Daily Commentary

U.S. GDP may allay recession fears

Plus: The close: Banks storm back 27/08/08

Weekly Insight

With funds, buy and hold doesn't always pay off

The case for buy-and-hold investing is quietly being undermined by some of the numbers coming out of the mutual fund industry these days. Think five years is a good, long time to hold a fund? Then you should know that 241 mutual funds of all types have lost money annually on average over the five years to July 31. Does a decade sound like a better bet? Okay, but 133 funds have been money losers over the past decade. Fifteen years? There are eight funds that have been money losers over that period of time, and there are three that are underwater over the past 20 years. 08/08/21

Mutual Fund News

Monthly Fund Review

August Edition (as of August 20/08)

The monthly mutual fund performance listings for the month of August are available exclusively on globefund.com.

15-Year Fund Review

Taking the long road

How have your funds performed over the long term? Find out in The Globe and Mail's latest review of fund performance during the past decade-and-a-half.

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