Discuss the advantages of investing with a mutual fund and the general types of funds offered.

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The Answer is Advantages of mutual funds include:

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Professional Management: providing expertise and research and monitoring the performance of mutual funds.

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Diversification: not putting all your "eggs in one basket," with investments in a range of companies and industries to lower your overall portfolio risk.

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Affordability: Being able to invest in a portfolio of stocks for a relatively low dollar amount for an initial investment and subsequent purchases.
Liquidity: For open-end mutual funds, investors can redeem shares at any time for the current net asset value (NAV) in addition to any redemption fees.
Types of mutual funds moving from lower risk and higher liquidity to higher risk and less liquidity include:

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Money market funds that invest in high quality money market securities, such as U.S. government Treasury Bills, and other short-term securities with a maturity of 1 year or less that are highly marketable.

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Bond funds that invest in government and corporate bonds, different types and maturities, and investment quality defining their risks.

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Stock funds that invest in corporate stocks including many different types of stock funds including growth funds that focus on potential financial gains versus dividend; income funds that focus on paying dividends; index funds that track a particular market index, such as the Standard & Poor's 500 index, and sector funds that specialize in a particular industry segment.

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Hybrid or Balanced Mutual Funds that invest in both stocks and bonds, among many other types of mutual funds.

Discuss the Advantages of Investing with a Mutual Fund and the General