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Behind the Numbers,with Gail Dudack
By Staff WriterEnergy prices should go down for the year overall, with crude oil averaging out to $55 a barrel, according to the Managing Partner of the...
March 01, 2006
Interview: Pamela Holding of Putnam International Growth & Income FundS&P Rank: 4 Stars Avoiding Value Traps
March 01, 2006
Behind the Numbers, with Sam StovallIt still may not be too late for investors to profit from the energy sector, according to S&P's chief investment strategist, despite its outperformance of...
February 23, 2006
New Small-Cap ETF Looks for Positive Earnings SurprisesPowerShares Capital Management LLC launched a new small-cap exchange-traded fund (ETF) that looks for companies that deliver positive earnings surprises. Trading under the ticker symbol PZJ, the ETF is based on the Zacks Small-Cap Index. The equal-weighted index comprises 250 small-cap issues with a market cap between roughly $600 million...
January 17, 2006
Fund in Focus: Putnam Small-Cap Growth FundRick Weed, manager since July 2004 S&P Rank: 4 Stars A Lie Detector Test for Small-Caps
January 11, 2006
New Fund Goes GlobalAn investment company is appealing to investors with a broad world view.The company, ING Funds, Scottsdale, Ariz., is introducing the ING Diversified International Fund, a ...
January 03, 2006
Two Trends That Will Continue in 2006, and One that Won'tFor those that survived the year that was, some congratulations are in order. After living through the bird flu scare, horrific natural disasters, and an inverted yield curve, one must wonder what the next twelve months hold.