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There are many investment alternatives
available for investors through the Treasury Department, among which are series
I bonds, and the relatively better known
series EE bonds. Periods of stock market unpredictability and uncertainty, see
many investors search for safer and more conservative alternatives for their
investments. Changes in the interest rates will often reflect in the returns on
most bonds, as returns are commonly subject to a great deal of volatility.

I’ bonds started being issued in 1998, by the Treasury Department. In a number of ways,’ I’ bonds are
pretty similar to the better known ‘EE’ bonds, but there are significant
differences between the two.

 

Paper EE bonds are issued by the federal
government at a discount of 50% of their face value, and issued in
denominations of 50, 75, 100, 200, 500, 1000, 5000 and 10000 dollars. At face
value, a client may generally spend up to $60,000 per calendar year on paper EE
bonds. Electronic EE bonds were introduced in May 2003, and are not issued at a
discount, but are rather issued only at face value. A client may spend up to
30,000 dollars in a calendar year on electronic EE bonds. An interest rate,
determined by calculating 90% of the half-year average of five-year Treasury
securities, is applied to the bonds twice a year, which results in a varying
interest rate over the bonds’ life. Even though interest accrued is added to
the bond value on a monthly basis, the actual compounding is done twice a year.
New rates are announced by the Treasury Department each May 1st and November
1st, and once this happens, it applies to all issued bonds during the next six
month holding period.

 

‘I’ bonds are
issued by the federal government in the same denominations as EE bonds, but
unlike EE bonds, I bonds are issued at face value. A client can purchase up to
60,000 dollars per calendar year, that is 30,000 in paper and 30,000 as
electronic. The interest rate on the I bond is a combination
of a fixed and a variable rate. The fixed rate is determined by the federal
government every May 1st and November 1st, and it will apply to all bonds
issued within the six month period. For a given bond, the initial fixed rate
will not vary, but will apply throughout the bond’s life. The variable interest
rate is determined by government using the Consumer Price Index for all urban
Consumers (CPI-U), and it applies to each semi-annual interest period.

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5 Smart Investments for 2010

 

The last several years have left many
investors in dire need of an investment comeback. While the last quarter of
2009 found the market crawling out from the depths into which it had dropped,
much is still left to be desired when it comes to replacing many investors’
losses. Like the home team in the last quarter of the championship, many of our
portfolios are still down by a couple scores and need a few big plays to get us
back in the game.

 

While 2010 isn’t making any promises be the
big playmaker we’re all searching for, some

investments out there could at least help make the year profitable.

 

1) Mutual Funds/Retirement Accounts

There are bound to be a few bumps in the
road ahead when it comes to the stock market, however; let us hope that the
worst is behind us – at least for a while. Economies around the world appear to
be on the slow road to recovery, which means that stocks might continue to
climb throughout the year. Until inflation starts to smother the US economy,
people will be searching for someone to store their dollars. With banks
offering pittances for interest rates on savings accounts and CDs, treasuries
offering nothing in the way of enticement, and many mattresses already full,
look for investors to continue to dump money into stocks, retirement accounts,
and mutual funds, pushing the markets as a whole higher this year.

 

2) Debt

Before you go dashing out to invest in
stocks, bonds, commodities, or currencies, consider your personal finances.
When you put money into most investments, you take your best guess at
establishing calculated risk on the well-being of your money. However, when
paying off debt, you know exactly what your money will be making you – or
should I say, saving you.

 

Sometimes we get so caught up in the
talking heads telling us to prepared for the future, save for retirement,
invest, invest, invest, that we can’t see the forest for the trees. Putting
your hard-earned cash into a mutual fund that might return five or six percent
while you make credit card payments at 18% interest is in most cases a
decidedly a poor investment choice. Whether it is credit card debt, student
loans, a mortgage or car loan, consider taking a good hard look at whether you
have the money to spare for investments or should instead be paying off debt.

 

3) Oil

While oil has been on the comeback trail
lately, it’s nowhere near its summer 2008 highs. With economic recoveries
seemingly starting to take hold around the world, albeit slowly, look for oil
prices to continue to rise as well. By the summer of 2010, we could easily see
oil well over $100 a barrel
and possibly quite a bit higher. Whether you’re looking to get into the
commodities market directly or invest in oil stocks, profits could be there for
the taking in 2010.

 

4) U.S. Government Series I Savings
Bonds

Series I US government bonds are inflation
protected savings devices. The only time they don’t provide a guaranteed return
(which is still better than a loss in my opinion), is during periods of
deflation. Otherwise, the bond is based upon a combination of a fixed rate at
the time of purchase, and inflation based upon the CPI-U index (Consumer Price
Index for all Urban Consumers). The maximum investment per calendar year for I
bonds is $5000, but as an alternative, consider investing in TIPS (Treasury Inflation
Protected Securities) which can be obtained through most brokers. With plenty
of cheap cash streaming into the economy, I’m looking for inflation to start
taking off at the end of 2010, and I’ll be ready for these bonds to do the
same.

 

5) A Home

As a first time or even established
homebuyer, 2010 can be the perfect time to grab some real estate. President
Obama’s extension of the first time homebuyer tax credit as well as the
initiation of the existing homeowner’s tax credit means that buying homes, which
may already have hit rock bottom prices, could be a great investment. Of course
you likely won’t see your investment take off like it would have three years
ago when home prices were appreciating at ridiculously high rates.
Nevertheless, if you’re investing for the long haul, understand the investment
you are making, and the costs involved with owning a home, real estate could be
the way to go in 2010. (CD NOTE: Your personal residence is an investment
because it’s not a liquid asset like a rental property.)

 

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More on bonds

 

At the last Assembly meeting on January 19
six different bond proposals were introduced and will receive a public hearing
on February 2, with those approved slated to appear on the April 6 municipal
election ballot.  After working
through the budget process during the last couple months I expected to see one,
or maybe two, bonds this spring so even though there are a couple
nearly-duplicate submissions I’m a little surprised.

 

Here’s the bond ideas we’ll discuss:

 

$35.1 million for a road
& drainage bond proposed by the administration that would fund a variety of
road projects throughout the Anchorage Road & Drainage Service Area.

Alternatively, $37.1 million road &
drainage bond proposed by Elvi Gray-Jackson that,
while I haven’t seen the final project list, would presumably add a few more
projects to the administration’s proposal.

$1.15 million to replace
fire engines, as proposed by the administration.

$932,000 for public
transportation capital improvements, also proposed by the administration.

$250,000 for an ambulance
to serve the Sand
Lake area, a
late-breaking proposal from the administration.

Alternatively, adding $250,000 to item #3
to include an ambulance to serve the Sand
Lake area, proposed by Matt Claman after administration officials told the Sand Lake
community council said ambulance had to wait another year or two.  (As item #5 suggests, the administration
has since changed its stance.)

Meanwhile, the School Board appears to be
sticking with Superintendent Comeau’s suggestion to
not offer any bonds this spring. 
That suggests my idea of a bond holiday took root somewhere, if not at
the municipal level.  With no school
bonds slated for the ballot and municipal bond proposals at a relatively low
level there appears to be recognition that the electorate is feeling cautious
about spending issues.  But it’s
also fair to say that there’s a wide variety of perspectives on bonds; if you
have kids at Service high school, which is next in line for reconstruction, you
may not be so thrilled about the School Board’s decision while neighbors with
kids at South high school, which is relatively new, might feel just fine.

 

All that said,
it’ll be interesting to hear the discussion on February 2.  Only three of eight bond proposals
gained voter approval last year (roads, fire and public safety &
transportation [barely]) so I’m curious to see if the bond holiday remains a
popular concept the School Board was wise to adopt or if the idea has lost
favor with Anchorage residents. 
We’ll see…

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Jobless Claims Rise, Mortgage Bonds Up, FHA’s Changes

 

close [x] Yesterday was a pretty big day, and this morning even more.

 

The DOW is currently down about 133 points,
and while several economic reports are out, the biggest one is, again, the
Jobless Claims is in at 482k, that is the largest jump in claims in the past 8
months – a pretty big figure.

 

What does this mean for rates? Well, at the
moment, we’re up about 25 bps so you should see a little drop – I’d say about
.125% or so.

 

Remember- Economy bad, rates good. 

The Treasury also  just announced next weeks
auctions:

 

Tuesday, $44B of 2 Year Notes

Wednesday, $42B of 5 Year Notes

Thursday, $32B of 7 Year Notes

 

Yesterday, plastered all over the media,
were the changes 
in FHA financing. I don’t know about you, but I’m pretty sick and
tired of all this “change” that has been going around lately.

 

While the majority of the details can be
found on my blog, I also wanted to briefly outline them here as well.

