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Bonds Away
By Staff WriterHigh-yield bonds could be a good investment in 2008, as investors shake off their aversion to risk. Junk just ain't what it used to be. Year-to-date through...
January 01, 2008
Fund Owndership Steady at 51 Million HomesThe number of American households owning mutual funds is about 51 million, the Investment Company Institute says, up slightly from 2006. That represents about 44...
January 01, 2008
Janus Capital Keeps Infows Comin'For the third quarter, Janus' total AUM of $208 billion included an increase of 9.1 percent from the previous quarter, reflecting $8.6 billion in market...
January 01, 2008
Disclosures Should Be Online, Easy To ReadThe Securities and Exchange Commission has voted to propose improvements in mutual fund disclosure. The proposed rules would require that all mutual fund investors receive...
January 01, 2008
Direct Fund Purchases Cost More, Research ShowsFidelity's National Financial has issued a series of conclusions on how firms can improve the efficiency of their mutual fund operations. The report is based...
January 01, 2008
Boards Boost Oversight, Study SaysIn the past 10 years, fund boards have steadily augmented their oversight role on behalf of shareholders without any regulatory mandate to do so, reports...
January 01, 2008
Which QDIA Is Best?If you ask industry consultants what kind of effect qualified default investment alternatives (QDIAs) will have on the investment advisory industry and retiring boomers, they'll...
January 01, 2008
Global Growth On Track, Manager SaysU.S. Global Investors' East European Fund (EUROX) is among the industry leaders when it comes to five-year annualized returns, according to Lipper, which notes that...