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FRC study: Mutual fund inflows will bounce back
By Staff WriterFor the next several years, mutual funds will garner annual net flows between about $130 billion and $180 billion, the low-to-mid range of where they...
April 27, 2009
Editor's Choice for April 27In the search for clarity for the values of toxic bank holdings, the Fed's stress test methodology uses two FASB standards in valuing holdings...junk bonds--more junky than ever.
April 23, 2009
Fund companies facing major cutbacksMutual-fund providers concede it will take a lot of cost-cutting to offset recent steep income drops. T. Rowe Price Group Inc., which reported dropped earnings of...
April 20, 2009
S&P: Indices repeatedly outperform actively managed funds"The belief that bear markets strongly favor active management is a myth," says Srikant Dash, global head of research and design at Standard & Poor's....
April 17, 2009
Mutual-fund fees cases could signal industry changeA federal court decision last week concerning mutual-fund fees could raise the stakes for investors and fund companies over standards of fairness. The Wall...