NASAA Senior Investor Resource Center - The North American Securities Administration writes about avoiding mutual fund scams, investor rights, plus basic fund information. - http://www.nasaa.org/Investor_Education/Senior_Investor_Resource_Center/
CBS MarketWatch: Mutual Funds - Features fund articles and news, plus tools to help pick and track investments. - http://www.marketwatch.com/pf/fund/
The History of Mutual Funds - Link to a paper that provides the history of mutual funds around the world - http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=636146
Investment Company Institute - Investor Education Resources - Offers documents covering mutual funds, closed-end funds, unit investment trusts, general fund facts, and college savings plans (529 plans). Also offers links to investor education resources on other sites. - http://www.ici.org/funds/inv/
FundAlarm - Provides performance and news notices suggesting when to sell a mutual fund. - http://www.fundalarm.com/
Smart Money - Funds - Weekly news and analysis pertaining to mutual funds, a fund glossary, and many fund tools and screeners. - http://www.smartmoney.com/funds/
The Fund Info Service - Free mutual fund prospectuses online, by mail, or download in Acrobat PDF format. - http://directfund.fundinfo.wilink.com/
What is a Mutual Fund? - Absolute beginners guide to using mutual funds for investing. - http://mutualfunds.about.com/cs/buildingblocks/fr/whatis.htm
Quicken.com Mutual Funds - News shorts and articles on various aspects of funds investment. - http://www.quicken.com/investments/mutualfunds/
Nat. Securities Corp. Fund Education - Fund information designed to help beginners; written by a national securitites broker. - http://www.open-ira.com/Education_Center/2_Mutual_Fund_Education.htm
Mutual Funds 101 Email Course - Free 10-day course designed to be a beginner's guide to mutual fund investing from About.com. - http://mutualfunds.about.com/c/ec/1.htm
Marla Brill's New Investors Digest - Collection of articles and information aimed at the new mutual fund investor. - http://www.brill.com/newinvest.html
Invest Wisely: An Introduction to Mutual Funds - Explains the basics of mutual fund investing — how mutual funds work, what factors to consider before investing, and how to avoid common pitfalls. Published by the SEC. - http://www.sec.gov/investor/pubs/inwsmf.htm
IndexFunds.com - Information about index funds provided by Index Funds Advisors Inc. - http://www.indexfunds.com/
Investorism.com - Investment fund disclosure checklist. - http://www.investorism.com/
Mutual Funds Manager - Mutual Funds Manager provides an anonymous mutual fund portfolio manager; allows users to keep a record of their mutual funds transactions - purchase, sale, dividend and capital gains. Includes a transactions search feature. - http://www.fabulosus.com/
Yahoo!: Mutual Funds - Articles on how to invest in mutual funds. - http://biz.yahoo.com/edu/ed_fund.html
Funds 101.com - Brill's Mutual Funds Interactive offers a collection of articles and opinions by various authors on retirement strategies, kinds of funds, fees, effects of life changes, taxation strategies. - http://www.brill.com/newbie.html
Mutual Fund Basics for Women - Articles geared towards female investors on how to start investing in mutual funds. - http://www.msfiscallyfit.com/investing/low_impact/low_impact.html
About.com: Mutual Funds - Fund links and articles, tools, and a message board focusing specifically on mutual funds. - http://mutualfunds.about.com/