Magazine, he is the author of Investing from Scratch and How to Survive in the Real World. He lives in Massachusetts.
Blah. Most importantly (and maddeningly), why does he keep referring to this "$10,000 portfolio"?! Nowhere does he give any justification for it, saying only that one needs to have one. Does it start with 10K? Is it worth 10K? Augh!