$100,000 initial investment mutual funds

dsm091 said: "Anyone have any good picks? A guy I work with in the army would like something around 12% growth. Thanks guys."

chahinemm said: "that is a nice package!!! good luck in finding one let us posted if u find something interesting. chahine"

alhamid said: "i would invest in a high growth u.s. stock company fund"

chavez said: "[QUOTE=dsm091]Anyone have any good picks? A guy I work with in the army would like something around 12% growth. Thanks guys.[/QUOTE] He can invest 1500 of that into the RiskFreeProfit pool for members and make the equivalent of a mutual fund that will return 16 % on his 100000. The pool account is returning 4.73% return aweek. You compound that for a year on 1500 and you will have approx. 16700. Just another option to think about. But really a mutual fund that returns 16 % is going to have to do 20 % for you to get 16%"

AlfredSokol said: "Run the screener at [url]http://www.morningstar.com[/url] and see if any of the funds have average 12% for the last 20 years. I'm not sure if any have. He might want to do index funds."

dsm091 said: "So we have been looking at the morningstar. I think that we will doing some research, I appreciate the help. Right now he has it sitting in a savings account with 3 percent. It could be doing so much better for him, but he does not want to lose any. I am thinking something conservative. He knows nothing about stocks so I told him to start researching. Jayson"

AlfredSokol said: "You have the right idea Jayson. You might also consider putting it in 4 different funds, for a little diversification. Basically the historic records at Morningstar should give you a good idea how these funds perform and should turn up a good one."

kbonta said: "Take a look at these private funds that I am in. 8-20% a month. This is something you might want to consider... KB"

dsm091 said: "[QUOTE=kbonta]Take a look at these private funds that I am in. 8-20% a month. This is something you might want to consider... KB[/QUOTE] can you post the link?"

thezster said: "Note that the writer of the post is banned... which should be no surprise.... When someone offers that kind of return..... watch out. 100k is a nice investment... but nothing to be speculative with (especially on a "army salary"....) Take the prior advice... nice, secure mutual funds with decent returns. No guarantees........ but less risk too. 12% is not unreasonable...(wish I could find a 12% guarantee) but, regardless of past returns... not guaranteed either.... But - that's the market! Personally - I would spread it around to solid, bricks n morter companies. with good track records...... diversify, diversify, diversify......... (and I should take my own advice ;) Good luck - hope you do well............"

HappyHarry said: "Put money in a company with a long history of outstanding earnings. The more you can count on the company's operating history, the better."

Vesuve said: "[QUOTE=dsm091]Anyone have any good picks? A guy I work with in the army would like something around 12% growth. Thanks guys.[/QUOTE] This person wants 12% growth per year, but is interested in Mutual Funds? Ludicrous."

poldo said: "[QUOTE=dsm091]Anyone have any good picks? A guy I work with in the army would like something around 12% growth. Thanks guys.[/QUOTE] He could look into a high dividend paying stock.. ERF, PVX,PBT but also staples like GE, MET etc.. If you head over to the Kiplinger web site they have several preset screener to match many common queries ."

mar31977 said: "ING RUSSIA (LETRX) Its got a damn good MorningStar rating. Also... Vanguard Energy sectors.... but I belive you need a MIN 250,000 USD But.............LETRX is an outstanding FUND,"

jhealey said: "Something real secure? Try JEMDX, JPMorgan Emerging Markets Debt Select. Debt, on average, is much more secure than securities because of priority in bankruptcy. And this a fund of bonds, so no need to sweat your positions as much when the rates bump, you have a manager dealing with it. The fund trades no fee, no load, $1 minimum for IRAs I know, unsure for other accounts. The expense ratio is pretty low too. Returns are good and secure. About 30% of my IRA is currently in JEMDX. Fortunately for me, I benefit from no tax at the moment on the account so the return is even better."