 

So here’s what’s up:

 

1) Seller Contributions are going from 6%
down to 3%. 

a)     This is apparently
being done to further help the consumer avoid added loan fees and inflated home
prices. (I personally thought RESPA and HVCC were solving this)

 

2) Up Front Mortgage Insurance Premiums are
being increased from 1.75% to 2.25%, and talks of the monthly mortgage
insurance (currently .55%) going up as well 

a)     Basically, it’s going
to get a little bit more expensive for all borrowers regardless of credit
score.

 

3) Down Payment of 10% on borrowers under a
580

 

a)     Now while FHA has
implemented a minimum credit score of 580, that doesn’t really mean anything
because all lenders these days are at least at a minimum score of a 620, so
this rule won’t really affect you.

 

Now as for the timeframe in which these are
going to be put into practice by lenders, it’s not certain yet, but I should be
getting something soon, in which case, I’ll post an update on here.

 

If you really think about it, the only biggie
here is the seller contributions. It just means that consumers are now going to
need a little bit more cash available when buying homes to help cover closing
costs.

 

Let the finger pointing begin…

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Today we are featuring top-performing
“Corporate High Yield” fixed income mutual
funds, which primarily seek high current income through investment in
lower-rated corporate bonds.

 

Investors can find such Corporate High Yield funds by checking out the entire list of the Zacks
#1 Rank Corporate High Yield Fixed Income Funds.

5 Great High Yield Choices

Legg Mason Western Asset Global High-Yield
Bond A (SAHYX) was incepted in February 1995. This high yield fund seeks to
maximize current income with capital appreciation as a secondary objective.

 

A majority of this high yield fund’s assets
are invested in high yield bonds issued by U.S.
and foreign corporations and foreign governments and their agencies. There are
no specifications regarding the average duration of the portfolio and the fund
managers select securities which provide the best returns regardless of the
timeframe involved. It may also invest up to 35% of its assets in sovereign
securities issued by emerging markets.

 

The high yield fund has an expense ratio of
1.30% against a category average of 1.20%. As of December 2009, it has a
portfolio turnover of 52% against a category average of 90%. The fund’s top
holdings include Republic of Venezuela, Ford Motor
Credit 12% and Morgan Stanley Tri Party. For the quarter ended September 30,
2009, the fund outperformed its benchmark, the Barclays Capital Global High
Yield Index.

 Kenneth S. Leech has been lead manager of
the fund since March 2006. Leech joined Western Asset as Chief Investment
Officer in 1990 and was appointed CIO Emeritus in 2008.

 Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston A (EVIBX) seeks to provide as much current income as
possible. It was incepted in June 1972.

 

The high yield fund mainly invests in high
yield, high risk corporate bonds. It may invest in a range of other debt
securities which generate income. These securities include senior secured
floating rate loans and preferred stocks that pay dividends. The high yield
fund also invests some its assets in foreign securities, most of which are U.S.
dollar denominated. It currently seeks to meet its objective by investing in
Boston Income Portfolio.

 The high yield fund has an expense ratio of
1.07% against a category average of 1.20%. As of October 2009, it has a
portfolio turnover of 54% against a category average of 90%. The fund’s top
holdings include AMC Entertainment Inc, Intelsat Ltd, and International Paper
Co. During the third quarter of 2009, Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston posted
strong returns, ahead of its Lipper High Current Yield Funds peer group
average, though slightly lower than the Index.

 

Michael W. Weilheimer has been lead manager of this high yield fund since January 1996. Before
joining Eaton Vance in 1990, Weilheimer was a vice
president of Amroc Investments.

 

Rydex/SGI High Yield A (SIHAX) seeks high
current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective. It was incepted
in high current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective.

 At least 80% of the net assets of this high
yield fund are invested in a variety of high-yield, high risk debt securities
rated medium lower rating categories or of comparable quality in the estimation
of the fund managers. However, it does not invest in debt securities that are
rated in default at the time of purchase. This high yield fund mainly invests
in domestic securities, but it may also look at dollar denominated foreign
securities.

 The high yield fund has an expense ratio of
1.10% against a category average of 1.20%. As of December 2009, it has a
portfolio turnover of 29% against a category average of 90%. The funds top
holdings include Catalent Pharma
Solutions Inc, Nuveen Investments Inc and Sprint Capital Corporation. As of
June 2009, the fund has outperformed the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High
Yield Bond index for the 1-year, 3-year and 5-year period.

 David G. Toussaint has been lead manager of
the fund since April 2000. Toussaint is a Chartered Financial Analyst and
Certified Public Accountant and has 11 years of investment experience

Federated High Income Bond A (FHIIX) seeks
high current income. It was incepted in November 1997.

 The high yield pursues its investment
objective by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of high-yield,
lower-rated corporate bonds. The fund advisors select securities which offer
high yields, relatively low credit risk and high portfolio diversification.

 

The high yield fund has an expense ratio of
1.24% against a category average of 1.20%. As of December 2009, it has a
portfolio turnover of 19% against a category average of 90%. The funds top
holdings include HCA Inc, Intelsat 11.25% and Biomet 11.625%. As of September
2009, for the six-month reporting period the fund outperformed its peer group,
the Lipper High Current Yield Fund Average. 

Mark E. Durbiano
has been lead manager of the fund since January 1987. Durbiano
is a Chartered Financial Analyst and is vice president of Federated
Institutional Trust. 

Fidelity High Income (SPHIX) seeks high
current income. It was incepted in August 1990.

 

Income-producing debt securities, preferred
stocks and convertible securities are the primary holdings of this high yield
fund. It invests in companies which have difficult financial conditions and in
both domestic and foreign issuers.

 

The fund has an expense ratio of 0.75%
against a category average of 1.20%. As of December 2009, it has a portfolio
turnover of 27% against a category average of 90%. The fund’s top holdings
include Avaya Inc Term Loan, Intelsat Jackson 9.5% and Nextel Communication
7.375%. As of December 2009, the fund had recorded lower returns than its
benchmark index for the 1-year, 3-year and 5-year periods. 

Fred Hoff has been lead manager of the fund
since June 2000. Hoff has been with Fidelity Investments since 1991 and is a
portfolio manager with the firm.

 

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Wealth Manager Q&A: Betting on China’s
diet and high yield bonds

 

Thomas Becket is head of global investment
strategy at London-based PSigma Investment
Management. He tells The Wall Street Journal Europe about his preference for
high yield bonds and soft commodity funds. 

Our biggest long-term trend for the next
decade is China’s
urbanization and the emergence of a powerful middle class. We view this as a once-in-a-lifetime theme and believe the best way to gain
exposure to it is to invest in soft commodity funds like the Schroder
Alternative Commodity Fund.

 

This should benefit from Chinese citizens’
efforts to improve the quality of their diet as urbanization accelerates.

 

This shift, when combined with the acute
water shortages that China
and others will suffer in the next decade, could make for a highly potent and
rewarding trade.

 

Our top fund pick in the water sector is Pictet’s Water Fund, which combines exciting high-growth
water technology opportunities alongside more stable water utilities.

 

Our latest moves have been to increase
exposure to high-yield bonds. Although we think the rally in investment-grade
bonds has peaked, we believe that there is still potential for spreads to
tighten for some selected high-yield bonds.

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Who is Trashing High Yield Bond Funds – and Why Should You Care?

 

Karl Denninger
has been following a story in the markets for over a week now that, as he
rightly points out, has not and probably will not get any press. It is,
therefore, highly worthy of your consideration, and it may be a bit difficult
to follow what Mr. Denninger is talking about. So
here is the layman’s summary.

 

On December 30 the PIMCO High Income Bond
Fund took an 8% beating in the stock market. This fund trades like any stock
would on the NYSE, so it is easy to follow its public value. Since the March
low in the stock market, the fund, like almost all high yield bond funds, has
been on a tear, gaining as much as the Dow or the S&P 500. This makes sense
because high yield bonds are considered the closest thing to equity a company
has to offer. If you buy a high yield bond – often called a junk bond because
the debt rating from Moody’s or S&P for this paper is well below investment
grade, or safe grade – you stand last in line behind all the other creditors
should the company go bankrupt. In such situations these bondholders rarely get
more than pennies on the dollar for their bonds, so they are tantamount to
being stockholders holding on to equity. High yield bonds are considered highly
risky, which is why they return high yields. The PIMCO fund has an average
yield over 11%, and in a world of 0% interest rates courtesy of Ben Bernanke,
you can see why your average mutual and hedge fund was flocking to this paper.
You may even own some of this fund in your 401k, and not even know it. So why
the sudden collapse on the market?

