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FRC: Fund Flows Improve
By Staff WriterMutual fund net inflows increased to $35 billion in February, up from about $18 billion in February 2009, the Financial Research Corp. reports.
March 25, 2010
Morningstar: Sales up for target-date fundsDespite some detractors (the Senate Special Committee on Aging, the Depart-ment of Labor and the SEC to name a few), sales of target-date funds are...
March 24, 2010
Broad Equity Funds, Markets Up in Q1'10A preliminary analysis put out by Lipper shows that U.S. diversified equity funds kept pace with the stock markets in the first three months of 2010
March 24, 2010
Feeding the Yield-Hungry Investor With Global Bond Funds: Mutual Fund Focus, March 2010The dollars are flowing into foreign bond funds. Here are some of the best
March 24, 2010
Three New ProShares ETFs ListedFunds offer single inverse exposure to China and U.S. basic materials and real estate.
March 24, 2010
A Look at Who Owns Mutual Funds TodayMutual fund-owning households with incomes of $150,000 or more had median mutual fund holdings of $250,000 -- the greatest of any shareholder group classified by household income, according to the latest ICI data.
March 24, 2010
Adding Volatility Management to Target-Date Funds to Lower RiskA volatility management component is being added to a group of AllianceBernstein target-date mutual funds to reduce the market risk of the funds during periods of extreme volatility.
March 18, 2010
Vanguard Introduces 'Vanguarding' Advertising CampaignMutual fund company to launch broad-based campaign