The lighter side of investing....

We appreciate the fact that many thousands of people have chosen Mutual Funds Interactive as their "home page", and many more have made MFI a frequent stop on their Internet journeys. But by hosting a site where visitors spend many hours, we know we have a responsibility to see to it that MFI is not "all work and no play". Hence, welcome to Funds and Games, the newest member of the MFI family. Look for word games, cartoons, trivia questions, crossword puzzles and more.

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• Cartoons from Aaron Bacall
• The MFI Puzzler - Our crossword puzzle for mutual fund investors
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• More financial trivia
  • Who was the American President who said, "The business of America is business." Answer
  • What was the largest denomination of US currency ever issued? Answer
  • What was the amount of the first initiation fee for members of the NYSE in 1817? Answer
  • A "red herring" is trade jargon for __________. Answer
  • In what year was the SEC established? Answer
  • What is the term for a fund which does not offer new shares continuously to the public? Answer
  • How many shares were traded on March 16, 1830, the quietest day in the history of the NYSE? Answer
  • What famous person, referring to the stock market, first uttered the immortal words, "It will fluctuate"? Answer
  • What year did the first million share trading day take place on the NYSE? Answer
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Cartoons from Aaron Bacall:

		"I would caution against making long term investments." Copyright © 1999 A. Bacall
"Our mutual fund changed its name to more clearly communicate its investment objectives. It's now called the 'Make Money Any Which Way' fund." Copyright © 1999 A. Bacall		"Here we see a correlation between the S&P 20-year annualized returns and the opening game attendance figures for Yankee stadium." Copyright © 1999 A. Bacall		"Our fund has been underperforming, but not to worry. We've hired a team of astrologers to sort things out." Copyright © 1999 A. Bacall
"Welcome to the Highly Volatile Mutual Fund. The current price per share is 126 up 20. Wait! Now it's 81 down 45. Wait! Now it's 142 up 61." Copyright © 1999 A. Bacall.		"Our international bond fund is not as conservative as we thought. They just purchased treasuries issued by the lost Island of Atlantis." Copyright © 1999 A. Bacall		"To speed things up, I filed my taxes electronically. I got audited in record time." Copyright © 1999 A. Bacall

"I'm a little concerned about my fund manager. He said he keeps 60% in stocks, 25% in bonds, and 25% in cash." Copyright © 1999 A. Bacall		"We're a sector fund. We invest only in overvalued Internet companies with no profits." Copyright 1999 A. Bacall		"This fund is a high flyer. It doesn't distribute dividends, just frequent flyer miles." Copyright © 1999 A. Bacall

"This is a test of our emergency broadcasting system. If this were an actual emergency, you would have been asked to move directly to a tax shelter." Copyright 1998 A. Bacall		"Uh, Oh! Something tells me I'm about to levy a surrender charge." Copyright © 1998 A.Bacall		"I suggest that you convert your IRA to a Roth IRA, which does not require that you withdraw funds at age seventy and one-half. That will allow you to continue to defer taxes for an additional nine hundred years." Copyright © 1998 A.Bacall

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"We're confident stocks will move higher but we don't know which ones or when." Copyright © 1998 A.Bacall		"Here's a comparison growth chart of a hypothetical ten thousand dollars invested in our fund vs. leaving it under the mattress." Copyright © 1998 A.Bacall		"If you really want to spread your asset allocation,  I recommend investing in a mutual fund that invests in funds of funds." Copyright © 1998 A.Bacall

"Long term I like growth and income funds. Short term I like cream cheese on a bagel." Copyright © 1998 A.Bacall		"I'm interested in large cap funds." Copyright © 1998 A.Bacall		"I own a market neutral fund as an investment hedge, oil paintings as a hedge against inflation, and an unlisted phone number as a hedge against cold calls." Copyright © 1998 A.Bacall

Attention puzzlemasters: If you'd like to try your hand at stumping your fellow mutual fund investors, write to us at games@fundsinteractive.com. No experience -- just a good imagination -- is required.

Trivia answers:

• Who was the American President who said, "The business of America is business." Answer: Calvin Coolidge
• What was the largest denomination of US currency ever issued? Answer: The $100,000 bill, which was discontinued in 1969.
• What was the amount of the first initiation fee for members of the NYSE in 1817? Answer: $25
• A "red herring" is trade jargon for __________. Answer: A preliminary prospectus
• In what year was the SEC established? Answer: 1934
• What is the term for a fund which does not offer new shares continuously to the public? Answer: Closed-end fund
• How many shares were traded on March 16, 1830, the quietest day in the history of the NYSE? Answer: 31
• What famous person, referring to the stock market, first uttered the immortal words, "It will fluctuate"? Answer: J.P. Morgan
• What year did the first million share trading day take place on the NYSE? Answer: 1886