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Top Portfolio Products: Deutsche Bank Rebrands; Gemini Launches New Trust
By Marlene Y. SatterPhoenix Companies introduce annuity; Strategic Insight, PLANSPONSOR bring out Pathfinder 2.0
June 21, 2011
S&P 500 Stocks Cheapest in 26 YearsFor the second time since the bull market began, profits are surging and stocks are falling, Bloomberg reported Monday.
June 21, 2011
PIMCO Bond Outlook: Emerging Markets Offer Best BetScott Mather at PIMCO set forth his reasons for this strategy in a Q&A published by the bond company on Monday, pointing out the headwinds faced by developed countries and the advantages those present for developing markets.
June 20, 2011
iShares Rolls Out Floating-Rate Note Fund; UBS Adds to Energy ETN GroupOther new investment products are launched by Neuberger Berman, Aperio, Aequam and Highland
June 17, 2011
Greek Prime Minister Names Rival to Finance MinistryIn the course of shuffling his Cabinet on Friday, Greece's Prime Minister George Papandreou sacrificed his finance minister, George Papaconstantinou. In Papaconstantinou's place the prime minister appointed his own chief rival in the Socialist Party, Defense Minister Evangelos Venizelos.
June 17, 2011
Greek Debt Bailout Deal With Germany Near, Sarkozy HintsAfter a meeting with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, French President Nicolas Sarkozy gave indications that a deal was close on terms for a second bailout for debt-troubled Greece. He spoke about the need for haste in putting a package together, and said that France and Germany took the same position...
June 14, 2011
Top 20 ETFs Held in 401(k) Plans: BrightScopeBrightscope, the investment research firm, said the information was gleaned from 50,000 plans, representing 90% of all 401(k) assets and tallied by the total number of plans in which the ETFs were offered.
June 14, 2011
U.S. Fund Investors Put $24 Billion Into Stocks, Bonds in May: Strategic InsightMutual fund investors added about $24 billion in net new cash to U.S. stock and bond funds in May, Strategic Insight reported Monday, a slight decline from April.