Comments on: How To Use Morningstar To Evaluate Mutual Fund Choices http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/28/how-to-use-morningstar-to-evaluate-mutual-fund-choices/ Financial talk for the rest of us Sat, 16 Feb 2013 01:14:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: blackhawkzone http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/28/how-to-use-morningstar-to-evaluate-mutual-fund-choices/#comment-14199 blackhawkzone Thu, 29 Mar 2007 22:57:18 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/28/how-to-use-morningstar-to-evaluate-mutual-fund-choices/#comment-14199 A better way to access the morningstar info is to set up a login with trowe price on their website. You dont need to set up an account or do any trading there. I have my accounts at tradeking.

here is the info

https://www3.troweprice.com/aaweb1/accountAccess/publicBenefitsOfRegistration.do

]]> By: Bill@mutualdecision http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/28/how-to-use-morningstar-to-evaluate-mutual-fund-choices/#comment-14071 Bill@mutualdecision Thu, 29 Mar 2007 13:11:40 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/28/how-to-use-morningstar-to-evaluate-mutual-fund-choices/#comment-14071 I agree with your endorsement of Morningstar as a good and reliable tool. However, that was not always the case. For a while, your best investment strategy would be to sell any fund which received a 5 star rating. Morningstar revised their rating system in 2002 and the new system is something you can rely on. I suggest anyone really interested in Morningstar ratings read Professor Matt Morey’s, Pace University, papers “The Kiss of Death” and “Morningstar Mutual Fund ratings Redux.”

]]> By: Chaunacey http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/28/how-to-use-morningstar-to-evaluate-mutual-fund-choices/#comment-13875 Chaunacey Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:17:14 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/28/how-to-use-morningstar-to-evaluate-mutual-fund-choices/#comment-13875 I second Beth. Check with your library. I work at a middling size library, and we have subscriptions to Morningstar, Value Line and Outlook.

]]> By: Beth http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/28/how-to-use-morningstar-to-evaluate-mutual-fund-choices/#comment-13791 Beth Wed, 28 Mar 2007 18:57:31 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/28/how-to-use-morningstar-to-evaluate-mutual-fund-choices/#comment-13791 Many public libraries (especially larger ones) subscribe to Morningstar for their users, so there is no charge at all to access this information. Many subscribe to the print, and some may have electronic access as well – if they do, then you may be able to access the information you want via the library’s web page, so long as you have a library card to access their subscription databases.

Check with your local reference librarian for more information!

]]> By: Gal Josefsberg http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/28/how-to-use-morningstar-to-evaluate-mutual-fund-choices/#comment-13766 Gal Josefsberg Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:27:31 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/28/how-to-use-morningstar-to-evaluate-mutual-fund-choices/#comment-13766 I usually like to start with Google or Yahoo finance for some information. Then I move to Morningstar to get more in depth info. The Google and Yahoo pages don’t give enough information to make a buy decision, but they give enough to filter out stuff I’m not interested in.

]]> By: breadman http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/28/how-to-use-morningstar-to-evaluate-mutual-fund-choices/#comment-13762 breadman Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:19:21 +0000 http://www.thesimpledollar.com/2007/03/28/how-to-use-morningstar-to-evaluate-mutual-fund-choices/#comment-13762 Are there any connections or disclaimers between Morningstar and the Mutual Fund Industry? In other words, should we recognize any conflicts of interest that might make one mutual fund more appealing than another?

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