 

Let’s first mention that PIMCO is the creme de la creme of the bond
business. You see their manager Bill Gross on TV all the time, and his
pronouncements often move the market. Recently PIMCO became the largest bond
fund conglomeration in US history, but more interestingly, Bill Gross has been
positioning the fund for safety by putting as much of their spare investment
money into cash as possible – a record high level in fact for PIMCO. Gross has
been very clear that he sees trouble ahead for the US economy. He is not legally able
to bet against his own High Income Bond Fund, but you can see what the fund
owns: lots of high yield bonds issued by American and United Airlines, GMAC and
Ford Motor Credit, retail stores, casinos, Marriott Hotels – these are all
companies that have been hit hard in the recession and if they are not already
in bankruptcy they may be heading there. In fact, while the stock market has
been on a rampage buying these high yield bond funds – until December 30 at
least – default rates by companies issuing these bonds have been increasing all
last year, and over 12% of high yield bonds are now in default.  

Gross knows this, and he may also have
discovered that it has lately become really difficult to sell this paper to
other investors. He cannot bet against his own fund, but it may be the case
that he cannot even reallocate the fund out of this paper to reduce its risk.
Besides all the corporate high yield debt it holds, the PIMCO High Income Bond
Fund has dozens of bonds issued in the commercial real estate sector, which has
also been plagued by high default rates.

 

The first explanation that came out last
week for the attack on the PIMCO fund was that it was a large order in a
holiday market of low volume, therefore the price effect was distorted and
prices would bounce back in the New Year. Others said the order may have been a
mistake – a computer sell program with an error, for example. Unfortunately,
the sell-off continued on the 31st, and most alarmingly, it continued yesterday
(January 4) and has now spread to other high yield bond funds. We are seeing
cumulative losses of 25% or higher in three days time. In the case of PIMCO,
their fund in less than a week has lost all the market value it created since
last July.

 

This should matter to every investor
because of what we said earlier: high yield bond funds are tantamount to equity.
They trade in tandem with the market averages. When these bond funds go up, the
stock market in general goes up with them, and vice versa. In fact,
professionals track these funds carefully because they often lead the stock
market by a few weeks to a month or two. They are “canaries in the coal
mine” when they experience sudden drops in value as we saw the past three
days. They are telling us that there is significant risk that the stock market
sometime soon is going to experience a similar sell-off.

 

Karl Denninger
points out that whoever is selling these funds has some information you and I
do not have. They know of an imminent bankruptcy to be announced,
or similar trouble that is going to reestablish the rush to safety we saw in
2008. PIMCO almost assuredly knows the same thing, or they wouldn’t be putting
so much of their cash in Treasuries. This is at least a theory of what might
explain the dramatic dumping of these funds.

 

By the way, a similar event occurred in
2007 about a month or so before the stock market peaked, and there is a history
of other warnings being issued by the high yield bond market that then led to a
stock market reversal. There is no guaranty that this will happen – the stock
market is a game of probabilities. There is however reasonable evidence that in
the past a sell-off of these bonds has usually led to a stock market sell-off
as well.

 

Someone in the market is waving a big red
flag in front of all investors, if they are smart enough to notice it. Not too
many people are paying attention – the Dow closed up 156 points yesterday – but
you have been alerted to potential trouble ahead. 

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High Yield Bond ETFs In Focus

 

Following the unprecedented economic
turmoil, market volatility, and government intervention of the last two years,
many investors felt that the painful lessons from the downturn had yielded a
“new normal.” The term, coined by PIMCO executive Mohamed El-Erian, has seen its scope expand to describe an era where
risk aversion runs high, caution trumps emotion and the “castle in the air”
approach to investing has been left by the wayside in favor of a more practical
“firm foundation” methodology.

 

But certain areas of the financial markets
are becoming reminiscent of the old normal. “In the high-yield credit markets,
it is time to party like it’s 2006,” writes Peter Lattman. After running from high risk debt issues for the
last two years, investors are now flocking to junk bonds, and many companies
are raising more capital than planned from oversubscribed debt offerings. According
to Thomson Reuters, $11.7 billion in high-yield debt was raised last week, an
all-time record (the previous mark was set in November 2007).

 

The boom in junk bond markets has some
concerned that investors are ignoring risk in the chase for yield. Also
disturbing is the ultimate use of the cash being raised. Issuers aren’t facing
an abundance of positive ROI operational opportunities, but rather are looking
to improve balance sheets, push back existing debt, and even make dividends to
shareholders. Beyond the obvious default risk inherent in junk bonds, some see
additional reasons to be wary when investing in high yield debt. “It’s good
that fewer companies are failing,” writes Agnes Crane. “But high debt prices
don’t leave room for 2010’s
biggest financial market risk: the potential fallout when central banks
withdraw from markets.” 

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ACTIVEnergy Income Fund – First Quarter 2010 Distributions

 

The trust units trade on the Toronto Stock
Exchange under the symbol AEU.UN.

 

This press release contains forward-looking
information. The forward-looking information contained in this press release is
based on historical information concerning the distributions and dividends paid
on the securities of issuers historically included in the portfolio of ACTIVEnergy Income Fund. Actual future results, including
the amount of distributions paid by the Fund, may differ from the monthly
distribution amount. Specifically, the income from which distributions are paid
may vary significantly due to: changes in portfolio composition; changes in
distributions and dividends paid by issuers of securities included in the Funds
portfolio from time to time; there being no assurance that those issuers will
pay distributions or dividends on their securities; the declaration of
distributions and dividends by issuers of securities included in the portfolio
will generally depend upon various factors, including the financial condition
of each issuer and general economic and stock market conditions; the level of
borrowing by the Fund; and the uncertainty of realizing capital gains. The
risks, uncertainties and other factors that could influence actual results are
described under Risk Factors in the Funds prospectus dated September 17, 2008
and other documents filed by the Fund with the Canadian securities regulatory
authorities. The forward-looking information contained in this press release
constitutes the Funds current estimate, as of the date of this press release,
with respect to the matters covered hereby. Investors and others should not
assume that any forward-looking statement contained in this press release
represents the Funds estimate as of any date other than the date of this press
release.

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Investment Trusts – why so unloved?

 

It’s weird. Almost all my friends own unit trusts.

Quite a few of them own shares. But very few of them own investment
trusts. I wonder why?

 

Investment trusts don’t have a very high
profile. They don’t advertise like the big unit trusts – since they’re
closed-ended, it wouldn’t do them much good if they did, because they can’t
make more shares to soak up extra demand.

 

However, investment trusts can sometimes
offer very good value. To see why, you need to appreciate the difference
between the two. An investment trust is a company which issues shares, only
unlike Glaxosmithkline or British American Tobacco
its business happens to be investing in other shares. It can, usually, borrow
money if it wants to, and the share price fluctuates depending on what the
stock market thinks it’s worth.

 

On the other hand, a unit trust or OEIC is
a fund which can issue as many units as there is demand for. If an investor
wants to sell their units, the OEIC buys them back. It always bases its price
on the asset value of the shares, so you will never pay more than it’s worth – but you can never pick it up for less, either.

 

Now the big advantage of the investment trust
is that you can generally buy them at a discount to their net asset value.
Currently, quite a few are trading at 10-15% discounts.

You may even find cases where there is a
unit trust and an investment trust with similar portfolios and managed by the
same fund manager, but you can buy the investment trust at a discount. That’s
definitely an offer worth taking – you won’t find bargains like that in
Harrods’ sale!

 

On the other hand the Asian income funds
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 Investors can find such Corporate High Yield funds by checking out the entire
list of the Zacks #1 Rank Corporate High Yield Fixed
Income Funds.

 5 Great High Yield Choices

 Legg Mason Western Asset Global High-Yield
Bond A (SAHYX) was incepted in February 1995. This high yield fund seeks to
maximize current income with capital appreciation as a secondary objective.

 A majority of this high yield fund’s assets
are invested in high yield bonds issued by U.S. and foreign corporations and
foreign governments and their agencies. There are no specifications regarding
the average duration of the portfolio and the fund managers select securities
which provide the best returns regardless of the timeframe involved. It may
also invest up to 35% of its assets in sovereign securities issued by emerging
markets.

 The high yield fund has an expense ratio of
1.30% against a category average of 1.20%. As of December 2009, it has a
portfolio turnover of 52% against a category average of 90%. The fund’s top
holdings include Republic
of Venezuela, Ford Motor
Credit 12% and Morgan Stanley Tri Party. For the quarter ended September 30,
2009, the fund outperformed its benchmark, the Barclays Capital Global High
Yield Index.

 Kenneth S. Leech has been lead manager of
the fund since March 2006. Leech joined Western Asset as Chief Investment
Officer in 1990 and was appointed CIO Emeritus in 2008.

