Janus Capital Group Mutual Funds The Janus Capital Group is one of the biggest names in the arena of mutual funds. Janus has a reputation for looking after its customers' financial interests well and this has brought dividends over and over again. One of the ways whereby a mutual fund group can do this is by providing a large family of managed accounts that would suit most investors' needs. Janus has a assortment of 36 different funds spread over ten managed account types. These funds specialize in global real estate funds and growth and income funds, amongst others. One noteworthy option is the Janus contrarian fund. All of these Janus funds have their own particular portfolio managers. In fact Janus Capital Group has won prizes for the last three years running, despite the fact that it has been harder to make capital income than for a long, long time. If you want to check the most recent league tables of mutual funds, there are a number of companies that maintain lists; one of them is Lipper, which presents annual awards to mutual funds. With so much choice, most people who would like to begin investing will have to take advice from a specialist financial adviser. There are three methods of going about getting this advice: 1] contact a broker, who will appear to give you free advice, but who will in fact be getting paid by your mutual fund firm from the funds that you give them to invest on your behalf 2] contact an independent financial adviser, who will not receive commission from anyone, so who will expect you to pay a fee for this independent advice 3] contact Janus (or any other mutual fund group head office) and talk to their account managers, but do not anticipate independent advice The third method above will provide you with the least independent advice - you will just hear about the firm's own financial products. The first method above will deliver more objective advice, but these brokers will not tell you about mutual funds that will not give them a kick-back such as index mutual funds. The second procedure above will provide you with completely independent advice or it ought to and you can sue, if you find out later that they have not done that. They will waive charges from companies that pay commission, but they will charge you by the hour for their guidance. Expect to pay approximately the same as you would for a solicitor. It is normally the cheapest and the best path in the long run.
No matter which route you take, you ought to do some research before you go to see an adviser (or talk to one on line) because it is simple to be overwhelmed as you are being bombarded with masses of new information in the form of names, numbers and percentages. You could avoid confusion when considering Janus funds or any other firm, by reading as much as you can absorb before you start talking. Make notes on your favourite ideas for likely funds too and definitely jot down questions on points that you do not comprehend. By tackling your investments in products like Janus' in this way, you can also cut down the amount of time that you will need to spend with an independent financial adviser, although paying a few hundred dollars for advice that will set you on the right track for 10-20 years is almost certainly the least of your financial problems. Owen Jones, the writer of this piece, writes on a range of subjects, but is now involved with Janus Mutual Funds. If you would like to know more, please go to our web site at Mutual Funds