Funds and ETFs
Understand why mutual fund structure: investors buy units; the fund pools their money; a professional fund manager invests across securities (stocks, bonds, money market instruments) per the fund's mandate.
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What a mutual fund is
Understand why mutual fund structure: investors buy units; the fund pools their money; a professional fund manager invests across securities (stocks, bonds, money market instruments) per the fund's mandate.
Types in Nigeria
Understand why nigerian fund landscape: (1) Money market: near-zero capital risk, liquid, short-term.
ETFs explained
Understand why key ETF distinctions: (1) Intraday trading — buy/sell any time market is open at current price, (2) Lower costs — typically passive management (tracks an index) means lower expense ratios than active funds, (3) Transparency — holdings disclosed daily, (4) Tax efficiency — typically lower capital gains distributions than active funds.
Expense ratios
Understand why expense ratio = total annual fund costs ÷ assets.
Funds for beginners
Understand why the case for index funds: (1) diversification — instant exposure to many companies, (2) cost — lowest expense ratios, (3) performance — approximately 80-90% of active managers underperform their benchmark index over 10 years, (4) simplicity — no stock-picking decisions.
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