‘I think I have mutual funds?’ How to cut through the confusion and get a handle on your mutual fund portfolio

By: Melissa Leong | Financial Post | March 1, 2014

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When I was in my early 20s, a financial advisor encouraged me to start a savings plan.

I needed the guidance; I was working my first full-time job and I blew one of my first paycheques on a home theatre system with surround sound.

From then on, all of my savings was invested in mutual funds. I could not tell you what types of mutual funds I had. I could not tell you how my advisor was paid…

I think I have mutual funds-How to cut through the confusion and get a handle on your mutual fund portfolio