Getting started in mutual funds

In this easy-to-follow, commonsense guide, Alvin Hall, the "Professor of Wall Street," fills you in on everything you need to know to choose mutual funds with confidence. In plain English, acquaints you with the various types of mutual funds and how they are structured, and explains the important fund terms and concepts. He helps you to understand clearly the measures you must examine before investing in a fund. And he provides step-by-step guidelines on how to go about selecting the right funds. You'll quickly and painlessly learn:

• How to read and understand a fund's prospectus

• How to assess a fund manager's investment style and its impact on your returns

• How to evaluate ongoing fees and expenses

• How to evaluate a fund's risk

• How to calculate return on investments

• How to buy, redeem, and exchange mutual funds

• How to take advantage of shareholder services

ALVIN D. HALL, one of Wall Street's most respected investment educators, is president of own company, which designs and conducts training courses about the investments markets and publishes training materials that support these courses. His domestic and international clients include major exchanges, brokerage firms, banks, mutual fund companies, regulatory organizations, and vendors that provide technical and information services to the financial industry the United Kingdom, he has hosted two popular BBC series on investing: Alvin Hall's Guide Successful Investing and Investing for All with Alvin Hall. He recently finished filming the series series of the award-winning primetime BBC show Your Money or Your Life. He is the author the international bestseller Getting Started in Stocks and Money for Life: Everyone's Guide to Financial Freedom, a companion book to his BBC series.