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Bonds Rise in Stature, as Cash Becomes King
By Janet LevauxIn the first month of 2008, stock and bond funds tracked by Financial Research Corporation had net outflows of nearly $23 billion. Government funds, however,...
April 01, 2008
Advisors Changing Product MixMutual funds have long been the investment vehicle of choice for many investors and financial advisors, but changing times may be on the way. A...
April 01, 2008
Industry Groups Support SEC Summary ProposalThe fund industry's Investment Company Institute says it agrees with federal regulators over the practice of supplying fund investors with short, simple summary prospectuses. The...
April 01, 2008
Talking TechnologyTechnology stocks were a good holding in 2007. Tech stocks in the S&P 500 index put up an average gain of 15.5% last year, versus...
April 01, 2008
McNabb to Replace Brennan as Vanguard CEO in '08-'09Vanguard Group's board of directors has elected F. William McNabb III as president and director of Vanguard effective March 1. McNabb, 50, is set to...
April 01, 2008
Northern ExposureAdvisors have long known about globalization and how much faster many other countries--especially emerging markets like China, India, Russia, and Brazil--have been growing than the...
April 01, 2008
Fidelity Shares Survey Results, Settles with SECFidelity Investments and National Financial have released new research on Individual Retirement Account ownership. The research shows that, despite 2007 being a year of financial...
April 01, 2008
The Go-Go SixtiesFor a decade that would be remembered as Wall Street's "go-go years," the 1960s began in an unpromising way. The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which...