Mutual fund assets under management skyrocketed between 1986 and 1996 from about $700 billion to about $3.5 trillion dollars by 1996 and to $6 trillion in 1999.
The mutual fund industry experienced explosive growth in the 1980s and early 1990s, as investors transferred assets from other financial sectors into mutual funds
In 1990 mutual funds held more than $1 trillion in assets
No load mutual funds are mutual funds that are sold directly by the investment company instead of by an investment broker. They work exactly the same as regular mutual funds.
Mutual Funds are classified as * Equity Mutual Funds * Equity Diversified Funds * Equity Linked Savings Schemes * Large Cap funds * Mid cap funds * Small cap funds * Contra Funds * Sectoral Funds * Thematic Funds * etc... * Debt Mutual Funds * Bond Mutual Funds * Hedge Funds * Fund of Funds * etc...
There are many good mutual funds available. According to CNN, some of the best mutual funds available include the American Funds American Mutual A and Sound Shore.
Mutual fund shares are stocks of mutual funds, fractions of mutual funds just as companies have shares.
By 1990, there were 3,105 different mutual funds
Pimco funds are mutual funds. They are a type of mutual fund that gains interest over time. Pimco is a international financial institution from whom you would get these mutual funds.
The two primary types of mutual funds are "no-load" and "load" funds
The Securities and Exchanges Board of India SEBI and The Association of Mutual Funds in India (AMFI) control the Mutual Funds in India
Everyone has a different opinion as to which mutual funds are the best or worst. It depends on the experience that each person has had with the mutual funds.
Trust is entity that owns the mutual funds.