 

Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston A (EVIBX) seeks to provide as much current income as
possible. It was incepted in June 1972.

 The high yield fund mainly invests in high
yield, high risk corporate bonds. It may invest in a range of other debt
securities which generate income. These securities include senior secured
floating rate loans and preferred stocks that pay dividends. The high yield
fund also invests some its assets in foreign securities, most of which are U.S.
dollar denominated. It currently seeks to meet its objective by investing in
Boston Income Portfolio.

 The high yield fund has an expense ratio of
1.07% against a category average of 1.20%. As of October 2009, it has a
portfolio turnover of 54% against a category average of 90%. The fund’s top
holdings include AMC Entertainment Inc, Intelsat Ltd, and International Paper
Co. During the third quarter of 2009, Eaton Vance Income Fund of Boston posted
strong returns, ahead of its Lipper High Current Yield Funds peer group
average, though slightly lower than the Index.

 

Michael W. Weilheimer
has been lead manager of this high yield fund since January 1996. Before
joining Eaton Vance in 1990, Weilheimer was a vice
president of Amroc Investments.

 

Rydex/SGI High Yield A (SIHAX) seeks high
current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective. It was incepted
in high current income. Capital appreciation is a secondary objective.

At least 80% of the net assets of this high
yield fund are invested in a variety of high-yield, high risk debt securities
rated medium lower rating categories or of comparable quality in the estimation
of the fund managers. However, it does not invest in debt securities that are
rated in default at the time of purchase. This high yield fund mainly invests
in domestic securities, but it may also look at dollar denominated foreign
securities.

 

The high yield fund has an expense ratio of
1.10% against a category average of 1.20%. As of December 2009, it has a
portfolio turnover of 29% against a category average of 90%. The funds top
holdings include Catalent Pharma
Solutions Inc, Nuveen Investments Inc and Sprint Capital Corporation. As of
June 2009, the fund has outperformed the Barclays Capital U.S. Corporate High
Yield Bond index for the 1-year, 3-year and 5-year period.

David G. Toussaint has been lead manager of
the fund since April 2000. Toussaint is a Chartered Financial Analyst and
Certified Public Accountant and has 11 years of investment experience

 Federated High Income Bond A (FHIIX) seeks
high current income. It was incepted in November 1997.

 The high yield pursues its investment
objective by investing primarily in a diversified portfolio of high-yield,
lower-rated corporate bonds. The fund advisors select securities which offer
high yields, relatively low credit risk and high portfolio diversification.

 The high yield fund has an expense ratio of
1.24% against a category average of 1.20%. As of December 2009, it has a
portfolio turnover of 19% against a category average of 90%. The funds top
holdings include HCA Inc, Intelsat 11.25% and Biomet 11.625%. As of September
2009, for the six-month reporting period the fund outperformed its peer group,
the Lipper High Current Yield Fund Average.

Mark E. Durbiano
has been lead manager of the fund since January 1987. Durbiano
is a Chartered Financial Analyst and is vice president of Federated
Institutional Trust.

 

Fidelity High Income (SPHIX) seeks high
current income. It was incepted in August 1990.

 Income-producing debt securities, preferred
stocks and convertible securities are the primary holdings of this high yield
fund. It invests in companies which have difficult financial conditions and in
both domestic and foreign issuers.

 The fund has an expense ratio of 0.75%
against a category average of 1.20%. As of December 2009, it has a portfolio
turnover of 27% against a category average of 90%. The fund’s top holdings
include Avaya Inc Term Loan, Intelsat Jackson 9.5% and Nextel Communication
7.375%. As of December 2009, the fund had recorded lower returns than its
benchmark index for the 1-year, 3-year and 5-year periods.

 Fred Hoff has been lead manager of the fund
since June 2000. Hoff has been with Fidelity Investments since 1991 and is a
portfolio manager with the firm.

 

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insurance category

 

21Support “base” of the Road – to buy the
base is not entirely new manual in auto insurance category support “base” of
the Road – to buy the base is not entirely new Manual (September 2007 Edition)

Speaking of buying the fund,
or something in 2004 by a father with a sense of impact [...]

 

Support “base” of the Road – to buy the
base is not entirely new manual in auto insurance category support “base” of
the Road – to buy the base is not entirely new Manual (September 2007 Edition)

Speaking of buying the fund, or something
in 2004 by a father with a sense of impact of investment to subscribe for its
first fund, is still impressive – sea Fortis earnings growth (if on now, people
do not subscribe for this only the funds, the publisher of the dishes too, and later
also proved, in the 04-06 Nian this fund’s
performance is generally very general). Bull market in China, the arrival of
the honor by the Fund participate, and have harvested a small hope that through
this article and share the proceeds, I hope to give a number of friends to buy
the fund to bring help (this only involves investing in stocks open class -end
funds, bonds and cash within the scope of the category of this article, because
in addition to equity open-end fund, other types of income of the Fund is too
limited, it is better to buy the bank’s auto insurance and financial products
more cost-effective). This paper will be based on the latest position and the
Fund’s data update, welcome everyone’s attention.

First look at a group of the latest data:

Published by People’s Bank of China’s urban
depositors in the third quarter survey results showed that the preferences of
the residents was significantly higher than investment funds, the stock,
especially in the third quarter of this feature become more pronounced. By the
fund for the family owned the most important financial assets accounted for
over 25.4% of residents, once again a new record, the previous quarter increase
of 5.4 percentage points, and reflect the stock of domestic residents of the most
important financial assets accounted for, from the previous quarter, the
history of high points, 12.8%, down to 10.2%, down 2.6 percentage points. Shows
that the Chinese residents to invest in the fund have been significantly higher
than preference shares, more and more people want through the Fund’s investment
products, the rapid growth of this wealth, to offset the adverse impact of
inflation.

Returns this year let’s look at the best
three equity open-end fund returns number (range for the establishment of the
fund for more than one year, the data ended September 21, 2007):

China Highlights tape 212.99%

China
Post Core Optimization of 197.59%

Everbright bonus shares 176.10%

That is, if you buy in January this year,
more than three funds, now your wealth has increased
by at least 176%!

Well, many people may ask: is not easily
buy a fund at any time, funds have been able to make
money to buy?

I tell you, of course, is not the case, the
Fund as an investment, but also should be targeted and skills, then this
article is to try the most simple language to share with you how to choose the
fund, how to choose to buy time.

 1, choose the five elements of high-yield
fund

Combination of the above, let’s take a look
at the lower earnings this year, three open-end equity fund returns number
(range for the establishment of the fund for more than one year, the data ended
September 21, 2007):

Golden Eagle in the small-cap 68.24%

Tai Dahe stable
72.59% Silver

Harvest Strategic Growth 75.19%

As can be seen, the best and worst funds of funds up to three times the difference! Visibility
is key to select the fund, the following description I will give you a few
major factor, through which several elements to filter out of the fund, at
least to guarantee a return on all existing funds, to more than 300 teams
ranked in the upper level, but also That is, access to the excess return
above-average returns.

1, high property prices not to buy cheap,
do not buy a new release of funds.

Many people have a misunderstanding to buy
the fund to buy cheap funds; In fact, take a look at annual earnings of the top
10 funds, mostly high net worth of funds, high net worth because of the fund
maintained a high earnings growth.

2, bought over the years, among the best
income funds.

This is a relatively simple method of
selecting the fund, look it up online list income of the Fund over the past
year, it is convenient to be able to find a fund ranks high.

3, buy the fund for small and medium size funds.

Fund positions for small and medium
flexibility and high rates of return in a bull market, we can find a lot of
fund companies will suspend purchase, is to control the size of the fund, large
funds because the plate too often diluted investor returns.

4, do not buy a large proportion of the fund splits and dividends.

Large-scale splits and dividends, but fund
companies as a marketing tool for investors book does not have any earnings
growth, but because of the greatly expanded size of the fund market, making the
investor’s returns have been diluted, and in a short time, the net and slower
growth.

5, bought the old fund, do not buy the new
release of funds.

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Wealth Manager Q&A: Betting on China’s
diet and high-yield bonds

 

Thomas Becket is head of global investment
strategy at London-based PSigma Investment
Management. He tells The Wall Street Journal Europe about his preference for
high-yield bonds and soft commodity funds.

 

Our biggest long-term trend for the next
decade is China’s
urbanization and the emergence of a powerful middle class. We view this as a once-in-a-lifetime theme and believe the best way to gain
exposure to it is to invest in soft commodity funds like the Schroder
Alternative Commodity Fund.

 This should benefit from Chinese citizens’
efforts to improve the quality of their diet as urbanization accelerates.

