View the video Introduction to Financial Securities: How Mutual Funds Work . According to the speaker, are no-load funds free? Should you buy mutual funds near the end of a year? Also check out the tools and information available at Yahoo! Finance at http://finance.yahoo.com/funds, regarding mutal funds. According to both this source and the video, what are the two key benefits of mutual funds? How are mutual funds classified (what is a category)? How can you gauge the performance of a mutual fund? What are the costs of owning mutual funds? Where can you get information about a mutual fund? What does a fund screener allow you to do?.