Signs That Your Sweet Fund Is About to Turn Sour

Despite the Securities and Exchange Commission's recent crusade to improve mutual fund disclosure, there's still one thing you'll never hear from a fund:

Get out now. Performance is about to collapse.

So much for fair disclosure. However, you can be on the lookout for some telltale signs that a fund is about to falter. Here's a handy checklist of reasons you might want to dump a fund, or at least avoid it.

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