Mutual funds: Past performance not always guarantee future return; how to choose mutual funds to get best return

Mutual fund: The basic premise for chasing top performers— the belief that past success will continue into the future—is flawed. Chasing past returns is a futile exercise. Funds, like the broader markets, tend to perform in cycles. The ups and downs in a fund’s life cycle are inevitable. There are better ways of looking at the past than relying on simple point-to-point returns. Read here