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Choosing Funds

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By the end of this module, you’ll be able to:

  • Explain the trade you make when you use an index fund.
  • Run the four published checks on any fund someone shows you.
  • Explain what determines the standard fund example without treating it as your final choice.
  • Explain why MER comparisons only work between funds holding the same thing.
  • Explain why past returns do not decide between funds holding the same thing.
  • Explain the trade you make when you use an all-in-one fund.

6 lessons · about 55 minutes

  1. 1Why the list starts with index funds, and the trade-off
  2. 2The four checks, run on real funds
  3. 3How one fund gets chosen from the rest
  4. 4How a fund is built, and the two jobs that does
  5. 5All-in-ones
  6. 6How the list is kept, then Choosing Funds in one page + a quick check
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