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Fool Video: Time to Sell Your Mutual Fund?

By Motley Fool Staff – Updated Nov 14, 2016 at 10:14PM

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Everyone's getting out -- should you?

It's been rough sledding lately for many mutual funds. August outflows from U.S.-focused stock mutual funds will be around $9 billion, according to a TrimTabs Investment Research forecast. That follows a July in which the average U.S. stock mutual fund lost 3% in total returns. And the big names aren't immune, either. The storied Legg Mason Value Trust Fund (LMVTX) -- whose top 10 holdings include Google (NASDAQ:GOOG), Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN), and Qwest (NASDAQ:Q) -- has lost more than $900 million in the first part of the year. And Legg Mason (NYSE:LM) investors pulled roughly $7 billion from its funds between April and June 2007. So is it time for you to sell your fund? In this installment of Fool Video, I ask Motley Fool Mutual Fund expert Shannon Zimmerman.































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Alphabet Inc. Stock Quote
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