Personal Finance: Turning Money into Wealth (7th Edition) (Prentice Hall Series in Finance)
7th Edition
ISBN: 9780133856439
Author: Arthur J. Keown
Publisher: PEARSON
expand_more
expand_more
format_list_bulleted
Question
Chapter 14, Problem 1PA
Summary Introduction
To discuss:
The advantages of possible of owning a mutual fund.
Introduction:
Mutual fund refers to the fund that is managed by the professionals and consists of the pool of money from various different investors in order to purchase different and various securities.
Expert Solution & Answer
Explanation of Solution
- The foremost advantage of mutual funds is that they diversify the money of the investors to buy different securities and doesn’t invest in a single stock.
- The second most advantage is it helps the investors to save the transaction cost due to large volume.
- The mutual fund provides the return that is adjusted with risk.
- The mutual fund provides various types of financial services to the investors as book keeping, checking the account for investors.
- Investing in mutual funds is quite flexible as the investor can invest in any mutual fund that suits them and will help them achieve their financial goals.
- Mutual funds offer liquidity as well.
Principal 8
- Principal 8 states that that the risk and returns go hand in hand.
- Diversification helps to reduce risk by investing in mutual funds that is a great advantage related to principal 8.
- The advantage related to principal 8 is that they provide investors with professional management that helps to reduce risks by investing in the right stocks.
Conclusion
Investment in mutual funds provides many advantages to the investors.
Want to see more full solutions like this?
Subscribe now to access step-by-step solutions to millions of textbook problems written by subject matter experts!
Chapter 14 Solutions
Personal Finance: Turning Money into Wealth (7th Edition) (Prentice Hall Series in Finance)
Ch. 14 - Prob. 1PACh. 14 - Prob. 2PACh. 14 - Prob. 3PACh. 14 - Prob. 4PACh. 14 - Prob. 5PACh. 14 - Prob. 6PACh. 14 - Prob. 7PACh. 14 - Prob. 8PACh. 14 - Prob. 9PACh. 14 - Prob. 10PA
Ch. 14 - Prob. 1DC1Ch. 14 - Prob. 2DC1Ch. 14 - Prob. 3DC1Ch. 14 - Prob. 4DC1Ch. 14 - Prob. 5DC1Ch. 14 - Prob. 6DC1Ch. 14 - Prob. 7DC1Ch. 14 - Prob. 1DC2Ch. 14 - Prob. 2DC2Ch. 14 - Prob. 3DC2Ch. 14 - Prob. 4DC2Ch. 14 - Prob. 5DC2Ch. 14 - Prob. 6DC2Ch. 14 - Prob. 7DC2Ch. 14 - Prob. 8DC2Ch. 14 - Prob. CC.1QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.2QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.3QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.4QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.5QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.6QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.7QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.8QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.9QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.10QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.11QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.12QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.13QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.14QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.15QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.16QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.17QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.18QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.19QCh. 14 - Prob. CC.20Q
Knowledge Booster
Recommended textbooks for you
- Essentials Of InvestmentsFinanceISBN:9781260013924Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.Publisher:Mcgraw-hill Education,
- Foundations Of FinanceFinanceISBN:9780134897264Author:KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. WilliamPublisher:Pearson,Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou...FinanceISBN:9781337395250Author:Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. HoustonPublisher:Cengage LearningCorporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i...FinanceISBN:9780077861759Author:Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan ProfessorPublisher:McGraw-Hill Education
Essentials Of Investments
Finance
ISBN:9781260013924
Author:Bodie, Zvi, Kane, Alex, MARCUS, Alan J.
Publisher:Mcgraw-hill Education,
Foundations Of Finance
Finance
ISBN:9780134897264
Author:KEOWN, Arthur J., Martin, John D., PETTY, J. William
Publisher:Pearson,
Fundamentals of Financial Management (MindTap Cou...
Finance
ISBN:9781337395250
Author:Eugene F. Brigham, Joel F. Houston
Publisher:Cengage Learning
Corporate Finance (The Mcgraw-hill/Irwin Series i...
Finance
ISBN:9780077861759
Author:Stephen A. Ross Franco Modigliani Professor of Financial Economics Professor, Randolph W Westerfield Robert R. Dockson Deans Chair in Bus. Admin., Jeffrey Jaffe, Bradford D Jordan Professor
Publisher:McGraw-Hill Education