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Thursday, June 4, 2009

Mutual Funds

By Bob Jones

Mutual funds are one of the safest methods for people to earn some money by saving.. With mutual funds the company has a portfolio of stocks, shares and bonds that can increase the client's investment. Although many countries have their own version of mutual funds you will discover that Canadian mutual funds have a parent firm that oversees their operations.

In general, Canadian mutual funds are applicable only to inhabitants of Canada. If you desire to invest your savings in one of these Canadian mutual funds then you have to investigate the company very carefully. The companies that you investigate should have all of their terms and conditions listed in a simple and readable way.

You can look through financial pages of the newspapers and the Internet to look up how the different Canadian mutual funds are doing. These lists will assist you to make a comparison between the mutual companies you are looking into.

To gain a clearer picture of what kinds of stocks and bonds there are in each of these companies, you should look at the listings that are given. Compare these details with those of other mutual funds.

For the most part, the many different Canadian mutual funds will have the same type of funds as the ones in the USA. These funds include the index mutual funds, low cost funds, front load funds, no-load funds and others. Before you decide to invest in a Canadian mutual funds group, you will need some legal advice.

This legal advice will have to handle the questions of tax that you might have to pay on both sides of the border. This is essential as the tax office in the US require shareholders in investment corporations to pay some kind of tax on capital gains distributions. You will need to know how the Canadian government views the tax rates for Canadian mutual funds.

There is one point that needs deeper inspection when you are going through the various Canadian mutual funds. Canadian mutual funds can hold a variety of different brands of stock under the umbrella of one fund. For example, you will find that the 'RBC ('Royal Bank of Canada') Asset Management Inc.', has one kind of stock brand called the RBC Funds. Whereas 'The Mackenzie Financial Corporation', on the other hand, has nine different brands.

All of this makes the idea of investing in Canadian mutual funds quite interesting. If you are interested, you will need to see how you can invest in one of these funds. Your financial advisor should be able to provide you with help in this direction. - 23218

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