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Is your 401k affected by recent mutual funds scandal?  Pension fund managers are beginning to abandon scandalized mutual funds.  The mutual funds industry itself is undergoing change.  For more detailed information, see this article; then shop for related books at amazon.com

 

Weiss Ratings' Guide to Bond and Money Market Mutual Funds

 

Guide to Stock Mutual Funds

Will the mutual funds industry survive recent scandals? Yes, it will prevail as a preeminent form of investment, but with a changed mood.

Expect:

  • A slimmed down industry--less exotic, more conservative in operations
  • Boards that are genuinely independent
  • Increased early redemption fees to discourage rapid trading
  • An end to late trading, i.e., trading after 4 p.m. Eastern time
  • Stricter independent oversight
  • A boom in index funds because they offer lower fees with competitive performance and less active management
  • A boom in closed-end and exchange traded funds (ETFs) because they cannot be market timed, market timing having been an essence in the recent scandal.

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Pension managers are abandoning scandal tainted funds in droves. This flight makes it all the more imperative that workers examine the portfolios of their 401(k)s this year and make appropriate adjustments accordingly.

For detailed insight into mutual funds and the mutual fund industry, see Weiss Ratings' Guide to Bond and Money Market Mutual Funds and the Guide to Stock Mutual Funds

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