Equity Funds
Learn about the latest developments among equity mutual funds, including active and passive funds.
Persistent Savings Yield 401(k) Growth: Report
By Staff WriterDespite the arrival of a severe bear market in the period, the average account balance among American workers who consistently held 401(k) accounts from 1999 ...
May 22, 2006
S&P Scans Strongly Performing Funds of FundsStrongest first quarter in several years leads to increased monitoring of the sector
May 02, 2006
Swiss Funds Show Strength, Alternatives ShineThe Swiss fund market posted a strong increase in assets under management in the first quarter of 2006, according to data released yesterday by the Swiss Funds Association. Assets under management at funds covered by the statistics increased by 6.7%, or 35.8 billion CHF, to a record high of 572...
February 21, 2006
Manager Proposes Beta StrategyAs money managers continue searching for alpha, Alternative Investment Partners co-founder Lee Schultheis is focused on beta--on the Beta Hedged Strategies Fund, that is. As a follow-up to his three-year-old Alpha Hedged Strategies Fund, Mr. Schultheis is preparing his second hedge fund strategy that is slated to launch in March....
February 01, 2006
Silk PursesThe average mutual fund investor made money in 2005. Perhaps not as much as in 2004, but positive returns were the norm, nonetheless. On the...
January 26, 2006
South American Investments Appear Headed NorthWith skyrocketing inflation, unstable regimes, and other problems that have plagued South America in recent years fading from the picture, the outlook for investments in...
January 03, 2006
Money Floods Foreign Stock FundsForeign Equity Funds and ETFs -- Year-End 2005 Review and Outlook