,Click to edit Master title style,Click to edit Master text styles,Second level,Third level,Fourth level,Fifth level,INVESTMENTS,|,BODIE,KANE,MARCUS,4-,*,CHAPTER 4,Mutual Funds and Other Investment Companies,Investment Companies,Pool funds of individual investors and invest in a wide range of securities or other assets.,Services provided:,Administration&record keeping,Diversification&divisibility,Professional management,Reduced transaction costs,2,Net Asset Value,Calculation:,Market Value of Assets-Liabilities,Shares Outstanding,3,Types of Investment Companies,Unit Trusts,Fixed portfolio of uniform assets,Unmanaged,Total assets have declined from$105 billion in 1990 to$29 billion in 2009,4,Types of Investment Companies,Managed Investment Companies,Open-End,Fund issues new shares when investors buy in and redeems shares when investors cash out,Priced at Net Asset Value(NAV),5,Types of Investment Companies,Managed Investment Companies,Closed-End,no change in shares outstanding;old investors cash out by selling to new investors,Priced at premium or discount to NAV,6,Types of Investment Companies,Other investment organizations,Commingled funds,REITs,Hedge Funds,7,Mutual Funds:Open-End Investment Companies,Money Market,Equity,Sector,Bond,Balanced,Asset Allocation and Flexible,Index,International,8,Table 4.1 U.S.Mutual Funds by Investment Classification,9,How Funds Are Sold,Direct-marketed funds,Sales force distributed,Revenue sharing on sales force distributed,Potential conflicts of interest,Financial Supermarkets,10,Costs of Investing in Mutual Funds,Fee Structure:Four types,Operating expenses,Front-end load,Back-end load,12 b-1 charge,Fees must be disclosed in the prospectus,Share classes with different fee combinations,11,Example 4.2:Fees for Various Classes(Dreyfus Worldwide Growth Fund),12,Fees and Mutual Fund Returns:An Example,Initial NAV=$20,Income distributions of$.15,Capital gain distributions of$.05,Ending NAV=$20.10,:,13,Table 4.2 Impacts of Costs on Investment Performance,14,Late Trading and Market Timing,Late trading,accepting buy or sell orders after the market closes and NAV is determined,Market timing rapid in-and-out trading on stale net asset values,Net effect is to transfer value from ordinary shareholders to privileged traders,Mutual funds penalized for improper trading.New rules to prevent these practices,15,Taxation of Mutual Fund Income,Pass-through status under the U.S.tax code,Taxes are paid only by the investor,Fund investors do not control the timing of the sales of securities from the portfolio,High portfolio turnover leads to tax inefficiency,Average turnover=60%,16,Exchange Traded Funds,Examples:“spiders”,“diamonds”and“cubes”,Potential advantages:,Trade continuously like stocks,Can be sold short or purchased on margin,Lower costs,Tax efficient,Potential disadvantages:,Prices can depart by small amounts from NAV,Must be purchased from a broker,17,Figure 4.2 Growth of U.S.ETFs over time,18,Table 4.3 ETF Sponsors and Products,19,Mutual Fund Investment Performance:A First Look,Performance of actively managed funds:,below the return on the Wilshire index in 23 of the 39 years from 1971 to 2009,Evidence for persistent superior performance(due to skill and not just good luck)is weak,but suggestive,Bad performance more likely to persist,20,Figure 4.3 Diversified Equity Funds versus Wilshire 5000 Index,21,Table 4.4 Consistency of Investment Results,22,Information on Mutual Funds,Funds prospectus describes:,investment objectives,Fund investment adviser and portfolio manager,Fees and costs,Statement of Additional Information(SAI),Funds annual report,23,Information on Mutual Funds,Wiesenbergers Investment Companies,Morningstar(,),Yahoo(,/funds,),Investment Company Institute(,www.ici.org,),Directory of Mutual Funds,24,