Mutual Fund Drip Less than '87


	Mutual Fund Drip Less than '87

Victoria Barret

10-9-2008 6:09 PM

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stock market, mutual funds, investing, outflows

Victoria Barret says:

Mutual funds are seeing record out-flows, but still less than during the market crash of '87 (as a percentage of equity assets).

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11-11-2008 9:53 PM

RaymondMantas

Your right this is a horrible time for any financial choice. Mutual funds are still a much safer investment than stocks. New mutual funds would take out finance and REITS.

Source:
http://www.amfi.com/types/new-mutual-funds
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_fund

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