Initially, mutual funds were developed as a way for the little guy to get a piece of the market. With mutual funds, ordinary people don't have to spend all their free time buried in the financial pages of the Wall Street Journal, all you had to do was buy a mutual fund and you'd be on your way to financial freedom. As you might have guessed by now, it's not that easy. Mutual funds are an excellent idea in theory, but, in reality, they haven't always...