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High-Yield Bond Funds -- Third Quarter 2004 Review
By Staff WriterYield Chasers Spark a Rebound
October 01, 2004
Bedrock ValueThere have been a lot of rumblings in the last few months about the need to shift client portfolios from small- and mid-cap stocks to...
September 27, 2004
Two Thompson Plumb Funds to Join DreyfusSept. 24, 2004 -- Two Thompson Plumb mutual funds are slated to join the Dreyfus family of funds. The boards of the Thompson Plumb Select Fund...
September 27, 2004
Sentinel Loses Two Fund ManagersSept. 21, 2004 -- Mutual fund managers Van Harissis and Scott Brayman have resigned from Sentinel Advisors Co., the asset management firm said. A company spokeswoman...
September 27, 2004
Putnam to Disclose More About Fees, Managers' PaySept. 23, 2004 -- Putnam Investments said it will disclose more information about mutual fund fees, portfolio manager and executive pay, and brokerage commissions in...
September 27, 2004
Vanguard to Add to Primecap OfferingsSept. 27, 2004 -- Vanguard Group plans to offer another fund managed by Primecap Management Co., which runs two of Vanguard's top performing funds. The new...
September 27, 2004
Kathleen Gaffney of Loomis Sayles Strategic Income FundS&P Rank: 5 Stars Maximizing Yield
September 27, 2004
Foreign Funds Gain GroundSept. 24, 2004 -- In their search for higher profits, Americans have been looking abroad. Mutual funds that invest in international companies have raked in money at a near record pace this year, according to Financial Research Corp. Meanwhile, shareholders have been rewarded with returns that have topped domestic stock...