共同基金的个人投资者外文翻译.doc

外文翻译 原文 Mutual fund individual investors MaterialSource:/schools/sppd/lusk/research/pdf/ Author: Stuart Gabriel, Gary Painter As is evident by its title, this essay will be examining mutual funds. The paper will take a look at a thorough investment process: where individual investors should go to search for information about mutual funds in which they are thinking of investing and some of the data they need to take into consideration. So how should investors get started investing? This article will provide some methods and ideas? Where to Look for Information Assume that someone completely understands what a mutual fund is and that they have decided the advantages and disadvantages match what they are looking for out of their investment. The next step, of course, is to figure out which funds in which to invest their money. The SEC's website contains a directory of all of the mutual funds available for purchase [SEC Directory]. This list might be a good place to start, but only that. At this point in the investing exercise, a responsible investor has much more research to do. Traditionally, according to Laise, it has been fairly difficult to find much good information about the fund itself and the person/people running it. The SEC's website lists some of the key documents that prospective investors should try to locate. 1 Prospectus- The prospectus is the most comprehensive source of information about a particular fund and the people running it. In it, an investor will find data pertaining to fees, expenses, objectives, strategies, risks, performance, pricing, etc. When someone purchases shares of a fund, they are required by the SEC to receive a copy of the prospectus [SEC Information]. A responsible investor will look for important information contained within the prospectus before actually putting their money into the fund. 2Profile- Though funds are not required to provide a document called a profile, some choose to do so. A profile basically just hits som