http://www.netvouz.com/infor626/tag/rating?feed=rss infor626's bookmarks tagged "rating" on Netvouz http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.58/does-it-pay-to-trade-when-the-morningstar-rating-of-a-mutual-fund-changes.html Does it pay to trade when the Morningstar Rating of a mutual fund changes? - The Skilled Investor's FUND AUTHORITY SCORES for Mutual Funds and ETFs > Mutual Fund Rating Services - Morningstar Star Ratings - Financial Articles, A study found that active trading when Morningstar Ratings changed lead to positive pre expense returns at all levels of star ratings changes. However, the “excess” returns to these strategies did not hold up once associated expenses were considered. Expenses for monitoring, trading, and paying taxes and loads easily outweighed any positive returns to these strategies. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.category.10/rating-services-morningstar.html Mutual Fund Rating Services - Morningstar Star Ratings - The Skilled Investor's FUND AUTHORITY SCORES for Mutual Funds and ETFs - Financial Articles, Morningstar's star ratings are very widely used by investors and their advisors to simplify securities selection decisions. Articles in this section will help investors to understand better the utility of these star ratings. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.279/the-fund-authority-score-a-better-mutual-fund-and-etf-rating-system.html The Fund Authority Score - The Best Mutual Fund and ETF Rating System - The Skilled Investor's FUND AUTHORITY SCORES for Mutual Funds and ETFs > The Fund Authority Score System for Evaluating Mutual Funds and ETFs - Financial Articles, Fund Authority Scores rate mutual funds and ETFs on the most important economic factors that influence individual investors' net long term diversified investment fund performance.The Skilled Investor developed the Fund Authority Score system to provide individual investors with concise and objective comparative summaries of mutual funds and exchange traded funds ETFs within investment style categories. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT http://www.theskilledinvestor.com/ss.item.55/what-might-be-wrong-with-buying-a-mutual-fund-with-a-4-or-5-star-morningstar-rating.html What might be wrong with buying a mutual fund with a 4 or 5 star Morningstar Rating? - The Skilled Investor's FUND AUTHORITY SCORES for Mutual Funds and ETFs > Mutual Fund Rating Services - Morningstar Star Ratings - Financial Articles, The star ratings are oversimplified. Many investors and their advisors use the stars as their primary decision criterion and as shorthand for fund selection. Alternate, more sophisticated approaches are available, which are more likely to lead to optimal returns. infor626 Wed, 07 May 2008 18:53:52 GMT