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Aug, 25 2010

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Zacks Top Five Growth Funds, eye candy or useful investment guide?

How often have you seen personal finance websites and magazines publish ‘Top 10’ and ‘Best of Year’ fund lists as ways to hook your interest? I have often wondered if they are just fun eye candy, or a meaningful input that really help individuals make considered investment decisions. We put this to test using Jemstep’s beta site.

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Sep, 11 2009

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Understanding risk-adjusted returns

Selecting mutual funds based on performance alone can be risky business. Our senior analyst, Cliff Schoeman, explores why you should look at risk-adjusted performance when comparing funds ….

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