 This shift, when combined with the acute
water shortages that China
and others will suffer in the next decade, could make for a highly potent and
rewarding trade.

 Our top fund pick in the water sector is Pictet’s Water Fund, which combines exciting high-growth
water technology opportunities alongside more stable water utilities.

 Our latest moves have been to increase
exposure to high-yield bonds. Although we think the rally in investment-grade
bonds has peaked, we believe that there is still potential for spreads to
tighten for some selected high-yield bonds.

 

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Corporate growth is top of fund manager lists

 

Global fund managers are keen for companies
to invest in growth rather than shore up balance sheets, the latest BofA-Merrill Lynch survey has revealed

 

Global fund managers are urging companies
to use their cash to invest rather than pay off debt or return cash to
shareholders, according to the latest monthly manager survey by BofA Merrill Lynch. A net 55% of the portfolio managers
questioned said they believe companies are currently under investing and a net
15% take the view that corporate balance sheets are “under leveraged”—both
represent increases compared to the figures recorded in the December survey.

 

The desire to see greater investment in
corporate growth reflects increasing optimism about company earnings, with a
net 63% of global investors forecasting earnings to rise by at least 10% over
the next year—a notable increase compared to December’s 46%.

 

And global asset allocators are putting
their money where their mouths are. Average cash balances have fallen to 3.4%
in January—the lowest reading since mid 2007 and down significantly from 4.0%
in December, while appetite for equities is strong with a net 52% now of
overweight equities.

 

“This survey is one of the more
bullish we have seen and suggests that investors buy into the idea that this
recovery has legs,” said Gary Baker, head of European equities strategy at
BofA Merrill Lynch Global Research. However, his
colleague Michael Hartnett, chief global equities strategist, added: “We
are […] seeing early signs that might alert contrarians looking for a selling
opportunity—namely low cash allocations and possible complacency against a sell
off in stocks.”

 

For the first time in three years, the
monthly fund manager survey has shown investors are taking above average risk
relative to their benchmark. Last month a net 7% were taking “below normal
risk” but January’s results show a net 2% are now taking “higher than normal”
risk. And fewer investors are protecting themselves against a fall in equities.
Despite major stock indices having surged 30% and more since the March 2008
trough, a net 55% of global asset allocators surveyed have no protection
against a fall in equities the next three months.

 

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How to select a mutual fund…..part 1

 

Here is part 1 of an article I wrote for
Money Mantra…

 

How to select a good
mutual fund.

 

Selecting a mutual fund for investing is a
very important step indeed. It is not just important it is crucial. However it
is the second step, not the first.

 

It is surprising at the number of people I
meet or hear from – they all have same questions. So when they ask me ‘How do
we select a mutual fund?’ for me it is an amusing question. So like all self
respecting advisors I start with the dreaded line- “well, it depends…..’

 

Then I ask them – “What are your financial
goals, if any?”. Now only if you have big long term
goals does the choice of a mutual fund really matter. If you are investing for
a short period of time – you are investing in say a liquid fund. It hardly
matters in which liquid fund you invest – the performance gap between two
liquid funds is not so high. Choose the liquid fund with a high AUM (assets
under management) – and one which gives good service in terms of redemption on
the phone or net, or such considerations.

 

However if you are looking for a longer
term investment – which means you are looking to be invested for at least 8 to
10 years, you are looking to invest in equity mutual funds. This article is
aimed at selecting a good equity mutual fund for a long term.

 

1. The most
important first step is to have an investment goal. A fantastic fund selection
done without having an investment goal is completely useless. You should know
the reason for your investment, how long you can be in the investment, at what
stage you will re-allocate, etc. before you make your first investment.

 

2. Your focus will lead to the correct
asset allocation – the very important factor which will decide how much money
you will put into an equity fund.

 

3. Do your homework: Buy large cap well
diversified good quality funds. Do not buy opportunities funds, international
funds, contra funds as a staple part of your portfolio.

 

4. All funds in India are no load funds – which means there is no sales cost. This is good and
it means all your money gets invested. For a large cap equity fund, it may not
make too much sense to pay somebody to pick the fund for you, try doing it
yourself.

 

5. Have a demonic watch on the asset
management charges. As a fund starts to do well, it should attract a lot of
investors, and as its assets increase it should keep dropping its asset management
charges. Look at well managed funds with charges below 1.9% p.a. – there are
many.

 

6. Look at the portfolio turnover ratio –
the greater the ratio, the more is your total cost. One cost which is not
visible to the investor is the brokerage that the fund scheme pays. This is a
function of the turnover of the portfolio. So a fund with a lower turnover
would be incurring lesser costs.

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How to select a mutual fund – Part 2

 

Continuing yesterday’s post

 

7. The asset management company’s team is
important too! Look for experienced teams where the managers have gone through
a few business cycles. Managers who have not seen a down market can be very
myopic, and those managers who have been through a prolonged slow down very
pessimistic. You need a nice blend in the team.

 

8. True to label: When you buy a large cap
fund, you are buying a large cap fund, simple. If a fund says it is a large cap
fund it should not be buying mid cap, small cap etc. just because large caps
are currently out of favor. It is your choice to be in a large cap fund and
your fund manager should respect it.

 

9. Philosophy matching: Some fund houses
are cooler and calmer compared to the others. See which philosophy suits you.
For example Templeton says Franklin India blue chip is a ‘growth’ oriented,
large cap fund, whereas Templeton India Growth fund is a ‘value’ oriented fund
– see what suits you. Hdfc mutual fund on the other
hand does not classify itself into ‘growth’ or ‘value’ labels.

 

10. Fund management is by a team or a star
fund manager: Fund management is a part science and part art. The fund manager
will surely leave a stamp, however, some fund houses have been able to create
teams and systems to handle the departure of fund managers – this gives you
greater peace of mind. A star fund manager could leave or even worse just drop
dead – and you keep wondering ‘now what’! Internationally and in the Indian
context well performing funds (over say 10 years) have seen very stable
management teams and CIOs.

 

11. Over extremely large periods of time it
is really difficult to beat a well managed index fund. Currently all fund houses
show schemes beating the index, but beware of mathematics! All fund houses put
a small * and say calculation does not include loads. Do a small calculation if
loads are included just too many schemes would have under performed the
indices. So if you are not looking for too much excitement look
for a index fund with fund charges south of 1% per annum.

 

12. Index funds with the sensex as a benchmark are at least theoretically supposed
to be more aggressive than an index fund with nifty as the benchmark. Frankly
it does not matter – if in doubt split your investment amount. The co-relation
between nifty and sensex is quite high.

 

13. When selecting a large cap equity fund
choose ones with as broad a benchmark as possible. It is better to choose a
fund with CNX 500 as a benchmark rather than say the sensex.
Fund managers may have a greater flexibility between large caps, small caps,
etc.

 

14. Do not chase performance. The fund
which has performed well in one quarter may not perform well in the next
quarter. Funds with a good long term top quartile performance
is far superior than to a fund scheme which has one top position and one
bottom position. Remember long term investing is like running a marathon –
stamina is more important than speed.

 

15. At the top in the well run large cap
funds are Hdfc top 200, Dsp
top 100, Principal Large cap fund, Franklin India blue chip, and Hdfc Equity fund come to attention. This list is not
exhaustive and many fund distributors and banks have their own favorites. This
list passes the test prescribed above – of good consistent returns, good long
term performance, team going through a bull phase and a bear phase, true to
label, etc. Importantly as the fund size has increased these schemes have
reduced the asset management charges and thus improved the total return to the
investor.

16. Invest only by the SIP mode especially
if you are investing for a period of say 5 years. If your investment horizon is
upwards of 7 years even a lump sum would do – but seeing ones portfolio hurts!

 

The most important thing, like John
Templeton said ‘Start with a prayer, it helps!’

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Looking for Tax Bombs and Bouquets in Your Mutual Fund

 

Know your fund’s tax position before you
buy.

 

There won’t be many years like 2009. Fund
investors earned returns in the range of 20% to 70% on equity and high-yield
bond funds. Even better, most didn’t have to pay capital gains taxes, either.
Funds had big losses on the books from 2008 to offset realized gains in 2009,
so they were able to avoid making distributions.

 

About the AuthorRussel
Kinnel is Morningstar’s director of mutual fund
research. He is also the editor of Morningstar Fund Investor, a monthly
newsletter dedicated to helping investors pick great mutual funds, build
winning portfolios, and monitor their funds for greater gains. Kennel would
like to hear from readers, but no financial-planning questions, please.

 

But if you’re buying funds today, you
ignore taxes at your own peril. A good chunk of those past losses have been
worked off, and income tax rates are set to rise in 2011. You might get by for
a year or two without being hit by capital gains, but stock funds are meant to
be held for 10 to 20 years. If you’re shortsighted about taxes, you could pay a
price down the line. Each year, funds have to distribute any realized gains
after subtracting past and current realized losses.

