Findings on 2011 mutual fund performance

March 16th, 2012 No Comments   Posted in Mutual Funds

Managers of stock mutual funds had an unusually tough time beating the market in 2011, with more than 4 of 5 failing to achieve that goal. That's according to S&P Indices, which this week released its …
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Mutual Fund Firms Pressured by ETF Growth

March 13th, 2012 No Comments   Posted in Mutual Funds

The largest mutual fund companies are feeling the competitive pinch from the rise of low-cost exchange traded funds, putting more pressure on the firms to jump on the ETF bandwagon.For example, Fidelity …
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Manulife Mutual Funds Posts 87.3 Percent Year-over-Year Growth Rate in Fixed Income Fund Assets

March 12th, 2012 No Comments   Posted in Mutual Funds

Manulife Mutual Funds Posts 87.3 Percent Year-over-Year Growth Rate in Fixed Income Fund Assets
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Social Responsibility and Fund Performance

March 12th, 2012 No Comments   Posted in Mutual Funds

Does social screening help or hurt returns?
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Lipper Names Nuveen Best Overall Large Mutual Fund Company

March 9th, 2012 No Comments   Posted in Mutual Funds

Nuveen Investments, a leading global provider of investment services to institutions as well as individual investors, today announced that Lipper has named the Nuveen family of mutual funds as the Best Overall Large Company Award winner for the three-year period ending December 31, 2011 out of 33 finalist fund companies in the category.
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Cogent Research Study: Cutting Back by Investors Leads to Significant Mutual Fund Consolidation

February 23rd, 2012 No Comments   Posted in Mutual Funds

As retail investors pull assets away from traditional mutual funds in favor of products such as ETFs and other alternatives, they are spreading their remaining mutual fund dollars among fewer providers, which has resulted in significant market consolidation.
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Mutual Fund Shareholders are Losing $10 Billion a Year Due to Unequal Pricing That’s Hurting Many Retirees, Charges …

February 21st, 2012 No Comments   Posted in Mutual Funds

NEW YORK, Feb. 21, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — One of America's scrappiest attorneys and human rights activists, Larry Klayman, today took legal aim at a bedrock industry on Wall Street—mutual funds.Klayman charges …
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Corrected/Updated Press Release – Strategic Income Management Mutual Fund Family Reaches Major Milestones

February 17th, 2012 No Comments   Posted in Mutual Funds

SEATTLE, WA– – Strategic Income Management today announced the firm's advised and sub-advised mutual fund assets under management now exceeds $120 million . SiM's three new asset allocation mutual funds: …
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Mutual Fund Reviews-Mutual Funds-Mutual Funds Review

February 17th, 2012 No Comments   Posted in Mutual Funds

TORONTO, ONTARIO– – Editors Note: There is a photo and a video associated with this press release. Mutual Fund Review – The Canadian Mutual Fund Review is the complete and thorough review of the news, …
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Mutual Fund Guide-Mutual Fund Book-Mutual Funds Course

February 15th, 2012 No Comments   Posted in Mutual Funds

TORONTO, ONTARIO– – Editors Note: There is a video associated with this press release.MUTUAL FUND EDUCATIONTHE FREE " MUTUAL FUND GUIDE ": Completely Free Informative and Inter-active program …
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