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Mutual Funds News Archive21-Sep-2006
Farewell to Money Market Mutual Funds (The Motley Fool)
For the cash portion of a portfolio, money market Mutual Funds once offered a valuable service and paid out an acceptable return. Nowadays, direct Internet banking offers individual savings accounts that are risk-free and FDIC-insured. They also offer better returns. So what are you waiting for?
Mutual funds look good as hedge funds struggle (Contra Costa Times)
Keep up with the Joneses? Maybe you shouldn't. Wall Street thrives on envy, and nothing triggers more envy than hedge funds. They are the financial playground of the rich, offering not only cachet, but also the prospect of dazzling returns.
Newsletter editor gives Vanguard funds a vetting (Market Watch)
BOSTON (MarketWatch) -- Dan Wiener, editor of the Independent Adviser for Vanguard Investors newsletter, can readily point to circumstances in which investors might prefer Vanguard Group's actively-managed mutual funds over its traditional index offerings.
Money Funds Fell in Latest Week (AP via Yahoo! Finance)
Assets of the nation's retail money market mutual funds rose by $2.41 billion in the latest week to $925.23 billion, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday.
Pros and cons of life cycle mutual funds (Bankrate.com via Yahoo! Finance)
These funds offer professional management and conservative investing, says Dr. Don.
Wells Fargo Advantage Funds(SM) Adds Institutional Share Classes for Six Domestic and International Mutual Funds (PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance)
Wells Fargo Funds Management, LLC, today announced the launch of institutional share classes for six mutual funds offered by Wells Fargo Advantage Funds.
'Stale' or 'Sticky' -- What Motivates Late Trading and Market Timing in Mutual Funds? (Knowledge at Wharton)
Three years ago, mutual funds were accused of allowing favored customers to engage in late trading and market timing that hurt ordinary investors. The scandal has subsided, but questions remain: Is short-term trading encouraged by the use of out-of-date, or "stale," stock prices in valuing fund shares? And, what remedies will work without penalizing ordinary investors?
Increasing Quebec?s mutual funds regulations would be counter-productive: National Bank (Investment Executive)
The National Bank of Canada presented several recommendations intended to maintain the balance between investor protection and development of the industry at a press briefing on Tuesday, a few days before Quebec?s Public Finance Committee began holding public hearings on the mutual funds sector.
Mutual funds look good as hedge funds struggle (Orange County Register)
Study shows bias in calculating returns falsely skews numbers higher for hedge funds.
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