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PIMCO Bond Outlook: Emerging Markets Offer Best Bet
By Marlene Y. SatterScott 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 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.
June 13, 2011
Global X Funds’ Dividend ETF Attracts Huge Trading VolumeGlobal X Funds announced that its SuperDividend ETF is among those that generated the highest volume on their first day of trading in 2011.
June 13, 2011
Top Portfolio Products: New Offerings From Global X, Deutsche BankIn this week’s new products news, Global X Funds launched its new SuperDividend ETF and Deutsche Bank brought out a suite of currency-hedged ETFs. In addition, Russell Investments announced that its LifePoint Funds Target Date Series passed $1 billion in AUM and New York Life launched a microsite designed for...
June 09, 2011
At Morningstar Advisor Conference, Rapid Fire Round Table on Macro-Economic IssuesDon Phillips, Scott Burns, Russ Kinnel tackle large items in short amount of time.
June 09, 2011
Economist Hoey on Growth and ‘Debt Hangovers’: Pershing InsiteBNY Mellon-Dreyfus chief economist sees 4% growth globally as global economic expansion continues.