OK, so I am somewhat biased because I run a fee-only advisory practice. However, over the past 5 years, I have received hundreds of phone calls and e-mails from some of my 17,000 newsletter readers complaining about being misled by unscrupulous stock brokers, who were more interested in their financial well being than in their clients’. Calling up a client …
Are 3 and 5-year Mutual Fund Performance Data of Value?
One of my newsletter readers had an interesting question. He asked: “One of the most commonly used and maybe the best advice is to look at the 1,3,5 year perfomance and the rating among peers. Then why don’t the funds at the bottom lose all potential new customers and all the owners sell? Are there some hidden factors?” Well, the …