The Perfect Mutual Fund is the one you build yourself!
The perfect Mutual Fund you build should have the objective of owning no more than 12 to 15 companies; owning shares in 12 companies would allow the diversity needed to sleep well at night and would provide a cash dividend every week of the year.
The 12 companies (with staggered dividend payout dates) in your perfect Mutual Fund should not only provide a cash dividend every week of the year, the companies should also have a historical record of raising their dividends every year for at least the past 8 years (to eliminate risk).
The perfect Mutual Fund would have no fees attached, every cent put into the Fund would work toward your return on investment (ROI).
There would not be any commission fees, load fees, management fees or advertising fees, and there would be no illegal trading practices, hidden fees abuses or any type of hidden fee. The perfect Mutual Fund would benefit you and your family and no one else.
The perfect Mutual Fund would require a savings plan to add to your holdings every quarter, until retirement. This would allow your perfect Mutual Fund to dollar-cost average (buying the same stock at different prices through the years) into your holdings every quarter (your dividends from the companies would be doing this for you, automatically, commission free; your quarterly investments would also be commission free).
With this in mind, every dividend received from a company in the Fund would be higher than the previous dividend from that company (as long as the company, at least, maintains their dividend and in the perfect Mutual Fund every company has a history of raising their dividend every year).
In the perfect Mutual Fund, when prices of your stock holdings in the Fund decline, the cash dividend income from the Fund simply accelerates. The reason for this is simple - the lower the stock prices the higher the dividend yields. A company, for example, may pay a dividend of 50 cents a share. Whether that company's share price is 70 dollars a share or 40 dollars a share, the company pays 50 cents a share. At a lower stock price your reinvested dividend and quarterly investment purchases more shares.
In the perfect Mutual Fund your money is not spread too thin. For example, putting $5,000.00 into, lets say, the S&P 500 Index Fund, you would end up owning around $10.00 worth of 500 different companies. Other than the obvious fact that your money is being spread too thin, any dividends from the companies in the Fund could possibly be eaten up by management and other Mutual Fund fees.
The perfect Mutual Fund is real and you can build one for yourself!
For more excerpts from the book 'The Stockopoly Plan - Investing for Retirement' visit http://www.thestockopolyplan.com
Charles M. O'Melia is an individual investor with almost 40 years of experience and passion for the stock market. The author of the book The Stockopoly Plan ? Investing for Retirement; published by American-Book Publishing. The book can be ordered at: http://www.pdbookstore.com/com files/pages/CharlesMOMelia.shtml
Young readers know that March 4th is the birthday of... Read More
Q: I own a small decorating business and I'll be... Read More
For better or worse, most option trading investors purchase stocks... Read More
Mutual Funds are considered to be one of the best... Read More
If you know next to nothing, how do you go... Read More
Need some insight on what you should really be striving... Read More
For investors only... and for speculators who need to invest... Read More
Yes, it's the time we've all been waiting for?tax season!... Read More
First and foremost, an opportunistic strategy for creating wealth in... Read More
College Savings Plans ? are they the best choice for... Read More
One of the leading traders on Chicago Mercantile Exchange, because... Read More
In the simplest of terms, Arbitrage means to exploit price... Read More
The Light Crude Continuous Contract hit an all-time high at... Read More
If you want to make the most of your personal... Read More
This column has previously discussed "picturing the future that we... Read More
Gearing is where you borrow money to invest. As already... Read More
When raising capital for a business venture, warrants are a... Read More
Before every protective put trade it is possible to calculate... Read More
Let me start by answering that question...if an annuity fits... Read More
If it seems... Read More
Real Estate can be a useful tool for investing. The... Read More
A SEP is a special type of IRA. Under a... Read More
Here are ten more WISDOM packed GEMS that ooffer very... Read More
It caught my attention when I heard an analyst on... Read More
For those accustomed to viewing things a certain way, it... Read More
Discipline can be simply defined as your ability to follow... Read More
One of the greatest preconstruction investing issues that I hear... Read More
The syntax is tortured, the grammar mutilated, but the message... Read More
For most people, there is a direct correlation between how... Read More
According to Morton Pollack, CEO of PWS, The Laundry Company... Read More
More and more workers are leaving their jobs and taking... Read More
"Hey Joe! I need help finding a broker. I notice... Read More
By definition, value investing is the process of selecting stocks... Read More
It seems completely absurd that franchise buyers lie about their... Read More
First, I need to explain about e-currencies or digital currencies.... Read More
Typical day traders and swing traders look for stocks with... Read More
If you've decided to stock some money away in a... Read More
An option is a derivative trading product that is best... Read More
JewelryThe advantages are:? Gold Jewelry is the easiest of the... Read More
A barrel of oil bounced to over $60 Thu, which... Read More
When you invest, it simply means that you are putting... Read More
Seniors on fixed incomes face a unique problem. Where do... Read More
Disgruntled investors are going after Wall Street once again, this... Read More
The Nature of Penny StocksFor anyone new to investing in... Read More
If you do not have an investment plan in the... Read More
Options are good investing and speculative instruments. But options terminology... Read More
You have probably been hearing, seeing and reading that real... Read More
Relaxing in Style: Florida Investment PropertiesIn Florida, relaxing in the... Read More
A way that investors get ripped off and in a... Read More
Are you ready to open your pathway to financial independence?Well... Read More
Investing Investing |