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CHAPTER 4: Mutual Funds
1. What is your asset allocaon?
By Individual Funds:
• Fund 1: __________________%
• Fund 2: __________________%
• Fund 3: __________________%
• Fund 4: __________________%
• Fund 5: __________________%
2. Create a journal to track your funds’ expenses and total market value over a 30-day period. (You can modify the Daily
Stock Tracker chart you used in Chapter 3.) Describe any returns or changes in your mutual funds over the 30-day
tracking period.
3. Thirty days is not a long me in the life of a mutual fund, but did you noce anything about how your funds changed
value that made you condent/concerned about your investments?
4. Which of your investments was the most risky? Least risky?
5. Do you think you allocated your assets correctly when you developed your porolio? Why or why not?
6. Do you think any of the costs associated with your mutual funds were too high or too low? Explain.
7. What changes, if any, would you make to your porolio or asset allocaons if you could re-do the assignment? Explain.
8. Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are more cost-efficient to buy and sell frequently. Do
you think, based on this project,
that they’d be a good choice for you? Why or why not?
By Asset Type:
• Stock Funds: %
• Bond Funds: %
• Hybrid Funds: %