Rating the star rating

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The rating of star rating, a tool, which reflects the position of ones potential investments holdings and helps one understand the risks and performance of the investment in the past, underwent renovation for better understanding of funds. The star rating previously included four asset classes but at present small rating funds are rated in proportion to small value offerings and utility function measure of risk adjusted returns is provided which judges and penalizes unpredictable funds.

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Mind the gap: How good funds can yield bad results

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The gap between the funds' official returns and the returns earned by the typical investor are examined in order to help the investors from making mistakes while investing in mutual funds or stocks. Some guidelines that help avoiding mistakes that produce poor results from good funds are using the benchmarks, looking for lower-risk funds within a category, and creating a plan for staying diversified.

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A new angle on hedging inflation risk

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The Fidelity Strategic Real Return is a new fund introduced in the market with an eye to fight inflation. The fund prompts one to invest in real estate investment trusts, commodity linked securities, floating rate loans and treasury inflation protected securities and is cheaper than the commodity funds with a charge of 0.85percent for expenses.

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