Stocks Bonds Cash
Total value of assets Liabilities
Net worth Outstanding shares
$35,000,000 $15,000,000 $3,000,000 $53,000,000
-$800,000 $52,200,000
15 million
5. Managerial expertise: many investors prefer to rely on professional money managers to select their investments.
The Growth of Mutual Funds
• Ownership in mutual funds has changed dramatically over the last 20 years
• The stock market crash of 1929 set the mutual fund industry back because small investors avoid stocks and distrusted mutual funds.
• The Investment Company Act of 1940 reinvigorated the industry by requiring better disclosure of fees, etc.
• The next slide shows the distribution of assets among these diffective Classes
Investment Objective Classes
• Stock Funds