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Morningstar How-To with Paul and Chris

Investors need to get past marketing and sales pitches to know what they're getting when they invest. Morningstar is a great place to get that depth.

Paul and Chris describe how they each use the free Morningstar tools to evaluate mutual fund and ETF characteristics, such as:

* Expense ratios

* Liquidity and bid/ask spreads

* Geographic focus

* Value and size tilts

* Financial characteristics

* Factor exposures

* Number of holdings

* Tax efficiency and* Charted historical performance with side-by-side comparisons.

Chris also briefly describes how he uses the premium X-Ray feature to compare…

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