Daily Investment Tips

JP Morgan investment bank published their annual JP Morgan Focus list for 2011 (JP Morgan Equity Analysts’ Focus List is a group of stocks from the bank’s analysts that they believe will provide an annualized return in excess of +20%.)

JP Morgan stock Tips for 2011

In JP Morgan Focus list for 2011 the following 13 stocks were listed as part of JP Morgan stock picks for 2011.

1. Itron (ITRI)
2. Veeco Instruments (VECO)
3. Rubicon Technology (RBCN)
4. MF Global (MF)
5. Apple (AAPL)
6. Invesco (IVZ)
7. Kraft Foods (KFT)
8. J.B. Hunt Transport (JBHT)
9. United Parcel Service (UPS)
10. U.S. Steel (X)
11. Knightsbridge Tankers(VLCCF)
12. TreeHouse Foods(THS)
13. CME Group(CME)

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I found some interesting comparisons of returns of index fund and mutual funds.

From motley Fool website;

During the 1990s, the S&P 500 has provided an annualized return of 17.3%, compared with just 13.9% for the average diversified mutual fund.

And From Yahoo

In 1998, for instance, 85 percent of all mutual funds that were set up to beat the S&P 500 failed to meet that goal. When you think about it, that’s an amazing statistic — eight out of ten mutual funds didn’t beat the market!

Investing in a stock index fund guarantees that you’ll never outperform the overall but an index fund might give investors a higher return because of their cost advantage. Index funds have lower or zero fees, they also don’t hire expensive equity analyst. All that saving is passed to investors.

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