Economy & Markets
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Dalbar Finds Chasing Returns Causes Investors To Stumble
By Trevor ThomasDalbar Finds Chasing Returns Causes Investors To StumbleByEagerness to chase market returns continues to hurt mutual fund investors in their pocket books, says a new ...
July 17, 2003
UnitedHealth Prospers As Group Customers StruggleNU Online News Service, July 17, 2003, 5:58 p.m. EDT -- UnitedHealth Group Inc., Minnetonka, Minn., did well during the second quarter even though ...
July 11, 2003
Auxier Focuses On Its Fallen FavoritesAn edited excerpt from the July 10, 2003, edition
July 10, 2003
Michael Corbett of Perritt Micro Cap OpportunitiesS&P Rank: 5 Stars June 30, 2003 Macro Gains from Micro Stocks Quick Take: Michael Corbett of the Perritt Micro Cap Opportunities Fund (PRCGX) likes trawling in largely...
July 06, 2003
VA Guarantees May Be 'Hot,' But For Reinsurers, NotVA Guarantees May Be Hot, But For Reinsurers, NotByThe word invariably used to describe guarantees in variable annuities is "hot," as in very popular. But ...
June 24, 2003
Market Commentary -- ClosingJune 23, 2003 -- Stocks lost ground as a flurry of earnings warnings discouraged investors ahead of the Federal Reserve's decision on interest rates later...
June 19, 2003
Justin Thomson of T. Rowe Price International DiscS&P Rank: 3 Stars June 2, 2003 Reopening