Five-Star Strategies for Success
The definitive guide on fund investing, Guide to Funds belongs on every fund investor’s bookshelf. From newcomer to seasoned pro, all levels of investors will benefit from author Christine Benz’s review of how to pick funds, how to find new ideas for your portfolio, how to put those ideas together into a portfolio that’s geared toward your own personal goals, and how to monitor that portfolio over time. Also includes the most-frequently asked questions about funds, including what you should do when your fund manager leaves or your fund’s rating changes, whether you should or shouldn’t buy rookie funds, how to pay less in mutual fund taxes, and more!  

Christine Benz is director of personal finance for Morningstar, Inc. and editor of Morningstar PracticalFinance, a monthly print newsletter for individual investors. She also writes a weekly column on Morningstar.com and is co-author of Morningstar Guide to Mutual Funds: 5-Star Strategies for Success, a national bestseller published in 2003, and author of the book's second edition, which was published in 2005.

Before assuming her current role in 2008, Benz served as Morningstar's director of mutual fund analysis. She has also served as editor of Morningstar Mutual Funds, the firm's flagship newsletter. Benz holds a bachelor's degree in political science and Russian/East European studies from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.