41. Index fund investors are much more conscious of fees than are investors who buy actively managed funds, she said. 42. Individual investors remain wary of buying bond funds. 43. Indefatigable individual investors kept buying technology funds. 44. Instead, individual investors who want to buy those funds will have to go directly to Fidelity, with one exception. 45. Investors are buying stock funds despite warnings from fund companies about higher-than-average year-end distributions -- or potentially higher tax bills. 46. Investors are buying stock funds despite warnings from fund companies about higher-than-average year-end distributions, meaning potentially higher tax bills. 47. Investors should be on the lookout when buying money funds that are managed by companies who sell their funds through brokers, Crane said. 48. Investors who buy bond funds are typically more conservative than those who buy stock funds. 49. Investors who use such advisers tend to stay with their funds almost a year longer than those who buy the funds from direct marketers like Fidelity and Vanguard. 50. Investors can profit from this shift simply by buying funds that mirror the Canada index. |