Ten reasons to invest in mutual funds.

From: Money Digest | Date: February 1, 1999| Author: | Copyright information

Dear Editor:

I read with interest your article entitled "Stop. Don't buy mutual funds" (Money Digest, November 1998). It is the mutual fund industry's view, supported by increasing sales to mutual fund investors, that it is in the investor's best interest to have information about both sides of the coin. Investor's should keep buying mutual funds as mutual funds have helped millions of Canadians to obtain their financial goals.

Here are the 10 best reasons to keep buying mutual funds:

1. The average consumer does not have the time or resources to gain enough ...

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