BALANCED MUTUAL FUNDS
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One way to minimize your risk when you invest is to diversify. Diversifying spreads your money across several different types of investments. When the values of some of your investments go down, chances are others will remain stable or even go up if your portfolio has enough diversification. A balanced mutual fund is one of the simplest ways to diversify your investments. This tutorial will help you understand what balanced funds are and how they can help your portfolio. We will look at the following topics:

• WHAT ARE BALANCED MUTUAL FUNDS?
• COMPOSITION OF BALANCED MUTUAL FUNDS
• ASSET ALLOCATION VS BALANCED FUNDS
• EVALUATING BALANCED MUTUAL FUNDS
• SUMMARY OF BALANCED MUTUAL FUNDS

Let's begin this tutorial by identifying exactly what a balanced mutual fund does.