Economy & Markets
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Earnings: Prudential, Nationwide, Others
By Staff WriterLosses on the sale of fixed-income investments and fluctuations in the value of hedging instruments affected net results at Prudential Financial Inc. during the second ...
August 01, 2006
Behind the NumbersInvesting in international stocks and bonds has become par for the course among those seeking to get the best out of the markets for their...
August 01, 2006
Upstart Firm Launches ETFsWisdomTree Investments entered the cutthroat ETF business with a bang on June 16, when the New York-based firm unveiled a family of 20 new exchange-traded...
August 01, 2006
Not-So-Minor MinersThe past four years have been a "dream come true" for commodities bulls, and this could be only the tip of a commodities iceberg. Oil...
August 01, 2006
Global ValuesRecently, I went to my 25th reunion at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies. Originally set up as a master's program for international...
July 27, 2006
Earnings: Phoenix, StanCorp, AetnaThe recent weakness in the stock market has hurt mutual fund asset totals at The Phoenix Companies Inc.Phoenix, Hartford, is reporting $20 million in net ...
July 25, 2006
Thick as a BRICGoldman Sachs Asset Management (GSAM) has launched an all-cap BRIC equity fund, which will concentrate assets in 20 to 40 companies based in, or doing business in, Brazil, Russia, India and China.
July 20, 2006
Low Medicare Drug Claims Help TorchmarkStrong demand for limited-benefit health coverage and solid Medicare Part D prescription plan performance contributed to an increase in second-quarter earnings at Torchmark Corp.Torchmark, Birmingham, ...