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Record Number of CFA Candidates
By Bob KeaneDespite the global economic downturn, a record number - 128,600 individuals from 154 countries - of serious investment professionals have enrolled for the June 2009...
May 07, 2009
Boomers - Beware stimulus bondsWith municipal bonds receiving the lion's share of investors' attention of late, boomer clients might think infrastructure investments are the way to go. But the...
May 06, 2009
Investors pour billions back into mutual fundsLong-term mutual funds saw the biggest net inflows in April since February 2007. According to estimates released Wednesday by Strategic Insight, investors put nearly $20...
May 05, 2009
Schwab Fund Fees ReducedCharles Schwab Investment Management announced that it has made a permanent move to lower expenses, simplify share classes, and lower minimum investment levels to $100 for all of its Schwab equity index funds.
May 04, 2009
Schapiro: SEC reviewing target-date fund disclosuresSEC Chairman Mary Schapiro continued her promises to aid investors in a speech at the Mutual Fund Directors Forum conference in Washington. Among other issues,...
May 01, 2009
The guilty prospectThe couple that you saw a year ago is sitting across the table once again.
May 01, 2009
Game ChangerIf you believe his critics, Barack Obama is an agent of socialism whose economic and social agenda includes nothing less than the goal of massively...