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Mutual Fund Assets Decline Worldwide
By Bob KeaneIn case you didn't know it already by looking at your clients', or your own, portfolios, 2008 was one of the worst years ever for stock markets around the world. And as the stock markets go, so for the most part do mutual funds.
February 02, 2009
Mutual funds finally see positive net inflowsEquity mutual funds posted inflows of $6.5 billion as of Jan. 29, according to TrimTabs Investment Research. This is following a previous week in which...
February 01, 2009
'No Free Lunch' with BondsAfter a strong first quarter start (+2.17 percent), the Barclays Capital U.S. Aggregate Bond Index fell 1.02 percent in the second quarter and followed that...
February 01, 2009
Lipper Says "Ouch" as Equity Funds Post Poor ReturnsLast year, equity funds posted their worst one-year return (-39.54 percent) in Lipper's database, which began in 1959, notes Tom Roseen, senior research analyst of...
February 01, 2009
Vanguard Study Finds Plans BeneficialRecent volatility in the equity markets has caused fear among some politicians and other observers that 401(k) investors may be too aggressively invested. On the...
February 01, 2009
The Trouble with TreasuriesThe world is rapidly getting poorer. According to the International Monetary Fund, worldwide losses from the financial crisis already measured $1.4 trillion through November. Although it...
February 01, 2009
The Long and the Short of ItAs 2008 played out, filled with bad news from the hedge fund industry, the practice of shorting stocks--a popular hedge fund strategy--got dragged through the...
February 01, 2009
A Real Midas TouchWith a name like Midas, it should come as no surprise that the fund Tom Winmill runs is bullish on gold. After all, it was...