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Can Commodity ETFs Survive?
By Staff WriterThe U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has been waging war against commodity index funds, and visible evidence they are winning that war has...
October 28, 2009
Official: Maybe Target Date Funds Should RenameOne investment fund that was supposed to be designed for workers retiring in 2010 had 68% of its assets in stock before the recent slump hit, and one 2010 fund lost 41% of its value in 2008.
October 28, 2009
Official: Maybe Target Date Funds Should RenameOne investment fund that was supposed to be designed for workers retiring in 2010 had 68% of its assets in stock before the recent slump hit, and one 2010 fund lost 41% of its value in 2008.
October 22, 2009
Small-Cap Growth Funds: A Surfeit of Riches: Mutual Fund Focus, October 2009Love 'em or hate 'em, there's no denying that small-cap stocks have been heading northward like a herd of buffalos in the springtime.
October 21, 2009
Mutual Of Omaha Bank Heads To DallasThe banking arm of an insurer is opening a full-service banking office in Texas.
October 20, 2009
Investors to Stay with Stocks, Latest Vanguard Report FindsNearly 90 percent of those surveyed believe it is important to invest in equities in the years leading up to retirement, the latest Vanguard research shows.
October 19, 2009
Pimco May Add Stock FundsAnd outsiders say that as investors move from fixed-income to equities, Pimco would like to participate.
October 08, 2009
Good and bad news for 401(k)sBad news for 401(k)s, but not as bad as it could be. A recent study by the Employee Benefit Research Institute found that average account...