Thread: Mutual Funds
View Single Post
Old 10-21-2008, 10:34 AM   #9
headpunter
Not That sad..considering
 
headpunter's Avatar
 
Drives: Man
Join Date: Aug 2007
Location: the part of washington the capital forgot about.
Posts: 3,745
Send a message via AIM to headpunter
Quote:
Originally Posted by flaguy View Post
Yeah, I understand that part of it. I guess what I don't understand is how they make money by doing that. Are they constantly buying and selling many stocks making profit and you receive the dividends....or.....when you buy into a mutual fund you bought into all of those companies and those shares just sit around until you decide to sell....then you receive your profit. I guess that is what confuses me.

Is that confusing?
like with any stock the more value the stock has the more net worth that owners of that stock have. also the fund manager makes some money on selling and trades to support himself/herself.
__________________
headpunter is offline   Reply With Quote