HELP PICK MY FUNDS

HELP PICK MY FUNDS

am 26.02.2006 23:10:30 von Romy Beeck

Here is my choice of funds to pick from.

INF $49.47 INDIA INDIA FUND
IIF $48.81 INDIA MORGAN STAN FUND
MCHFX $17.14 CHINA MATTHEWS FUND
MINDX $12.38 INDIA MATTHEWS FUND
PRJPX $11.56 JAPAN T ROWE FUND
MJFOX $18.40 JAPAN MATTHEWS FUND

Like to here what you guys think about my choices. I will be buying on
tuesday.

Re: HELP PICK MY FUNDS

am 26.02.2006 23:21:58 von Ed

Where did you get these choices? Are they mandatory or something you came up
with.
I am out of all three countries.

Look at CSQ and JTA.



"Romy Beeck" <> wrote in message
news:
> Here is my choice of funds to pick from.
>
> INF $49.47 INDIA INDIA FUND
> IIF $48.81 INDIA MORGAN STAN FUND
> MCHFX $17.14 CHINA MATTHEWS FUND
> MINDX $12.38 INDIA MATTHEWS FUND
> PRJPX $11.56 JAPAN T ROWE FUND
> MJFOX $18.40 JAPAN MATTHEWS FUND
>
> Like to here what you guys think about my choices. I will be buying on
> tuesday.
>

Re: HELP PICK MY FUNDS

am 27.02.2006 14:09:48 von rono

Romy wrote,

"Here is my choice of funds to pick from.

INF $49.47 INDIA INDIA FUND
IIF $48.81 INDIA MORGAN STAN FUND
MCHFX $17.14 CHINA MATTHEWS FUND
MINDX $12.38 INDIA MATTHEWS FUND
PRJPX $11.56 JAPAN T ROWE FUND
MJFOX $18.40 JAPAN MATTHEWS FUND


Like to here what you guys think about my choices. I will be buying
on
tuesday"

Hi Romy,

I'm confused (nothing new). What are you trying to accomplish? These
all appear to be good funds, although I'm more familiar with Matthews
and Price.

Are you trying to gain exposure to asia? India? Japan? All of the
above?

If all of the above, I'd go with Matthews Asian Pacific MPACX (all asia
and includes japan) and add Matthews India MINDX and do them 2 to 1.

best,

rono

Re: HELP PICK MY FUNDS

am 27.02.2006 15:10:52 von Flasherly

Romy Beeck wrote:
> Here is my choice of funds to pick from.
>
> INF $49.47 INDIA INDIA FUND
> IIF $48.81 INDIA MORGAN STAN FUND
> MCHFX $17.14 CHINA MATTHEWS FUND
> MINDX $12.38 INDIA MATTHEWS FUND
> PRJPX $11.56 JAPAN T ROWE FUND
> MJFOX $18.40 JAPAN MATTHEWS FUND
>
> Like to here what you guys think about my choices. I will be buying on
> tuesday.

Go light on India and China, with weight on TRP - it's probably best
geared long term, and from there you can play an exposure for the
others over developing market conditions as conditions warrant. I'm
assuming you're a passive investor providing established firms based on
a long-term bias, with a few index fund selections thrown as if to
decorate a salad. Since indexes do, as well, offer an active approach
to investing - I question why you duplicate core mutual holdings with
exchange traded funds.

Re: HELP PICK MY FUNDS

am 27.02.2006 17:52:12 von sd

Romy Beeck wrote:
> Here is my choice of funds to pick from.
>
> INF $49.47 INDIA INDIA FUND
> IIF $48.81 INDIA MORGAN STAN FUND
> MCHFX $17.14 CHINA MATTHEWS FUND
> MINDX $12.38 INDIA MATTHEWS FUND
> PRJPX $11.56 JAPAN T ROWE FUND
> MJFOX $18.40 JAPAN MATTHEWS FUND
>
> Like to here what you guys think about my choices. I will be buying on
> tuesday.
>
>

Personal choice IFN
Pros - great market beating (^bsesn) returns, periodic rights offers, monster
dividends, nice stock picks (I would be buying their picks as individual stocks
if I were in India),
Cons - heavy premium