http://www.americansharemarket.com/ Organized marketplace in which share, common share equivalents, and bonds are traded by members of the exchange, acting both as agents (brokers) and as principals (dealers or traders). Such exchanges have a physical location where brokers and dealers meet to execute orders from institutional and individual investors to buy and sell securities. Mon Jan 2009 AmericanShareMarket RSS NEWS - http://www.americansharemarket.com http://www.americansharemarket.com/read_new2342.html The absolute returns that you receive from your mutual fund may not tell you everything you want to know about its ability to perform well. Benchmarking the returns to those of a suitable index could tell you a little more…... Sun Jun 2008