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ProShares Debuts Series of 3x Leveraged ETFs
By Simon Maierhofer, Simon MaierhoferThe funds will utilize triple daily long and short (inverse) strategies.
February 22, 2010
Mutual of Omaha Acquires Sunshine State BankMutual of Omaha Bank has taken over a Florida bank that failed Friday.
February 22, 2010
Mutual of Omaha Acquires Sunshine State BankMutual of Omaha Bank has taken over a Florida bank that failed Friday.
February 17, 2010
Bond Funds Still Raking It InWeekly bond inflows are topping $7 billion a week in January 2010.
February 17, 2010
SRI Outperformance: Socially Responsible Funds Beat Indexes '09A review of 160 socially responsible mutual funds from 22 members of the Social Investment Forum (SIF) finds that 65 percent outperformed their benchmarks in calendar year 2009, most by significant margins.
February 17, 2010
SEC Approves Money Market Reforms to Better Protect InvestorsNew weekly requirement stipulate that at least 30 percent of assets must be in cash, U.S. Treasury securities, etc., and no more than 5 percent can be in illiquid securities.
February 11, 2010
Infrastructure Investments Occupy Unique NicheInflation protection and diversification on list of potential benefits of a new global fund.
February 11, 2010
Haiti Relief Effort: Thrivent, American CommunityThrivent Financial for Lutherans reports that it and its members already have contributed $3 million to Haiti earthquake relief efforts.