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What Would Ho Chi Minh Think?
By Bob KeaneVan Eck became the latest firm to offer a country specific ETF with the August 14 launch of its Market Vectors Vietnam ETF (NYSE Arca: VNM).
August 07, 2009
25th anniversary of MTL Equity Products Inc.Oak Brook, Ill.-based MTL Equity Products Inc. recently celebrated the 25th anniversary of its founding. The full-service registered broker/dealer and member company of Mutual Trust Financial Group serves customers in 48 states and Washington D.C. through an independent team of registered representatives.
August 06, 2009
Build a Low Correlation PortfolioAlphaSimplex Group's Andrew Lo launches a multi-strategy, absolute-return fund: Natixis ASG Diversifying Strategies Fund (DSFAX).
August 05, 2009
Putnam Proposes Major "Shareholder Friendly" Changes: Putnam Funds proposes comprehensive changes to performance and management fees, and fund family breakpoints, pending shareholder approval later this year.
August 03, 2009
The Trick on Repositioning Client AssetsI'd like to share my views and get your thoughts on a specific part of the money management process. As I gain new clients for...
August 01, 2009
Putnam Finds More MomentumPutnam Investments has announced that Charles E. "Ed" Haldeman Jr., has stepped down from his position as president of the Putnam Funds. Robert L. Reynolds,...
August 01, 2009
Strong Q2'09 For Emerging Markets, Bond FundsDuring the second quarter, $137.5 billion flowed out of money-market funds and about $7.6 billion left U.S., Europe and Japan equity funds, as the combined...
August 01, 2009
The ETF Advisor: Those Outperforming Small CapsSmall-cap stocks are a thorny problem for investors. With thousands of different issues and little analytical coverage available, it is a difficult and time-consuming task...