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Vanguard Adds Target-Date Fund, Giving Fund Giant 12 Lifecycle Products
By Janet LevauxThe Vanguard Target Retirement 2055 Fund could help the fund giant market its products to investors now between 18 and 22 years of age; target-date funds across the industry should expand to $880 billion by 2015, FRC reports.
June 01, 2010
Zore Says Goodbye With A KaBOOM!Edward Zore plans to retire from the post of chief executive officer at Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Company June 30 and from the post of chairman July 30.
June 01, 2010
The ETF Advisor: Utility ETFs Promise Low Volatility and Steady DividendsIn the aftermath of the stock market's two most gut wrenching years since the Great Depression, it's no secret that investors want stability and current...
June 01, 2010
Investors Leaving Money Markets, As Flows Go to Bonds, EquitiesAccording to the latest Lipper research, investors withdrew nearly $150 billion from money market funds in March, their 14th straight month of net redemptions. They...
June 01, 2010
When Contrarians CreateFor more than a decade after the firm was founded in 1985, Malcolm H. Gissen & Associates provided comprehensive financial planning and investment advisory services...
June 01, 2010
Running Your Own Mutual FundIt takes confidence, connections, and conviction to set up a mutual fund and there's little doubt that Marshall Berol and Malcolm Gissen have all three....
June 01, 2010
Mutual Fund Spotlight: The World Their OysterThe two men--who are both RIAs with over 28 years of investment experience each and who launched the Encompass Fund in 2006--look to invest exclusively...