 

 

Here’s the current tax situation for mutual
funds: Morningstar estimates each fund’s potential capital gains exposure by
using a fund’s annual report on its net gains and losses, adjusting them for
appreciation or depreciation since then. It is expressed as a percentage of the
fund’s assets. You can find the figure on the Tax tab for each fund’s page, and
you can also screen on a certain PCGE level in the Premium Fund Screener. Not
many funds have released their year-end 2009 statements, so we’re still adjusting
from 2008 numbers. The figures aren’t likely to be exact but should be in the
ballpark. Typically, a fund will distribute a sum that’s smaller than its PCGE,
but there have been exceptions.

 

 

The picture is pretty good overall for the
fund universe. Diversified foreign- and domestic-stock funds have an average
PCGE between negative 20% and negative 40%. That’s not really a good picture of
the funds you might buy, though, because it includes some giant negative PCGE
figures from funds with terrible performance. I ran a second screen on the
funds in Morningstar Fund Investor’s 500 funds list as a proxy for good funds
that people should actually buy. As you can see from the table, that sliced the
figures drastically. Three categories are now just about neutral on PCGE, and
others are between negative 5% and negative 20%. If you place a heavy weighting
on past three- and five-year returns, you probably are looking at funds with
positive capital gains.

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TBailey taps into ETFs for new ‘passive’ growth fund

 

 

Analyse every fund and fund manager in Citywire’s
Fund & Manager Performance area. Build charts to compare funds and managers
and see see how successfully funds have controlled
risk while delivering returns.

Fund of funds expert T Bailey Asset
Management will roll-out a passive-only fund next week which will tap into
exchange traded funds (ETFs).

 

The T Bailey Growth fund Lit will mimic the
firm’s existing Growth fund in terms of asset allocation and is the first fund
of funds product from the firm to follow ETFs and
trackers.

 

By using passive funds, T Bailey is aiming
to keep costs lower, and TERs will be capped at
0.99%.

 

Citywire revealed in December that T Bailey was planning to launch a product
offering clients exposure to global stock markets via trackers, run by it’s multi-manager team led by Jason Britton.

 

T Bailey’s head of marketing and communications,
Philippa Gee (pictured), said: ‘We knew there was a
need among passive investment fans for a low-cost retail vehicle that delivers
an actively managed global portfolio of expertly selected ETFs
and trackers.’

 

Gee said the fund would not be right for
all clients, but did offer a solution for those investors interested in a
passive offering.

 

She added it would also help advisers meet
RDR rules as T Bailey did thorough research into trackers and ETFs which it invests in.

 

At launch the new Lite fund will have 25% invested in the UK, 25% in the US
and 15% in Europe (ex-UK). To meet it’s goal of providing global exposure, it will also have
17.5% in emerging markets, 7.5% in Japan,
and 10% in the Pacific
Basin (ex-Japan) region.

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Evaluating Mutual Fund Performance

 

Like Kyle, I’m a big proponent of index
funds. And I’m not shy about suggesting that investors steer clear of actively
managed mutual funds.

 

With 2009 recently concluded (and
performance numbers just posted), I received an email from an investor
informing me how misguided I am in my attempts to discourage people from trying
to pick market-beating funds.

 

The investor presented as evidence a fund
he’d invested in and the degree to which it had outperformed the S&P 500 in 2009. (For the moment, let’s set aside
the fact that one year of performance is essentially meaningless from a statistical
point of view.) Unfortunately for this investor, his–or his financial
advisor’s–fund-picking prowess isn’t quite what he’d thought.

 

His fund actually underperformed a
comparable index fund by just over 23% for 2009.

 

You see, the fund
in question (American Funds’ New World Fund) can most accurately be classified
as an emerging markets fund, not a U.S. stock fund. So it doesn’t make
any sense to compare its performance to that of the S&P 500.

 

And when you compare its performance to
that of Vanguard’s Emerging Markets Stock Index Fund, the fund has actually
underperformed over the last year, 3 years, 5 years, and 10 years. Not
particularly impressive.

 

Making Fair Comparisons

In attempting to determine whether a fund
manager has achieved his goal of providing above-market returns, it’s important
to compare his performance to that of an appropriate benchmark. Otherwise (as
in the example above) we may make the mistake of thinking he’s achieved
something impressive, when in reality, he was just in
the right place at the right time.

 

An easy way to find an appropriate
benchmark for comparison is to look up a fund at Morningstar. For example, on
this page, we can see that Fidelity’s Magellan fund is a “Large Growth” fund.
So, when making comparisons regarding Magellan’s performance, it’s important to
use a large-cap growth index.

 

Don’t Put Much Faith in Past Performance

However, even more important than making
proper past performance comparisons is to remember that past performance
answers the question “how did this fund do?” not “how will this fund do?” When
attempting to find future top performers, past performance has been shown to be
a very poor predictor. (There’s a reason that such a disclaimer is required on
mutual fund ads!)

 

Two far more reliable predictors of future
performance are low expense ratios and low portfolio turnover. And those point
us in one direction every time: low-cost index funds and ETFs.

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Mutual funds: Top Convertible Fixed Income Funds

 

Today we are featuring top-performing
“Convertible” fixed income mutual funds, which primarily invest in convertible
securities in search of growth and/or income because convertible securities
provide protection against market fluctuations, while providing a steady income
stream. However, these securities are often rather expensive and difficult for
the average and beginning investor to purchase. Mutual funds, however, offer
easier access to these instruments since they require lower minimum
investments.

 

Investors can find such Convertible funds
by checking out the entire list of theZacks #1 Rank
Convertible Fixed Income Funds.

 

3 Great Convertible Choices

 

Putnam Convertible Income-Growth A (PCONX) seeks both current income and capital
appreciation, with growth of capital as a secondary objective. It was incepted
in June 1972.

 

This Convertible fund invests mainly in
convertible securities of large and mid-sized companies. A large share of the
funds assets, at least 80%, is held in equity securities. In addition, a
significant portion of the convertible securities purchased by the Convertible
fund are below investment-grade.

 

The fund has an expense ratio of 1.06%
against a category average of 1.42%. As of October 2009, it has a portfolio
turnover of 74% against a category average of 83%. The funds top holdings
include Bank Of America Corp, Freeport-Mcmoran Copper
& Gold Inc and Safeguard Scientifics Inc. For the fiscal year ended October
31, 2009, this Convertible fund outperformed the average return for its Lipper
peer group, Convertible Securities Funds.

 

Robert L. Salvin
has been lead manager of this Convertible fund since December 2005. Salvin joined Putnam in 2000 and is a Managing Director and
Portfolio Manager on the Core Fixed Income High Yield team.

 

Franklin Convertible Securities A (FISCX) was incepted in April 1987. This Convertible fund
seeks to maximize total return by maximizing capital growth and current income
under varying market conditions.

 

A majority of the Convertible fund’s
assets, at least 80%, are invested in convertible securities. It may not invest
more than 10% of assets in securities rated below B or in unrated securities of
comparable quality.

 

The Convertible fund has an expense ratio
of 0.91% against a category average of 1.42%. As of October 2009, it has a
portfolio turnover of 47% against a category average of 83%. The funds top
holdings include WESCO International Inc, Mylan Inc,
and Microchip Technology Inc. As of April 2009, the fund had outperformed its
benchmark, the Merrill Lynch (ML) All U.S. Convertibles Index, for the
six-month period.

 

Alan Muschott has
been lead manager of the fund since July 2002. Muschott
is a Chartered Financial Analyst and is a vice president of Franklin Advisers,
Inc.

 

Calamos Convertible Fund A (CCVIX) seeks to
provide current income, with growth as its secondary objective. It was incepted
in June 1985.

 

The Convertible fund invests its assets in
a well-diversified portfolio of domestic and foreign securities. The
Convertible fund seeks to increase returns while minimizing risk by
diversifying across issuers and sectors and relying on in-house research rather
than published data for the purpose of selecting suitable securities.

 

The Convertible fund has an expense ratio
of 1.15% against a category average of 1.42%. As of October 2009, it has a
portfolio turnover of 45% against a category average of 83%. The funds top
holdings include EMC Corp, Teva Pharmaceutical
Industries Ltd, and Freeport-Mcmoran Copper &
Gold Inc. The fund has consistently outperformed the S&P 500 Index over a
10-year period.

 

John P. Calamos,
Sr. has been lead manager of the fund since June 1985. Calamos
is recognized as a pioneer in risk management and is the founder of Calamos Asset Management.

