The Small Cap Growth style ranks ninth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my Style Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 11 ETFs and 437 mutual funds in the Small Cap Growth style as of January 30, 2014.
The Small Cap Growth style ranks tenth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my Style Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 11 ETFs and 441 mutual funds in the Small Cap Growth style as of October 23, 2013.
This report identifies the “best” ETFs and mutual funds based on the quality of their holdings and their costs. As detailed in “Low-Cost Funds Dupe Investors”, there are few funds that have both good holdings and low costs. While there are lots of cheap funds, there are very few with high-quality holdings.
The Small Cap Growth style ranks tenth out of the twelve fund styles as detailed in my Style Rankings for ETFs and Mutual Funds report. It gets my Dangerous rating, which is based on aggregation of ratings of 11 ETFs and 441 mutual funds in the Small Cap Growth style as of July 17, 2013.
Picking from the multitude of style mutual funds is a daunting task. In any given style there may be as many as 979 different mutual funds, and there are at least 6100 mutual funds across all styles.
Picking from the multitude of style mutual funds is a daunting task. There are as many as 1,019 in any given style and at least 6,130 mutual funds across all styles.
Finding the best mutual funds is an increasingly difficult task in a world with so many mutual funds. Investors cannot trust mutual fund labels or names. They do not tell you enough about what you are getting when you buy a mutual fund.
Wilmington Funds: Wilmington Small Cap Growth Fund (ARPAX) is in the Danger Zone this week. Deceptively high costs coupled with poor holdings make it difficult to expect this mutual fund to make money for investors.