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   <title>About.com Mutual Funds: What's Hot Now</title>
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            <title><![CDATA[TIPS Mutual Funds]]></title>
            <link>http://mutualfunds.about.com/od/typesoffunds/a/tipsfunds.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[TIPS mutual funds offer many advantages to investors. TIPS are bonds issued by the US Treasury that pay a coupon on the adjusted principal of the bond. The bond is adjusted on a semi-annual basis with the rate of the Consumer Price Index (a measure of inflation). ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Research Funds]]></title>
            <link>http://mutualfunds.about.com/od/analyzingamutualfund/a/research_funds_sites.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Whether you use an advisor or you do it yourself, you might enjoy a few sites to help you research mutual funds. The first place to research mutual funds is the sites of the broker and/or mutual fund companies. If you feel compelled to research your mutual funds further, you might want to try one of the sites below. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[No-Load Mutual Funds]]></title>
            <link>http://mutualfunds.about.com/od/noloadvsloadfunds/a/noload.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[How many times have we been told that there is no free lunch? The same holds true with no-load mutual funds. No-load mutual funds are free of sales charges (loads), but they do have costs. All share classes of funds -- load or no load -- carry fees that are paid out of the fund&amp;#8217;s assets to the fund&amp;#8217;s investment advisors (as opposed to paying the advisor/broker who sells the fund). ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[What Are Closed-End Funds?]]></title>
            <link>http://mutualfunds.about.com/od/mutualfundbasics/a/closedendfunds.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Closed-end funds are often confused with, and mistakenly called, mutual funds. A major difference is that closed-end funds behave more like a stock -- the market value is driven by supply and demand for the shares. Perhaps the best way to understand a closed-end fund is to compare it with an open-end mutual fund. &#10; ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Mutual Fund Distributions]]></title>
            <link>http://mutualfunds.about.com/od/mutualfundtaxation/a/capgains.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[Each year, generally in the last couple of months of the year, mutual fund shareholders face the possibility of receiving capital gains distributions from their mutual funds. Don&amp;#8217;t be fooled by the capital gains distributions. These are not gains of the good sort. ]]></description>
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            <title><![CDATA[Advantages of a Mutual Fund]]></title>
            <link>http://mutualfunds.about.com/od/mutualfundbasics/a/top10funds.htm</link>
            <description><![CDATA[There are many reasons to buy a mutual fund. While there are a plethora of investment options (individual stocks, ETFs and close-end funds, to name a few) if you buy a mutual fund, then you a simple, efficient way to invest for retirement, education or other financial goals.]]></description>
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