'Information please' for mutual funds

Where can you find out about mutual funds?

This question is asked so often, it seems worthwhile to give some addresses of places where you can get information on the industry. Here, then, are some addresses:

Institute for Econometric Research, 3471 North Federal Highway, Fort Lauderdale, Fla. 33306 (newsletter on safety of money market funds).

Investment Company Institute, 1775 K Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20006 (free listing of addresses for all funds).

Mutual Fund Almanac, Box 540, 770 Washington Street, Holliston, Mass., 01746 ($25 directory of all funds).

Mutual Fund Directory, IDD Inc, 150 Broadway, New York, NY, 10038 ($30 directory of all funds).

No-Load Mutual Fund Association, Valley Forge, Pa., 19481 (free directory of no-load funds).

United Mutual Fund Selector, 210 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass., 02116 (newsletter on all funds).

Wiesenberger Investment Companies Service, 1633 Broadway, 23rd Floor, New York, N.Y., 10019 (newsletter on all funds).