 

Discover Many More Funds

 

Learn more about the new Zacks Mutual Fund Rank and discover some of the best
market-beating mutual funds by browsing our mutual funds section. This part of
Zacks.com offers a variety of tools, including mutual fund research, a new
mutual fund screener, helpful answers to frequently asked questions and quick
access to prospectuses and other information.

 

By applying the Zacks
Rank to mutual funds, investors can find funds that not only outpaced the
market in the past but are also expected to outperform going forward.

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Low
Rate Credit Card – the identification of best offers low-April

 

You are in the market for a credit card to
low? Everyone absolutely must find a balance on interest rates, bids are
interested in. There is focus on the annual percentage rate (APR) to make an
offer, acting, in fact, what the actual cost of credit to pay you.

 

Consumers must realize that in order to
look for the best rates of interest from broadcasters who have to qualify a
good rating to excellent. This is true Today more than
ever on a record number of bankruptcies that the industry is facing over the
past two years.

 

As the interest rate, the focus of your
research, it is important to note that, be careful to find out what is an
introductory offer, we must, for how long and what are the prices if they can
meet the targets. Too many people apply to April and low introductory offer
only to discover that they are paid for ‘, high interest rates when it is finished.

 

An example might be Bid 0% in April, they
pay no interest over a period of 6 months to 12 months on a scale that is
fantastic for the implementation of an accounting period to the next, but does
not last forever. Many consumers are suddenly on how expensive are their
monthly payments by credit card, if it ends the introduction shocked. Do your
homework in advance, not to happen.

 

E ‘imperative to create
conditions of each credit card with low reading very carefully before applying. If the information for the bank or financial institution and then
check your credit history and decide what the interest rate on your account.

 

All the major issuers, including American
Express, Discover, Chase, Bank of America, Citibank, etc, in fact, are offering
low interest rate for the most sought-after consumers. Realistically hope to
obtain a permit to lower interest rates for consumers must have a credit score
of 700 or higher.

 

This figure is not carved in stone, and of
each issuer has based its decision to create their own criteria. That said, it’s a pretty good barometer for consumers, vote for
issuers. You can have an influence on your credit report before applying and
check thoroughly for several reasons obtain.

 

If the information is incorrect or not
updated on your credit report, then you can hold it before applying and that
should increase your credit score too. Remember, the higher the credit score,
the more favorable interest rates you receive from creditors.

 

Every citizen of the United States
is a free copy of credit report with the title so it is highly recommended that
you use. In the end you can save hundreds if not thousands of dollars in
interest payments, just because it is able to identify and correct problems
that may arise from reducing your Credit rating.

 

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Car
Loan Car Finance Information Web Sites Launched by Info Link IT

 

Info Link IT are now developing a new
series of public information web sites for the car loan industry Australia wide
the first of which will include car loans gold coast and car loans brisbane these website will assist personal car buyers or
business owners information on the right car loan.

 

We have also prepared detailed information
on car loans in this post.

 

What is a Car Loan?

 

If you live on the Gold Coast or Brisbane and are looking for
a new Car Loan this information may help you in choosing the right car loan.

 

A car loan is a secured personal loan used
specifically to buy a new or used car.

 

What is the best type of car loan? Some
financial institutions will provide you with an unsecured car loan this means
you will get the cash loan which you can then use to buy your car.

 

How do these two types of loans compare?

 

A secured personal loan will have lower
interest rates as the lender has security over your vehicle you will also need to
take out full comprehensive insurance on the vehicle before the loan is
approved. With an unsecured loan the interest rate will be a minimum of 2% to
4% higher than the interest rate for a secured car loan, but you won’t need to
take full comprehensive insurance on your car, although it is still advised
that any vehicle that is driven on our roadways has full comprehensive car
insurance.

 

The interest rate can be variable or fixed.
In general, if you think you will repay your car loan before the end of your
contract, you should take a variable interest rate car loan. If you would like
to have lower monthly payments then you should opt for a fixed interest rate
car loan. Other fees and charges include an establishment (application) fee
which can range from $50 to $350. Also some lenders may have a monthly fee
charge for the duration of your car loan contract and an early loan payout
penalty. This means If you pay out your car loan
before the end of the loan contract you may also have to pay an early repayment
fee. This fee may vary from one lender to another. You should also enquire if
there are any missed payment fees, meaning each time
you are late with your monthly payment you may be penalized with an additional
fee.

 

Depending on the intended vehicle use (i.e.
business, personal use, etc), car loans can be offered as:

 

• Standard Car
Loans,

• Commercial
Hire Purchase,

• Finance
Lease,

• Notated
Lease,

• Operating
Lease,

• Chattel
Mortgage

 

Some other variables you will need to
consider when looking for car loans differ to obtain a car loan you may
approach a lender directly. Car loans are provided by banks, credit unions,
building societies and private lenders. Many car yards offer car loans as well.
You may also wish to contact a broker like Aussie Loans who will shop around
for you and look for the best car loan available.

 

When looking for a car loan you should
consider the following:

 

Can your car loans be pre-approved?

Knowing your budget in advance will help
you with negotiating the price of the car. Also, it will prevent you spending
more money than you have available.

 

Are there application fees for car loans?

Different lenders have different
application fees. They may range from $0 to $350. In some cases you are better
off to pay a $350 application fee and have a lower interest rate rather than
have a $0 application fee and a high interest rate.

 

Are there ongoing monthly or annual fees?

Some lenders will you charge an ongoing
monthly fee, or account keeping fee it could be up to $15 per month.

 

What is the interest rate?

This is the obvious question when applying
for a car loan. The higher the interest rate the more you will pay at the end
of your car loan.

 

Is there a choice of fixed and variable
interest rates?

If you are planning to make additional
payments on your car loan, and in doing so pay off your loan more quickly, you
should take a variable interest rate. A fixed interest rate is more suitable
for you if your goal is to have your monthly repayments as low as possible.

 

Can I make extra repayments or lump sum
repayments?

Make sure this is written into your car
loan contract, so that you are not penalised if you
pay your car loan early. The more extra payments you make the more money you
will save and your loan will be repaid sooner.

 

Can I reduce my monthly fees and have
balloon payment at the end?

Yes many car loan lenders will offer you
reduced monthly fees and tag on a balloon fee at the end of 10% to sometimes
50%

 

Is there an early repayment penalty?

If there are penalties make sure the
amounts are clearly outlined in your loan contract.

 

Are there missed payment penalties?

Again, different lenders will have
different penalties for missed payments. Make sure that you know what they are.

 

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Take
a Careful Approach on Debt Consolidation

 

Loans in the real life can help out solve
so many financial issues in a person’s life. However, it doesn’t end there.
Loans must be paid back and if they are a number of them taking care of several
issues then it becomes hectic to pay them. Debt consolidation can somehow sort
you out on this. Debt consolidation is all about taking out one loan to pay
other loans that may exist. Debt consolidation may result to a lower interest
rate and also give you a chance to pay one unchanging interest rate and the
main advantage is that you will concentrate to pay only one loan.

 

With debt consolidation, secured loans go
hand in hand with using an asset as a collateral
probably a car, or a house. If you have a number of unsecured loans you can
still go for debt consolidation with an unsecured loan too. It is important to
know that when a collateral is used to secure a loan
you may enjoy lower interest rates than when no collateral is used. This is
because the lender will not be at risk in loosing his money after debt
consolidation and may sell off your asset so that he can regain it. As a result
you will enjoy low interest rates that are not putting you under any kind of
pressure.

 

Debt Consolidation is well off advised on
someone using credit cards since they could hold quite large interest rates
than even the unsecured loans. For credit card users if you have a property
like a house or a car you may get the advantage of lower interest rates if you
used the property as collateral. This way you reduce the total cash flow and
interest rates giving you a chance to pay sooner with fewer amounts. Remember
that the use of credit cards should be controlled with a lot of efforts since
many people are tempted to use a credit card to purchase things unintended for
especially those who love window shopping; they are tempted to go for impulse
buying. If you spend more than your income with your credit card then you are
in for fire and are only adding debts to your credit card. After debt
consolidation of your credit cards, it does not mean that all is well. Control
the use of your credit card to avoid growing debts.

 

The worst that would happen to you is to
fall prey of predatory lending. Predatory lending is where companies take
advantage of refinancing and charge very high fees on debt consolidation rates
in situations where the consumer has high interest debt balances. Some devious
companies will wait until the consumer is put in a red corner and what remains
is to refinance in order to consolidate and pay the unpaid bills. The worst
comes when the consumer fails to refinance and comes to a near loss of their
only asset so they will do anything to pay up any amount allowed to complete
debt consolidation just to secure this asset. Due to this pressing situation
the client have no time to go for another lender with lower fees and may not
even be aware they exist.

