Chapter 7: Efficient Markets and Mutual Fund Investing: The Advantages of Index FundsChapter 8: Asset Allocation: Design and Care of Portfolios; Chapter 9: The Morningstar Approach to Mutual Fund Analysis-Part I; Chapter 10: The Morningstar Approach to Mutual Fund Analysis-Part II; Chapter 11: Building a Portfolio of Mutual Funds: A Morningstar Approach; Chapter 12: Performance of Actively Managed versus Index Funds: The Vanguard Case; Chapter 13: Classic and Enhanced Index Funds: Performance and Issues; Chapter 14: Mutual Funds versus Exchange-Traded Funds Mutual Funds: Portfolio Structures, Analysis, Management, and Stewardship; Contents; Introduction; Part I: Mutual Funds: Nature, Regulation, and Costs; Chapter 1: The Nature of Mutual Funds; Chapter 2: Mutual Fund Regulation and Issues; Chapter 3: The Economics of Mutual Funds; Chapter 4: Mutual Fund Fees and Expenses; Part II: The Realities and Analogies of Investing; Chapter 5: How Financial Markets Work; Chapter 6: Active versus Passive Investing; Part III: Fund Types and Comparative Performance, Efficient Markets, Asset Allocation, and Morningstar Analysis Part IV: Mutual Funds at the CrossroadsChapter 15: The Challenge to Mutual Fund Stewardship; Chapter 16: Identifying Mutual Fund Stewardship; Chapter 17: Normative Transparency of Mutual Fund Disclosure; Chapter 18: A Design for the Mutual Funds of the Future; Index;
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