Somebody please help me find the right mutual fund from sharebuilders, I will will give 30 points?

Question

I want to stay with sharebuilders because I don't want money going to another account like T-rowe even though they have good funds. I'm trying to keep 1 brokerage. i'm looking a divided fund and a index fund.

Answer 1

You should request from Sharebuilder a list of all the fund companies that they have selling agreements with, this will be able to help you in your search.

You can go to Morningstar which is a company that rates the various mutual funds http://screen.morningstar.com/

You should visit MSN.Money, who has an entire section devoted to mutuals as well as ETFs, http://moneycentral.msn.com/home.asp read their commentaries, written by professionals, for investing ideas,

But if you are going to continue to invest, you should give careful consideration to changing brokerage firms.  Sharebuilder, although a B/D, it is not a full service company in the general sense that offers a full array of products that are needed to be a successful investor.

Answer 2

I think dividend funds are good to get into to produce a constant flow coming into the account.

I have recently got into ETF's (exchange traded funds) they charge a lower expence ratio; usually below 1%

mutual funds charge higher rates

Look in the sectors of world food and water ETF's; they are two big sectors that are ready to pay big, in my opinion.