mutual funds News

Driven by ongoing demand for bond funds, US mutual fund investors added about $25 billion in net new cash to US stock and bond mutual funds in July 2010, according to Strategic Insight, a business intelligence provider to the worldwide fund industry.

For the second year in a row, Waddell & Reed Advisors Funds and Ivy Funds are at the top of the “Best Mutual Fund Families” over the last five years in an annual ranking published by Barron’s.

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Despite a challenging second quarter, net flows to long-term mutual funds worldwide in the first half of 2010 reached $500 billion, twice as much as in 1H 2009, according to Strategic Insight, a business intelligence provider to the fund industry.

Led by a robust $138 billion in net inflows to bond mutual funds, US-based stock and bond mutual funds drew $176 billion in net inflows in the first half of 2010, says Strategic Insight, a business intelligence provider to the fund industry.

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James Gifford, a speaker at the marcus evans Nordic Pensions & Investments Summit 2010, explores the benefits of adopting the UN’s Principles for Responsible Investment.

Investors who are currently 18 to 22 years old may benefit from the expansion of Vanguard's 11-fund Target Retirement series with a new fund for individuals who plan to retire in or within a few years of 2055.

Web-Based Tool Uses Unique Risk, Return, Persistence Ratings to Identify Funds With Low Risk, High Returns

Even though credit worries in Europe dominated the headlines, investors took out their frustrations on U.S. stock funds.

Investment is the buying of an item of value or a financial product in the hope of making profits. Investment involves the use of money for profit generation.

‘Enterprise Risk Management — 2010 and Beyond Forward Looking Approach by Asset Managers’ is a series of publications dedicated to regulatory developments and industry best practices in the enterprise risk management and compliance risk.

Despite the return of extreme volatility to financial markets, US mutual fund investors withdrew a net of only roughly $7 billion from stock and bond mutual funds in May 2010, according to Strategic Insight.

Vispy Doctor of Ormax Consultants, and Anand Bhatia, former Product Management Head at Citifinancial, have come together to launch a new venture, Ormax Money – a consumer Knowledge and consulting firm focused on the finance sector

Strategic Insight and Asset International, Inc., announced that Matthew A. Savage, RPA, has been appointed Senior Business Development Manager at Strategic Insight, focused on the Pathfinder product aimed at the qualified plan marketplace.

EMESAP International Management is proud to announce, the “AML/CFT Hot Topic Seminar Series” will be held in Doha, Qatar. This event is exclusively planned for three days on 8th, 9th & 10th June 2010.

AlphaProfit will provide new sector recommendations on March 31. AlphaProfit's Core and Focus model portfolios will be repositioned with new ETFs and Fidelity funds to protect gains and pursue growth opportunities in the evolving market environment.

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DuPont Capital will manage an International/Emerging Markets Strategy within the Alternative Strategies Mutual Fund (Ticker AASFX)

After identifying an appropriate asset allocation of stocks, bonds and cash, and determining a diversification strategy, an investor must choose specific investments. There are over 26,000 mutual funds. How can an investor know which funds to trust?

The Wall Street Journal detailed how expensive it is to own a mutual fund. The average expense ratio of a U.S. stock fund is 1.31%. Additionally, a study of thousands of U.S. stock funds concluded the average trading costs amounted to 1.44% of asset.

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The AlphaProfit No-Transaction-Fee (NTF) Growth model portfolio is being repositioned on February 18 to capture emerging opportunities in domestic and foreign markets

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21st Century belongs to the commodities. In 2008, you must have observed how the prices of various commodities had skyrocketed. What could be the reason? As the global economy expands, the demand for raw commodities will skyrocket.

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LPL Financial Ranked # 2 in J.D. Power and Associates 2009 U.S. Full Service Investor Satisfaction Study; Receives Highest Score in Financial Advisor Satisfaction

With the ever changing and volatile behavior of the stock market, make sure that you remain smart in your investments.

There are more than 13500 different publicly traded companies in the world today, and there are over 700 more companies expected to go public within a year. In addition, every major developed country offers investors various bonds to invest in.

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Managing Director to Discuss Markets and Politics on Bulls & Bears

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In the beginning of each year, identify ten highest performing stocks. Now there are thousands of stocks that are listed. In the US alone there are more than 50,000 stocks that are listed on the different stock exchanges.

EAFE Pro focuses on international (Europe, Australasia, Far East) investments, i.e. individual stocks, ETF, CEF and mutual funds. EAFE Pro has recently launched its website and blog with commentary and market analysis as well as stock valuations.

The AlphaProfit Core and Focus model portfolios will be repositioned on December 31 with new sector ETFs and Fidelity Select funds picked by the proven ValuM investment process to capture opportunities in the evolving market milieu.

New provisions for mutual fund transactions has been made after National stock of exchange (NSE) launched its Mutual fund service system on 30th November 2009 and Bombay stock exchange (BSE) introduced its Star Mutual Fund Venture on 4th December.

Target date funds (also called lifecyle funds) are mutual funds that link an investment portfolio to a particular time horizon. This date should be correlated with a particular event in the investor's life, usually their expected retirement date.

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A mutual fund is an investment management company that pools the money of investors and hires an investment advisor to invest that money in an attempt to achieve a financial objective. Mutual funds can invest in stocks, bonds, or other securities.

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