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Fallen Fund Stars Find Fewer Takers

Wednesday Sep 23, 2009

Even as major mutual funds recover, investors are jumping back in with their cash.


From Frying Pan Into Bond-Fund Fire

Saturday Sep 19, 2009

The Fed's policy of driving interest rates down toward zero may have kept the financial system alive. But it is driving savers to do desperate things -- like barging into bond funds.


Pretty Good Performance for a Dolt

Wednesday Sep 16, 2009

Neal Templin explains why he rearranged his portfolio to inlcude much less risk as he gets closer to retirement.


Nervous fund investors still piling into bonds

Tuesday Sep 15, 2009

Mutual-fund investors still smarting from the beating they took in stocks last year are continuing to pile into the relative safety of bond funds, causing many to miss out on the market's roughly 50% bounce from the March low.


Fund industry to Supreme Court: Leave fees alone

Thursday Sep 3, 2009

The mutual-fund industry has fired back in a Supreme Court case about fund fees, arguing that an adverse ruling could drive up fees and put fund managers out of business.


Fund Investors Can Lose Out When Portfolios Are Merged

Wednesday Sep 2, 2009

Eleanor Laise takes a look at the recent major trends in mutual fund mergers, and how they can affect shareholders.


Too Big to Ignore

Wednesday Sep 2, 2009

Some major mutual fund firms are getting on board with the ETF craze and are adding straightforward index products.


Mutual Fund Shareholders Should Protest Unfair Tax

Monday Aug 31, 2009

If you 're among the millions of investors who own mutual funds in taxable accounts -- and, therefore, have been unfairly taxed on the funds' annual distributions of long-term capital gains -- you now have what may be your most timely opportunity in years


Fund's promise comes at a high price

Sunday Aug 16, 2009

A recent settlement between a mutual fund company and the SEC shows that people involved in the funds don't always mnow how they work, or what they cost.


Can High Court Undress High Fund Fees?

Saturday Aug 15, 2009

A current U.S. Supreme Court case could directly affect investors, by declaring new standards for setting mutual fund fees.


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