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Retail Sales and Business Inventories Rose in September
By Staff WriterRetail sales jumped higher in August than in the previous five months while business inventories saw their biggest rise in two years and business sales also rose after tumbling downward for two months, the U.S. Commerce Department reported Tuesday.
September 13, 2010
ReFlow FLIX Index Shows Mutual Fund Asset Flows Dropped in JulyReFlow Management Co.'s FLIX Index, a monthly indicator of asset flow volatility for long-term mutual funds, declined to 492 in July from a 573 reading in June, continuing its retreat from the peak levels seen in May.
September 10, 2010
S&P Launches Equal-Weighted Version of Its S&P GSCIStandard & Poor's is launching an equal-weighted version of its popular S&P GSCI commodities index. Called the S&P GSCI Equal Weight Select Index, the new index comprises 14 commodities in the world production weighted S&P GSCI.
September 10, 2010
J.P. Morgan Funds Introduces Research Equity Long/Short FundJ.P. Morgan Funds, the mutual fund arm of JPMorgan Chase & Co., has launched the JP Morgan Research Equity Long/Short Fund, the company announced Friday, September 10.
September 10, 2010
U.S. Global Investors Reports Earnings2010 revenues, earnings and cash flow improve over 2009 levels.
September 10, 2010
PowerShares to Launch ETFs Using KBW IndexesInvesco PowerShares announced Thursday, September 9, that it had signed an agreement with Keefe, Bruyette & Woods (KBW) to license four KBW indexes.
September 10, 2010
European Fund-of-Funds Market to Surge: CerulliAccording to a report released Friday, September 10, by Cerulli Associates, European fund-of-funds market growth is expected to hit 80% over the next five years, expanding by nearly 250 billion euros.
September 10, 2010
Vanguard Introduces Series of Low-Cost Index Mutual Funds and ETFsAs was expected, Vanguard has filed registration statements with the SEC to introduce a broad range of new index mutual funds and ETFs based on Standard & Poor's domestic stock indexes.