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Electronic Trading Group Buys Asset Manager
By Kate McBrideKnight Capital Group, Inc. is getting into the business.
July 23, 2010
Vanguard Sees Positive Signs for Retirement AccountsMutual fund giant Vanguard says many of its participants in 401(k) and other defined contribution plans are "well positioned for retirement security" in an annual analysis of defined contribution retirement plans.
July 23, 2010
Wells Fargo Shares 2010 Outlook: 'Little Upside'The Wells Fargo Advisors’ Advisory Services Group, led by chief macro strategist Gary Thayer, has just released its 2010 Midyear and Economic Outlook,…
July 23, 2010
Five Must-Read Fund ItemsFRC: Advisers Still Drive Fund Sales Despite a reduction in the advisory force, retail advisers still represented nearly 60 percent of total mutual fund gross...
July 23, 2010
Fund Portfolio Solutions from a Top AdvisorA client in her 40s is concerned about potential inflation and wants to invest $100,000 (10 percent of her total investment portfolio) in mutual funds...
July 23, 2010
Fund Portfolio Solutions from a Top AdvisorEach month we ask an advisor about the mutual funds he or she would consider for a simplified client scenario. Here's this month's scenario: ...
July 23, 2010
Scrutinizing Large-Cap Value Funds: Mutual Fund Focus, July 2010A core holding for many portfolios is the large-cap value fund, an investment style so ubiquitous that there are more than 400 of them available to U.S. investors alone.
July 22, 2010
Conference Board Leading Economic Index for June Signals Recovery Is Slowing as FearedThe Conference Board's leading economic index for the U.S. fell 0.2% in June to 109.8, following a 0.5% increase in May and a 0.1% decline in April, the board said Thursday, July 22.