Mutual Funds

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Anderson and P. Ahmed</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap2"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_5.gif" usemap="#FPMap2" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap3"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/tech_2.gif" usemap="#FPMap3" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2005</td> <td width="100%" class="book_details_tags"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap5"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/anderson_and_ahmed_(2005).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap5" width="90" height="25" ></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">This is a handsome survey of the literature on mutual funds. An opening chapter introduces mutual funds and traces their origins back to the early 1800s. After that, the book has six chapters that each cover the financial literature of mutual funds relating to some specific topic—fund performance, style analysis, fees, etc. Each chapter describes perhaps 20 or 30 important papers</strong> ... <a href="../titles/anderson_and_ahmed_(2005).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> <div align="center"> <table border="0" cellpadding="6" cellspacing="0" height="206" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table8"> <tr> <td valign="top" align="right" height="198" width="150"> <p align="left"> <map name="FPMap6"> <area href="../titles/hehn_elisabeth_(2005).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 133, 199"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/book_hehn_elisabeth_(2006).jpg" usemap="#FPMap6" width="134" height="200"></td> <td valign="top" align="left" height="198"> <table border="0" cellspacing="1" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" cellpadding="0" width="100%" id="table9"> <tr> <td width="100%"> <p class="book_title">Exchange Traded Funds</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="102%" class="book_details_tags" valign="top" height="16" align="left"> <table border="0" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table10"> <tr> <td width="100%" colspan="4"> <p class="book_details">Elisabeth Hehn (ed.)</td> </tr> <tr> <td width="50" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap7"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map> <img border="0" src="../images/star_4.gif" usemap="#FPMap7" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> <map name="FPMap899"> <area href="../main/ratings.htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 89, 15"> </map><img border="0" src="../images/tech_1.gif" usemap="#FPMap899" width="90" height="16"></td> <td width="25" class="book_details_tags"> 2005</td> <td width="100%" class="book_details_tags"> <p align="right"><map name="FPMap9"> <area target="_self" href="../titles/hehn_elisabeth_(2005).htm" shape="rect" coords="0, 0, 90, 25" > </map> <img border="0" src="../images/pointer_review.gif" usemap="#FPMap9" width="90" height="25" ></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> <tr> <td class="book_details_tags" valign="top" align="left"> <p class="body"><strong style="font-weight: 400">Exchange traded funds (ETFs) are closed end indexed mutual funds. While closed end funds have existed for decades, the notion of tying them to an index, such as the S&P 500, only took off in the 1990s. Growth in the United States and Europe has been explosive. ETFs offer an attractive alternative to open ended indexed mutual funds or futures on indexes</strong> ... <a href="../titles/hehn_elisabeth_(2005).htm">Read more</a></td> </tr> </table> </td> </tr> </table> </div> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="468" id="table11"> <tr> <td> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td></tr> </table> </div> </td> <td bgcolor="#FFFFFF">  </td> </tr> </table> </div> </div> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="0" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" style="border-collapse: collapse" bordercolor="#111111" width="100%" id="table12"> <tr> <td width="50%" bgcolor="#FFFFCC" align="left" valign="top"> <script type="text/javascript"></script> <script type="text/javascript" src="http://pagead2.googlesyndication.com/pagead/show_ads.js"> </script> </td><td width="50%" bgcolor="#CCCCFF" align="left" valign="top"> <p class="body" style="margin:7; 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