What is a mutual fund.

A mutual fund is an investment company that pools together the money of its shareholders, and invests it in a variety of stocks, bonds or money market instruments. A Mutual fund is usually managed by a professional fund manager, who is responsible for making investment decisions. By owning a share of a mutual fund an … Read more

What You Need To Know About Mutual Funds

A mutual fund is a professionally managed type of collective investment system that pools money from many investors and invests generally in investment securities (stocks, bonds, short-term money market instruments, other mutual funds, other securities, and/or commodities such as precious metals). Mutual funds are separated into shares and can be bought much like stocks, allowing … Read more

LatAm Hedge Fund Outlook 2010

Alternative Latin Investor recently spoke with two high profile hedge fund players in Latin America, Otávio Vieira, Portfolio Manager at Safdié and Carlos Rojas Perla, Chief Investment Officer at Compass Group. We were privileged to hear how both managers felt markets had played out in 2009 and to learn of the themes they expect to … Read more