get married with her boyfriend in two years, investing 50% of her inheritance to GICs will insure that the wedding will be held as scheduled. Hence, investing $7000 in GICs is a very rational plan for the client. Mutual funds Mutual fund is a good way to invest money since the fund manager is very professional with…
Fund overview Blue Chip Investor Fund ("The Fund") (ticker BCIFX) is an active equity mutual fund in United States "primarily investing in the common stocks of industry-dominant companies whose earnings have demonstrated superior growth" (Eikon). Having been launched since January 1, 2002 with the minimum investment of $5,000 USD, The Fund has its nominated benchmark index is the S&P 500 Total Return Index (Eikon code SPXTR). The Fund was established by Steven Check (past President of the CFA…
Mutual funds collect funds from small investors or unit-holders. The funds so collected are invested in buying shares of companies. Thus, MFs; provide funds to companies for business purposes. (b) They act as indicators between investors and companies. By buying shares in mutual funds, the individual investor becomes part of our institution and so can stand on even terms. (c) Mutual funds are organized, operated and managed by companies that do the practical administrative things that…
The idea of mutual fund began to take shape in India in 1963 with the set up and enactment of Unit Trust of India (UTI) when the UTI Act, 1963 was framed to operate both as a financial institute and an investment trust. In 1964, the board of trustees formulated an openended scheme and launched it with scale of units begin open in the month of July, 1964 at the nominal value of Rs. 10 each. Thus, the UTI came out with its first open-ended scheme in 1964. During the initial phase of the…
Brand Promise Evaluation Koele Godfrey Investment Group has a clear selling point in their main tagline, “financial guidance and strategies for life.” This encompasses the purpose of the company, financial guidance, while making the connection that this relationship will be long lasting. KGIG is adamant about protecting what each client has built and will be sure to act in their best interest. They have an attorney on site, giving them an advantage over other investment firms both locally and…
bondholders. 2. What is asset allocation? Why is this used? This is a technique used to spread your investment dollars across several asset categories. The investment categories may include cash and cash alternatives, bonds, stocks, real estate, mutual funds, imaginable. The goal is to maximize your return. 3. What are common stocks? What are the advantages and disadvantages of…
way than a penny earned, after all. 1. Start an education fund “That’s why I’ve been investing Rs 2,000 per month for my kids, Swara (4) and Saket (9 months-old-) right since their birth. I’ve invested in an education fund with Max New York life. The term for this fund is 15 years, so by the time they begin college, they’ll have something to fall back on,” asserts Rucha Kulkarni, a banking official. Putting money in an education fund is one way to ensure your child’s education has some…
varied forms like • Shares • Government Securities • Derivative product • Units of Mutual Funds etc., square measurea number of the securities investors within thestock marketwill invest in. Long-term financial options available for investment Long-term financial options available for investments are Post Office Savings Schemes, Public Provident Fund, Company Fixed Deposits, Bonds and Debentures, Mutual Funds etc. Post Office Savings: Submit workplace month-to-month earnings Scheme is a…
UK pension triple lock costs extra £6bn a year, says report A hastily buried official report has estimated that the government is spending an extra £6bn a year protecting pensioners' incomes, deVere Group understands. The report also warns that the cost of doing so in future years could spiral further. The warning came in a report from the Government Actuary's Department, which was published last week on the government website but was removed a day later; an official said it had been…
overtook the first step, ethical awareness, I’ll evaluate the ethical judgment phase. First, being that Shkreli has already valued profits over the public welfare, he must somehow justify the judgment in his decision-making. To do this, the former hedge fund manager utilizes moral disengagement to convince himself and, more importantly, the main stream media that his decision is indeed an ethical one. First, he exploits moral justification to claim that his action is somewhat beneficial. By…