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Informationen zum Autor William Birdthistle is a Professor of Law at Chicago-Kent College of Law, where he specializes in investment funds and corporate law. Previously, he served as a law clerk to the Honorable Diarmuid F. O'Scannlain of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and practiced law at Ropes & Gray LLP. Birdthistle was born in Cork, Ireland and raised in Libya and Malaysia. He came the United States to attend Duke University and Harvard Law School, where he served as managing editor of the Harvard Law Review. Birdthistle lives in Chicago with his wife and children. Klappentext Empire of the Fund is an expos¿f the way we save now with proposals to fix it. The United States has embarked upon the riskiest experiment in our financial history: to see whether millions of ordinary, untrained citizens can successfully manage trillions of dollars in a system dominated by skilled and powerful financial institutions. Zusammenfassung Empire of the Fund is an exposé of the way we save now with proposals to fix it. The United States has embarked upon the riskiest experiment in our financial history: to see whether millions of ordinary, untrained citizens can successfully manage trillions of dollars in a system dominated by skilled and powerful financial institutions. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I - Anatomy of a Fund 1. Purpose 2. Structure 3. Economics Part II - Diseases and Disorders 4. Fees 5. Soft Dollars 6. Fair Valuation 7. Late Trading 8. Market Timing 9. Selective Disclosure Part III - Alternative Remedies 10. Retirement Accounts 11. Target Date Funds 12. Exchange-Traded Funds and Alts 13. Money Market Funds Part IV - Cures 14. A Healthier Use of Mutual Funds
