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Expert Profile: Warren Boroson

Expertise:  Author of "Keys to Investing in Mutual Funds" (Barrons) and "Ultimate Mutual Fund Guide" (Probus). Columnist for Gannett News Service.
Author of 20 books; winner of 1996 Personal Finance award from Investment Company Institute and Washington University. Formerly on staffs of Money and Sylvia Porter's Magazine. Had a radio program (on WEVD)about mutual funds and a newsletter, FundDigest.

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What do you like about this subject?  Mutual funds are like life: complex, somewhat unpredictable, treacherous, and absorbing.
What do you still hope to achieve/learn in this field?  I'd like to write a general book about investing, urging the average investor to put most of his or her money in life-strategy funds. Most portfolios that I look at are godawful messes.
Something interesting about this subject that others may not know:  Recently the historic Morningstar rating of a famous, much praised index fund, Vanguard Small Cap Index, was 1.6 stars--between "lowest" and "below average." Index funds are wonderful, but some are not so wonderful as others.
Something controversial or provocative about this subject  The recent list of 62 "best funds" in the Wall Stret Journal was, as I wrote, "mechanistic and moronic."
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Perfect...thanks so much Warren!!! I am gonna do just that. Sincerely, Ron
(Ron on 06/10/08)
Great responsw
(Ram on 06/12/08)
Thank you very much. Great response.
(steve on 04/24/08)
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Recent Answers from Warren Boroson
2008-07-15  401k Investing Dear Glenn: Yes, in general it's good when stock prices retreat--so you can scoop up bargains. (Assuming you won't need money soon & have to sell.) But... beware. * Don't invest a lot all at...
2008-07-07  Vanguard New York Long-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Investor Shares (VNYTX) Dear Tom: I would suggest Vanguard Intermediate Term Tax-Exempt. Munis do seem a reasonable buy now. In general, long-term bonds don't pay much more than intermediates, and they're more volatile...
2008-06-05  Suggestions? Hi Ron-- I really can't give you a definitive answer because I don't know what your entire portfolio looks like--what your goals are (eg, when you plan to retire completely), your risk tolerance, how...
2008-05-31  mutual funds Dear Alfred: Good, honest question. 1. Read a few introductory books. The best by far is Keys to Investing in Mutual Funds, third edition, published by Barron's. It's just a coincidence that it's...
2008-05-22  ira Dear Craig: The Ameriprise group does NOT have a good record. And you should avoid most load funds. What you should do is become familiar with a publication called Morningstar Mutual Funds. It's...
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