Mutual funds were created to make investing easy, so consumers wouldn't have to be burdened with picking individual stocks.

Mutual funds have historically offered safety and diversification. And they spare you the responsibility of picking individual stocks.

I just don't like mutual funds. I think they're a rip-off.

The best argument for mutual funds is that they offer safety and diversification. But they don't necessarily offer safety and diversification.

The corporate killer downsizing is directly responsive to what the mutual funds have wanted.

Mutual funds give people the sense that they're investing with the big boys and that they're really not at a disadvantage entering the stock market.