All Asset Management Companies (AMCs) are regulated by SEBI and/or the RBI (in case the AMC is promoted by a bank). In addition, every Mutual Fund has a board of directors that represents the unit holders' interests in the Mutual Fund.

The Authorized mutual fund is a fund with a minimum equity interest of US$50,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency), its equity interests are listed on a stock exchange (or over-the-counter market) and there is filed with The Commission the prescribed details in respect of its current offering document or prospectus and it is registered with The Commission.

Sure, but you will have to manually enter a complete EOD quote (OHLCV). Some people think this is sort of a redundant effort, since many fund managers use technical analysis on the underlying stocks, anyway. Lots of others do it, though. Each could involve a number of different data formats, depending upon just what is available, or usable: complete/partial exchanges, portfolios, intra-day and/or EOD quotes, indices, histories, etc., are all possible.

A mutual fund refers to a collective investment scheme under which professional fund managers pool money from individual investors and manage it according to pre-set investment objectives. The investment objectives can range from maximizing capital gains to maintaining a stable stream of income, and from beating inflation to preserving capital.

Ideally, your fund roster should have more players than a basketball team but no more than a baseball team. For your starting five, a diversified lineup would be funds representing these types of stocks: large, fast-growing companies; smaller fast-growing companies; large companies selling at bargain prices; smaller companies selling as bargains; and foreign companies.

Orbis offshore funds, with the exception of the Orbis SICAV funds, are regulated by the Bermuda Monetary Authority. Orbis SICAV is regulated by the Commission de Surveillance du Secteur Financier, Luxembourg.

Your investment horizon can be broadened because there are different types of funds that can provide a convenient and cost effective way to capitalize on both local and overseas investment opportunities. Diversification may take different forms, e.g. along geographic or industry lines, or amongst different securities or issuers.

Annual management fees are usually allocated from the fund on a daily basis and will not constitute an out-of-pocket expense for investors. They vary among different types of funds.

Settlement requirements for mutual funds vary. Some funds such as money market funds may require cleared fund whereas the others require three to five business days for settlement. Please contact our Investment Service Centres 8:00 a.m. Monday through 4:00 p.m. Saturday at (852) 2902 3888 in Hong Kong or (65) 6327 2288 in Singapore for more information.

The drawbacks with mutual funds are that you have no control on the investments of the fund; and, more importantly, the downside of diversification is that a fund can hold so many stocks that a tremendously great performance by a stock will make very little difference to a fund's overall performance.

Mutual funds have many benefits. They offer an easy and inexpensive way for an individual to get returns from stocks and bonds without: incurring the risks involved in buying them directly; needing the capital to buy quality stocks; or having the expert knowledge to make the right buy/sell decisions.

Although past performance is no guarantee for the future, it is a useful way of assessing how well or badly a fund has performed in comparison to its stated objectives and peer group. A good way to do this would be to identify the five best performing funds (within your selected investment objectives) over various periods, say 3 months, 6 months, 1 year, 2 years and 3 years.

Release of the discovery is so new I don't believe others have had much opportunity to incorporate it into their trading strategies. Eventually I can conceive of an environment where The Taylor Effect will become a required tool for the financially informed. Accurate market trend forecasts were not available until now. Today, investment advisors and individual investors will have an incredible advantage they never had before.

In a nutshell, professional management, diversification, safety, liquidity, and service. If you were to manage your own portfolio of stocks, you'd have to research, select, and monitor thousands of securities to construct a diversified portfolio of stocks. There's an easier way. Mutual funds offer numerous advantages to individual investors, including toll-free switching, checking privileges, automatic dividend and capital gains reinvestment, and trained customer service reps.

Yes. Currently our branches in Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, and British Columbia are licensed to do so. Branch locations for those provinces can be found here: http://www.cwbank.com/branches.

You avail of the services of experienced and skilled professionals who are backed by a dedicated investment research team. Investing in a Mutual Fund reduces paperwork and helps you avoid many problems such as bad deliveries, delayed payments and unnecessary follow up. Over a medium to long-term, Mutual Funds have the potential to provide a higher return as they invest in a diversified basket of selected securities.

Click on the link "Buy Now" in the MF Trading section. You will be asked to select from the various mutual fund houses. Select the fund house. You will now see all the schemes of the fund house. Select the mutual fund scheme that you wish to invest in. After that choose the amount that you wish to invest in and make an online payment through your Indian bank account or your US bank account through ACH pay mode of remit2india.

Many people purchase mutual funds because they are a convenient and cost effective method of obtaining diversification and professional management. Because mutual funds hold anywhere from a few securities to several thousand, risk is spread out over a number of investments. Additionally, mutual funds generally buy and sell securities in volume, which allows investors to benefit from lower trading, management and research costs.

Most funds have a bank or trust company arranged to be an IRA custodian for any IRA shareholders. If you buy the fund directly, using this custodian, you must use a different application available from the fund company.

Almost all the mutual funds have their own web sites. You can also access the NAVs, half-yearly results and portfolios of all mutual funds at the web site of Association of mutual funds in India (AMFI) www.amfiindia.com. AMFI has also published useful literature for the investors. You can also log on to the web site of SEBI i.e. www.sebi.gov.