Personal Fund Blog http://blog.personalfund.com/ en-us 2008-01-25T21:38:58-08:00 2008-01-25T21:21:32-08:00 "Past performance is no guarantee of future performance" (again) Last month's Wall Street Journal reported "Winning Funds Share Traits, But the Trick Is Finding Them". The article looked for... http://blog.personalfund.com/archives/2008/01/post_1.html Focus on costs, not on history or hype The news media is full of articles on mutual funds. Most, it seems, are dramatic tales about funds that have... http://blog.personalfund.com/archives/2007/10/post.html Subscriber receipts available online Subscribers can obtain an online receipt for their subscription payments by logging in and then visiting this link. (If you... http://blog.personalfund.com/archives/2007/09/subscriber_rece.html Website upgrade: ETFs now available We've now added ETFs to the universe of open-end funds in our dataset. You can look-up the cost of ownership... http://blog.personalfund.com/archives/2007/08/website_upgrade_1.html Website upgrade: More detailed expense ratio information now available We've now upgraded the website to provide recently available expense ratio detail. Due to a recent NASD directive, funds now... http://blog.personalfund.com/archives/2007/08/website_upgrade.html New study: How Mutual Fund Costs Lower Fund Returns [updated] [updated on July 23, 2007] In 2002, we published a white paper, "Mutual Fund Costs: Risk Without Reward" which summarized... http://blog.personalfund.com/archives/2007/07/latest_study_co.html How Mutual Fund Costs Lower Fund Returns: Tax-Free Muni Bond Funds This post illustrates the impact of costs on returns for Tax-Free Muni Bond Funds on a pre-tax basis for the... http://blog.personalfund.com/archives/2007/07/how_mutual_fund_3.html How Mutual Fund Costs Lower Fund Returns: Small-cap U.S. Equity Funds This post illustrates the impact of costs on returns for Small-Cap U.S. Equity Funds on a pre-tax basis for the... http://blog.personalfund.com/archives/2007/07/how_mutual_fund_1.html How Mutual Fund Costs Lower Fund Returns: Mid-cap U.S. Equity Funds This post illustrates the impact of costs on returns for Mid-Cap U.S. Equity Funds on a pre-tax basis for the... http://blog.personalfund.com/archives/2007/07/how_mutual_fund_2.html About the Personal Fund blog We've launched the Personal Fund blog to answer your questions about using the web site, to announce new features and... http://blog.personalfund.com/archives/2007/07/about_the_perso.html How Mutual Fund Costs Lower Fund Returns: Larger-cap U.S. Equity Funds This post illustrates the impact of costs on returns for Larger-Cap U.S. Equity Funds on a pre-tax basis for the... http://blog.personalfund.com/archives/2007/07/how_mutual_fund.html Monthly data is now updated for June 30, 2007 Our fund data is now up-to-date for the 12 months ending June 30, 2007... http://blog.personalfund.com/archives/2007/07/data_updated_fo.html Frequently Asked Questions Managing your subscription I forgot my password. What do I do? How do I change my e-mail address or password?... http://blog.personalfund.com/archives/2007/06/faq.html