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By Staff WriterWith most workers responsible for their own retirement planning these days, the pressure on corporate America has never been greater to offer effective investment choices...
January 22, 2008
Fed Cuts Funds RateThe Federal Reserve Board cut the Fed Funds rate by 75 basis points to 3 1/2% on January 22 before the U.S. markets opened. The...
January 01, 2008
Fundamental Indexing DefinedFundamental indexes, like the ones created by Rob Arnott, chairman of Reseach Affiliates, are based on companies' fundamental data, such as sales, book value, cash...
January 01, 2008
Shorting the China BoomA meteoric run-up in Chinese stocks has some investors believing a strong reversal could be in the works. If that happens, now they'll get the...
January 01, 2008
Target-Date ETFs: Ahead of Their Time?Traditional mutual funds still rule the $2.5 trillion 401(k) marketplace, but that could soon change. Target-date ETFs have crashed the party. In October, XShares Advisors launched...
January 01, 2008
Behind the Numbers, with Gail Dudack"We believe the market remains well supported by valuation and our model has been stress tested for weak earnings growth and higher-than-expected inflation," noted Gail...
January 01, 2008
Transamerica, FOLIOfn Team UpTransamerica Financial Advisors has picked FOLIOfn Institutional as its partner of choice as it launches its new Transamerica I-Series, a separately managed account program utilizing...
January 01, 2008
Expenses Level OffDuring the fourth quarter, expense ratios in most ETF categories increased modestly or remained the same from the third quarter. The "industry and sector" group had...