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Yahoo News
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Wall Street plunged in early trading Thursday, yanking the Dow Jones industrials down more than 180 points after a French bank said it was freezing three securities funds that struggled to find liquidity in the U.S. subprime mortgage market.
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CNN
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A U.S. bank said Friday it was considering a request to help solve an international funds transfer involving North Korea that has held up movement by the communist country to implement a landmark nuclear disarmament accord.
Wachovia Corp. said it has b..
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BusinessWeek
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Meet the champs of the 2007 Standard & Poor's/BusinessWeek Excellence in Fund Management Awards
There are more than 6,000 mutual funds, but, hey, how many can you name? Chances are the ones you know are offered by giants such as Fidelity, T. Rowe Price..
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BusinessWeek
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A Senate hearing weighs charges that speculation by big investors and sovereign wealth funds is behind the rise in commodities and energy prices
If you're wondering why driving to work has gotten so expensive, you might want to peruse your pension fund..
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BusinessWeek
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Many funds in this category are seeing inflows as investors shun high risk and look for a diversified way to play energy
Like virtually all equity mutual funds, socially responsible investment (SRI) funds got beaten down in the first quarter. However,..
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BusinessWeek
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It takes an experienced hand to navigate today's turbulent markets. But if you're looking for a mutual fund that will see you through the morass, don't just look at funds with long track records. Often these are victims of their own success, having become..
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BusinessWeek
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This March, as the market stumbled over the Bear Stearns (BSC) collapse, ProShare Advisors posted a small notice on its Web site: "Bear Stearns is not a counterparty to any of the financial instruments held by ProShares." That's about the only information..
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MSNBC
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The top hedge fund managers took home dizzying sums last year, fed by a bull market in commodities and investors’ willingness to pay up for proven track records.
Institutional Investor’s Alpha reported Wednesday the top 50 hedge fund managers earne..
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BusinessWeek
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These vehicles can be a useful part of an investor's tool kit, but there are drawbacks. Here are some tips for using ETFs
Already quite popular with traders and sophisticated investors, exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, have hit the big time in the past..
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BusinessWeek
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As recession looms, investors could do worse than to hedge their positions using bear-market mutual funds, which bet against upturns in the market
With the U.S. economy facing the likelihood of a recession, is it too late to jump on the bear-market ban..
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BusinessWeek
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To buy time and stave off losses, more funds are blocking withdrawals. Are they just postponing the inevitable?
There's a chill spreading across the hedge fund industry. With more portfolios falling victim to the credit crunch, managers by the dozen ar..
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BusinessWeek
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The fund world buzzed when the Fidelity Magellan Fund (FMAGX), at $45 billion, recently reopened to investors after a 10-year hiatus. Lost in the noise was the sound of many other smaller funds also throwing open their doors—funds led by managers who do..
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BusinessWeek
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When Bruce Bent created the first money market fund in 1970, the prevailing attitude was that any idiot could master cash management. But that was before some of the ultraconservative funds were caught with their hands in higher-yielding short-term securi..
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www.mises.org
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On September 18 the Fed cut its target for the fed funds rate by 50 basis points (0.5 percentage points), from 5.25% to 4.75%. The move surprised many analysts who had been expecting a more modest cut of 25 basis points.
For those versed in the Austrian..
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Washington Post
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Oh, the amazing shrinking dollar.
The U.S. currency tumbled last week to a record low after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates, continuing the dollar's six-year slide. Behind the latest drop is the expectation of weaker U.S. growth and stronger ove..
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Washington Post
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Wall Street chroniclers one day could look back at the early 21st century and easily dub it the Era of the Hedge Fund. The question is whether it will be remembered as an age of reason or irrational exuberance.
Hedge funds hold unparalleled sway over t..
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USA Today
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A U.S. bank said Friday it was considering a request to help solve an international funds transfer involving North Korea that has held up movement by the communist country to implement a landmark nuclear disarmament accord.
Wachovia Corp. said it has b..
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BusinessWeek
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They encourage frequent trading, which helps Wall Street more than investors, says the father of the index fund
Since he founded Vanguard Group Inc. in 1974, John C. "Jack" Bogle has used his position as a bully pulpit for low-cost investing. But in th..
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Yahoo News
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So I get this nice e-mail request from David who wants to know "about the 'super small' investor and what investing strategies you might have for them. I'm talking about the investor who has $5,000 to $10,000 to invest and can't afford even one of your la..
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Yahoo News
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The world's major developed economies show solid growth, but foreign exchange fluctuations, the rising power of hedge funds and dwindling energy supplies are a concern, G-7 finance officials said Saturday. The finance ministers and central bankers also..
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