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Monetta Funds Drop Sales Charges
By Staff WriterDec. 3, 2004 -- Monetta Funds eliminated sales charges this week on its five mutual funds that carried them in an effort to increase sales. Three Monetta stock funds had carried maximum 5.75% sales charges, or front-end loads, as had its balanced fund and its bond fund. The Monetta Fund...
December 01, 2004
Net New Cash Into Stock Funds Slows in October: ICINov. 29, 2004 -- Money flowed into stock funds at a slower rate in October than last month, according to data released today by the...
December 01, 2004
Emerging Market Debt Pays OffAmong the riskiest investments available to U.S. investors, emerging market bonds have delivered outsized gains over the past few years. The bonds have benefited from...
December 01, 2004
A Five-Star PerformerThe characteristics of the Greenspring Fund (grspx) might be a little hard to grasp at first glance. S&P calls it a "hybrid U.S. flexible" fund,...
December 01, 2004
Cost-Cutting PlansDarwin Abrahamson has noticed a troubling trend among retirement plan providers: a significant portion of them only offer mutual funds and variable annuities as investing...
December 01, 2004
Frank Talk From the Bond KingWith the exception of Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan and Treasury Secretary John Snow, no one swings a bigger club in the bond market than...
November 29, 2004
Beauchamp Teams Up with CSFB's Trading Services DivisionLONDON (HedgeWorld.com)--Beauchamp Financial Technology's flagship hedge fund portfolio management system will now have the added benefit of access to Credit Suisse First Boston's Advanced Execution Services, according to officials. All trades executed via CSFB will automatically be booked into the Beauchamp portfolio database for mutual clients of the two companies....
November 29, 2004
Integrity Funds to Acquire Two IPS FundsNov. 23, 2004 -- Integrity Mutual Funds (IMFD) said on Tuesday that it has agreed to acquire the management rights to two IPS mutual funds...