 

Debt consolidation needs careful approach.
However life must continue and loans must be paid. So going for debt
consolidation might save you many dollars than when you decide to pay up the
many loans you have at hand each holding its own interest rate.

 

Poly Muthumbi is
a Web Administrator and Has Been Researching and Reporting on DEBT for Years.
For More Information on DEBT CONSOLIDATION, Visit Her Site at DEBT
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What
the “risk free” interest rate should be and what it actually is

 

The risk-free interest rate (the interest
rate where the risk of direct default is close to zero) should reflect the
economy-wide time preference, meaning that it should reflect the general desire
to save (postpone consumption) relative to the general desire to consume. For
example, a low interest rate would ideally indicate that there was a relatively
high level of savings and that consumption was likely to be higher in the
future than it is in the present. As such, it would act as a valid signal for
businessmen to embark on long-term, capital-intensive projects in order to take
advantage of both the current low cost of credit and the expected future rise
in consumption.

 

Unfortunately, though, under the current
system the interest rate has almost nothing to do with the economy-wide time
preference. As a result: investing mistakes are made on a grand scale, the
economy lurches between boom and bust in oscillations of ever-increasing
amplitude, and real economic progress is slowed or stopped altogether. All of
this was well understood and explained by Ludwig von Mises
a century ago, but most of today’s economists are completely in the dark.

 

Rather than providing businessmen,
entrepreneurs and other investors with useful information regarding the overall
level of savings, the risk-free interest rate is now dominated by central bank
policy and inflation expectations. To be more specific, the short-term interest
rate is set by the central bank and the long-term interest rate is determined
by the combination of central bank manipulation and the market’s inflation
expectations. Consequently, the interest rate signal will now routinely be the
OPPOSITE of what it would be in a genuinely free market. For example, under the
current system it is common for the central bank to force the interest rate
down to a low level at a time when there is also a relatively low level of
savings, and for inflation expectations to force the interest rate upward at a
time when the economy-wide savings level is relatively high.

 

We never cease to be amazed by the fact
that people who are smart enough to understand why a committee should never be
given the power to set the price of eggs believe that a committee should be
given the power to set the price of credit.

 

When will the Fed begin to hike the
overnight interest rate?

 

It is clear that the Fed’s plan is to keep
its interest rate target close to zero until there is a significant improvement
in the US
employment situation. It’s not likely that there will be any improvement in the
US
employment situation over the next 12 months, so does this mean that the Fed
Funds rate will remain near zero for at least another year?

 

Whether it does or not will largely be
determined by inflation expectations. As the “Austrians” have always
known and as the “Keynesians” discovered to their amazement during
the 1970s, a high rate of unemployment will not prevent the prices of goods and
services from rising in response to rapid money-supply growth. Rising prices
lead to rising inflation expectations, and once inflation expectations exceed a
certain level it will become necessary for the Fed to hike its targeted
interest rate regardless of what the employment situation happens to be at the
time. The reason is that if the Fed refuses to boost the overnight interest
rate in the face of rising inflation expectations, then long-term interest
rates — including interest rates on adjustable-rate home mortgages — will
begin to accelerate upward.

 

That is, in the absence of a meaningful
increase in employment the start of the Fed’s next rate-hiking campaign will be
determined by inflation expectations. The question, then, is: how will we know
when inflation expectations have exceeded the level at which a Fed rate hike
will be deemed necessary? We suspect that the ‘tipping point’ will be a
decisive break below the support line (the base of the multi-year topping
formation) drawn on the following monthly T-Bond chart.

 

 

 

Anticipation of a Fed rate-hiking campaign
could be an excuse for an intermediate-term gold correction at some point, but
there is almost no chance that the Fed will become ‘tight’ enough to end gold’s
long-term upward trend. In our opinion, an extension of gold’s bull market to
at least 2013-2014 is ‘baked into the cake’ based on the money-supply growth
that has already occurred.

 

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Ally
Bank High Interest Checking Account

 

The Ally Bank High Interest Checking
Account is now being offered by an institution that re-defined the entire
banking experience when it provided 24/7 customer service last year. Ally Bank
is a direct bank which means that customers manage their interest checking
account online, by phone, or by ATM. The saved money from operating costs
allows Ally Bank to direct the savings toward better rates for customers.

 

Ally’s High Interest Checking account gives
you the convenience of a checking account and the interest rate of a savings
account. There is no minimum deposit to open an account as well as no minimum
balance to maintain on the account. Write as many checks as you like for free
and order the Ally standard Ally checks for free. Ally also offers a free
overdraft service for your interest Checking account to help you be prepared
for the unexpected. You get to do your banking as well as Bill Pay for free
online. You can use any ATM for your transactions and ATM fees charged by other
banks will automatically be refunded to you at the end of your monthly
statement period. If you are not near any ATM, you can get cash back when you
shop at most grocery stores, gas stations, and super stores and pay no fees.
You also get to have a debit card, online alerts, and postage paid deposit
envelopes – all for free.

 

Compared to other banks, Ally Bank has very
good rates. For daily balances of less than $15,000, the APY is 0.50%. For
daily balances of $15,000 or more, High Interest Checking account has an
interest rate of 1.14% with an APY of 1.15%, with interest compounded daily.
These bank rates are accurate as of 1/15/2010, as
they appear on their website.

 

All
money-lenders thrive on high interest rates

 

 

THE government must not allow shoddy
lending practices to thrive (“High price of debt in dead heart”, 16-17/1).

 

If Jenny Macklin wants to review loans to
remote Aborigines she needs to go deeper than the money-lender in WA.

 

The biggest bank and the biggest electrical
and furniture stores give loans to Aborigines either through the issue of
credit cards or easy credit for long-term purchase.

 

When the loan goes pear-shaped, the hounds
chasing the payments have no way of contacting the borrower who lives in a
community with no telephones in homes, mobiles that change numbers rapidly and
no street address.

 

 

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Getting
help on Cash out Refinance Mortgage

 

When you need money for any purpose, one
source from where you can get it is cash out from refinancing your home
mortgage that you can work out with the agreement of the lender. When you get
the lender’s approval on this idea, you can get additional money above and
beyond the balance of your existing mortgage loan. In a cash out refinance
program, you will be able to pay off the original home mortgage and at the same
time receive cash after you settle the remaining balance in your original
mortgage.

 

The extra money can be used for anything
that you may want to do, like a home improvement , pay for other debts that you
have, or even spend it on a leisurely summer vacation in the Hawaii. No one
will question you about how you spend it as the money is wholly yours and you
are free to do anything with it.

 

You can always get some extra money from
cash out on refinancing mortgage especially if you have accumulated enough
equity on your home. High risk customers though (customers with bad credit
ratings and low amounts of equity) are not eligible for cash out refinancing.
The equity that one has on his property is what the lenders look for before
considering an application for cash out refinancing.

 

The money from your cash out refinance
mortgage can be spent for any purpose that you have in mind. You are not
obliged to explain to anyone, including the refinance lender. The new money you
receive is added to the total amount of your new refinance, which you will pay
under the new loan agreement. It will be good to use the money from the cash
out refinance to pay off your other debts of high interest rates or credit card
debts that may affect your credit rating if they remain unpaid. The decision
however on what to do with the money is wholly yours to make – you may have opted
for the cash out because there was a prior need for the money that you have to
settle.

 

Using the money for home improvement could
benefit you with additional tax deductions. A lawyer could help you about these
tax deductions which seem to be changing periodically. You might have to
consider spending the money on other projects too if your purpose is just going
for the tax deductions.

 

 

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You’ve
got to watch out for all the sneaky ways stores and Web sites are creating to
slip recurring charges onto your credit cards.

 

 

I fell for the “free magazines” that Lehmann’s
clothing stores are offering.

 

As I was checking out a cashier said I
could sign-up for three free months of the magazines being promoted on a
laminated place mat on the counter.

 

“It’s a really
cool offer,” she said.

 

I like free, and it looked legit, so I
signed up. The cashier recorded my choices by scanning the bar codes for the
titles I chose.

 

Stupid me. A few months later, three mysterious $15 charges showed up on my
account.

 

The cashier didn’t mention that those free
trials led straight into paid subscriptions, charged to the card I used at Lehmann’s,
unless I went online to cancel the deal. 

 

This isn’t a one-time hit either. The
subscriptions automatically renew each year until you demand they stop.

 

I blame myself for neglecting to read the
fine print and grilling the cashier about just what I was buying.

 

But I also blame Lehmann’s for taking
advantage of its customers, especially when you’ve got a bag of clothes, a list
of errands and a line of waiting customers behind you.