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Ameristock to Shut Down Treasury ETFs
By Staff WriterAmeristock Corporation, the investment adviser for the Ameristock ETFs announced that it intends to liquidate each of the five funds it manages. The funds are...
June 01, 2008
What's in Store for the Mutual Fund Industry?What has the mutual fund industry accomplished in the past 30 years, and how is it poised to build on these developments in the next...
May 31, 2008
Target date funds and what customers need to know: editorial commentWhen we get on a plane, we trust that the pilot is trained, rested, and savvy about the upcoming trip.
May 28, 2008
Zero coupon bondsZero coupon bonds defer interest until the bond matures, allowing investors to purchase a bond at a deep discount and collect a lump sum at...
May 28, 2008
Mutual fund ownership51,000,000 - The number of U.S. households that own mutual funds. 44 - Percent of U.S. households that own mutual funds. $10,300,000,000,000 - The amount of mutual...
May 28, 2008
Weeding out ag fundsCommodity funds can be used to diversify a portfolio, but watch out for highly specialized funds, warns Emiko Kurotsu for Morningstar. Agriculture funds, in particular,...
May 28, 2008
Active ETFs need tweakingActive exchange-traded funds may be on the horizon; PowerShares has approached the SEC with a proposal for a group of active ETFs, the first firm...
May 28, 2008
Behavioral finance turned on its headFinancial Times columnist John Authers recently apologized to U.K. mutual fund investors for regularly haranguing his Brit compatriots for acting dumb; they buy into funds...