European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - February 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Paga 20 the stars and stripes sunday. February is 1987 investor s siae do William Doyle q. 1 have been nesting in a Bond Mutual fund which 1 like very Modi. However my broker rag Asti that instead of adding to my investment in tils fund 1 invest in Bond Index Mutual Hud. Whit b the difference Between recur Bond Mutual fond of Bond Index Mutual Tanta. Lei s Start by painting out that both types of Mutual fund use the Money you and other investors pay to buy Bonds. The Bonds each fund holds then become its invest ment porifo1m. Most Bon Mutual funds have Man aged Porto  that Means from time to time fund Man  will sell some Bonds and buy others in an attempt to do belter than the Bond Market in general. A Bond Index Mutual fund does not try to beat he Market in Stead it Aims to do just As Well As the Market by replicating som recognized measurement of Bond Market performance such As the Salomon Brothers Broad invest ment Grade Bond Index. A Bond Index Mutual fund Sel Dom changes the investments it holds. As new Money comes in the fund simply increase its holding sin ils established list of Bonds. Although pension funds insurance companies and other big in Lilu tonal investors have used Bond Index funds for years that Type of fund became available to individuals Only recently. They Are really a Takeoff on Stock Index Mutual funds which attempt to match the investment performance of the Overall Stock Market by buying equal amounts of the stocks in Standard & poor s 500 Index. Slock Index Mutual funds Haven t been very popular with . My husband had a Small Nam Ber of Barei in a it anal land a is lend la bin nov. After be do wrote la the Rood and requested tic shares be cubed. The Tod asked fora copy of my husband death certificate and proof of per due. I was i Ute 10 find any proof of Purchase t sent numbers from the statements the fund mailed to my husband. No answer i mined this Orer to Ray attorney. Hit Secretary by written letters and nude phone Calls to the fond. No molls what do you suggest we do Dow a the exact procedure for re deeming a Mutual fund s shares which can vary a bit from one fund to another is spelled out in each fund s prospectus. The prospectus is updated annually an mailed to shareholders if you did t save your copy of the prospectus get one from the fund. The statements the fund mailed to your husband Are proof of ownership it s most unlikely you have to come up with proof of the original Pur Chase. With those statements the death Cert Ifica and evidence that you Are your husband s heir there should be no problem redeeming the fund shares. I suspect your lawyer is making much to do about virtually nothing and is run Ning up the size of his Bill. Place n Call to the fund s toll free 800 number yourself. You should be Able to Square things away in Short order. Financial news Market posts 1 St weekly loss after 5 weeks of gains in 87 new York up the Stock mar Ket posted its first weekly loss of 1987last week breaking a five week Advance. Trading was brisk but slowed considerably from the heavy Pace that has prevailed since the Sun of 1987. Profit taking and a weak Bond Market weighed on equity prices monday and tuesday. Profit taking was also a Factor in thursday s modest decline. Buying in the Oil and tech ology sectors boosted the Market wednesday and renewed interest sent it up 17.57 Points Friday. But the buying did not quite overcame the profit taking motive an the Market finished narrowly lower on the week. The Dow Jones Industrial average which had advanced each week since the Start of 1987, eased 3.52 Points. In the broader Market 994 issues pos Ted losses while 963 made gains among the 2,1 is issues traded. Standard and poor s 500-Stock Index slipped 0.34 to 179.70. The new Yor Stock Exchange composite Index Ilid 0.37iojs9.56. Short lived rallies and Short lived de Clines can be frustrating for traders but they Are a typical consolidation be Quence,1 said Newton Zinder technical analyst at . 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As crude Oil prices ended the wee below Sib a banal profit taking hit the Oil Industry. Exxon fell 3 Alo go Phillips Petroleum eased v. To 13 a and Mobil fellow to 44%. Among other Blue chips. General motors eased i to 76, Goodyear fell 3% to 53v., Eastman Kodak climbed 1% to 7sh and Sears Rose 2 i to 47v. General electric jumped 3w to 103w. It proposed a iwo for one Stock split and said it May consider boosting us dividend. In the nigh technology and semiconductor group ism fell in to i34 a prime computer Slid % to 22w, advanced Micro devices eased a to 22 an Texas instruments fell 5tt to s3h. The number of shares changing Handson the new York Stock Exchange during the week totalled 869,690,760, compare with 1.038,553,040 shares a week earlier and with 699,694,080 during the Sam week a year ago. The Dow transportation Index fell 1.82 to 922.36. Composite volume totalled 1,016,671,960 shares compared with 1,214,430,540 a week earlier. 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