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Editor's Choice: Week of May 26, 2009
By James J. GreenWhat's happening this week.
May 18, 2009
AIG Looks to Launch IPO for Asian UnitAIA Group has offices and subsidiaries in 13 Asian markets
May 13, 2009
Record Number of CFA CandidatesDespite the global economic downturn, a record number - 128,600 individuals from 154 countries - of serious investment professionals have enrolled for the June 2009...
May 07, 2009
Grail Advisors Launches First Active Multi-Manager ETFGrail Advisors announced May 7 that trading of the new Grail American Beacon Large Cap Value ETF has begun on the New York Stock Exchange under the symbol GVT.
May 05, 2009
Schwab Fund Fees ReducedCharles Schwab Investment Management announced that it has made a permanent move to lower expenses, simplify share classes, and lower minimum investment levels to $100 for all of its Schwab equity index funds.
May 01, 2009
Who Caught the Rally?: Searching for Alpha, May 2009The huge equity gains in April were a welcome respite from recent volatility.
May 01, 2009
Game ChangerIf you believe his critics, Barack Obama is an agent of socialism whose economic and social agenda includes nothing less than the goal of massively...
May 01, 2009
Asset AllocationBehind the Numbers, with Gail Dudack In the April 8 release of Direct from Dudack, her intermittent one-page report on economic events, Gail Dudack asked, "When...