This week’s AAII Weekly Digest highlights these “must-read” AAII articles: Recent Performance Influences Fund Choices A mutual fund’s recent returns and its relative performance significantly influence whether investors choose to buy or hold onto the fund. The magnitude of these returns and whether the fund is already owned also plays a role. Data shows…
This week’s AAII Weekly Digest highlights these “must-read” AAII articles: The Mutual Fund Cash Dilemma Should fund managers let cash build in the absence of opportunities, or should they remain fully invested at all times? While most mutual fund managers are required to stay invested, some have the flexibility to raise their cash allocations,…
This month’s Asset Allocation Survey special question asked AAII members what type of account they prefer to use for their cash. More than four out of 10 respondents (43%) said money market accounts or money market funds. Checking and savings accounts (both at banks and at credit unions) were the next most popular type of…
