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Vanguard Adds Bond-Index Fund
By Janet LevauxVanguard says it has introduced a new broad-market bond index fund for use by Vanguard funds, including Vanguard's 11 Target Retirement and four Life Strategy...
March 01, 2009
Numerology: ETFs on the RiseAssets in ETFs have turned around after a three month decline in the fall of 2008, with the asset level growing by 11.9%, or $56.6...
March 01, 2009
Clark at Large: We Can Be HeroesCan you believe that annuities are not only still hanging around but actually making a comeback thanks to the retirement of the baby boom generation?...
March 01, 2009
T. Rowe Grows Target-Date FundsT. Rowe Price Group says target-date retirement investment portfolios continue to be a significant source of assets under management for T. Rowe. During the 2008 fourth...
March 01, 2009
Janus Gives Performance UpdateJanus Capital Group says its full-year 2008 net income was $138.4 million, or $0.86 per share, vs. $192.0 million, or $1.07 per share, for 2007....
March 01, 2009
With More Absolute Return Funds, Putnam Finds Receptive AudiencePutnam Investments has begun 2009 with the introduction of four absolute return mutual funds, which are designed to provide returns of between 1 percent and...
March 01, 2009
Mutual Fund Sector Focus: Ringing Up Profits? Telecom Mutual FundsThe reluctance on the part of the new Commander in Chief to part with his preferred mobile communications device, despite the interests of greater national...
March 01, 2009
ICI Shares Fund-Industry Wish ListThe head of the fund-industry's advocacy group has outlined the regulatory reforms that most need Washington's attention. Here's the list, compiled by Paul Schott Stevens...