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New York Distributor Brings In Hartford Veteran
By Staff WriterNU Online News Service, Dec. 20, 2004, 3:33 p.m. ESTAXA Distributors L.L.C., New York, has hired John Kennedy to be a senior vice president ...
December 06, 2004
Monetta Funds Drop Sales ChargesDec. 3, 2004 -- Monetta Funds eliminated sales charges this week on its five mutual funds that carried them in an effort to increase sales. Three Monetta stock funds had carried maximum 5.75% sales charges, or front-end loads, as had its balanced fund and its bond fund. The Monetta Fund...
December 01, 2004
American Maintains Lead in Fund SalesDec. 1, 2004 -- American Funds continued to lead U.S. mutual fund complexes in sales in October, and its Growth Fund of America/A (AGTHX) again...
December 01, 2004
AIM Changes Management Team, Investment Style of Opportunities FundsNov. 30, 2004 -- AIM Investments said it has changed the portfolio management team of three of its mutual funds -- AIM Opportunities I Fund/A...
December 01, 2004
Net New Cash Into Stock Funds Slows in October: ICINov. 29, 2004 -- Money flowed into stock funds at a slower rate in October than last month, according to data released today by the...
December 01, 2004
Emerging Market Debt Pays OffAmong the riskiest investments available to U.S. investors, emerging market bonds have delivered outsized gains over the past few years. The bonds have benefited from...
December 01, 2004
A Five-Star PerformerThe characteristics of the Greenspring Fund (grspx) might be a little hard to grasp at first glance. S&P calls it a "hybrid U.S. flexible" fund,...
December 01, 2004
Cost-Cutting PlansDarwin Abrahamson has noticed a troubling trend among retirement plan providers: a significant portion of them only offer mutual funds and variable annuities as investing...