Mutual Funds, Exchange-Traded Funds, Hedge Funds, and Limited Partnerships Money frees you from doing things you dislike. Since I dislike doing nearly everything, money is handy. — Groucho Marx Investment Funds Mutual Funds — A complete, but concise, tutorial about mutual funds in a one-page format with sidebars, illustrations, formulas, examples, and clear definitions of basic terms. The Mutual Fund Prospectus Mutual Fund Fees and Expenses Open-End Mutual Funds: Purchases, Reinvestments, Redemptions, and Taxes An Overview of the Types of Mutual Funds Taxation of Mutual Funds Other Types of Funds Closed-End Mutual Funds Unit Investment Trusts (UITs) Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) Defined-Maturity Bond Funds Index Funds Private Equity Funds Hedge Funds and Funds of Hedge Funds Managed Futures Fixed Annuities and Variable Annuities Exchange-Traded Funds Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs) Exchange-Traded Fund Valuation: Net Asset Value, Indicative Value, Cash, and Shares Outstanding Limited Partnerships Master Limited Partnerships Limited Partnerships Evaluating and Buying a Limited Partnership Interest Tax Advantages of Limited Partnerships