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Emerging Markets Dominated Inflows in 4Q07
By Janet Levaux"The broadest, most distinct theme of 2007 has been the record strong inflows into global and emerging-market equity funds," says Brad Durham, managing director of...
February 01, 2008
Focus on FTSEThe FTSE Group is a world leader in the creation and management of equity, bond and hedge fund indices. Their indices are used for investment...
January 29, 2008
Aflac Increases Dividend, Raises Stock Buyback LimitThe company that created the duck says it will be increasing its dividend on common stock for the 26th consecutive year.Aflac Inc., Columbus, Ga., says ...
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...