Mutual Funds

Facebook Stock Could Soon Be In Your Mutual Fund

AP | MARK JEWELL | Posted 05.11.2012

Read More: Retirement Funds, Mutual Funds, Fidelity, Facebook IPO, T. Rowe Price, Facebook Shares, Facebook Stock, Facebook, Money News

BOSTON — Facebook can be a terrific way to connect with friends and family, a colossal drain on your time and productivity, or a little of both....

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CEO Pay Rising Less Quickly Due To Shareholder Discontent: Study

Reuters | Posted 04.20.2012

Read More: Dodd-Frank Act, Vikram Pandit, Goldman Sachs, Video, Mutual Funds, Fortune 1000, Reuters, Shareholder, Afl-Cio, Ceo, Standard & Poor's 500, Blackrock, CEO Compensation, Securities and Exchange Commission, Meridian Compensation Partners, Citigroup, Business News

* CEO pay rose 14 pct in 2011 vs 23 pct in 2010 * AFL-CIO presidents says Citigroup pay vote "a bell-ringer" * Mutual fu...

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Investors Run To Surprising Place

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 04.17.2012

Read More: US Stocks, Mutual Funds, Mutual Fund Managers, Global Mutual Funds, Wall Street, Stocks, Stock Market, Stock Investors, Bank of America, Global Mutual Fund Managers, Investors, Video, Business News

Investors around the world are getting more anxious, and they're choosing to put their money in an unusual safe haven: the U.S. stock market. A new...

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Comparisons to Other Mutual Funds Can Be Misleading

Dan Solin | Posted 04.03.2012

Read More: Lipper Averages, Investing, Mutual Fund Performance, Investment Performance, Mutual Funds, T. Rowe Price, Video, Business News

Since 100 percent of its retirement funds beat their 5-year Lipper average, investors could believe that T. Rowe Price has consistently "beat the market". Is this accurate? Not if you understand how the use of benchmarks can be misleading.

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What Your FInancial Advisor Isn't Telling You

Loren Berlin | Posted 03.27.2012

Read More: Financial Returns, Investment Advisors, Investing, Index Funds, Mutual Funds, Investment Bias, Investment, Stock Market, Bias, John C. Bogle, Financial Advisors, Actively Managed Funds, Money News

If you're looking to a financial advisor for investment strategies, be warned: Your advisor is biased and not towards you, according to a new report f...

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Investing Fees Are For Suckers

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 03.23.2012

Read More: Investing, Behavioral Finance, Mutual Funds, Wall Street, Stocks, Bonds, Stock Market, Money News

Investment advisers are like the 350-pound bouncers standing between you and the bar: They want you to believe you have to get past them to get to the...

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You May Own Apple Stock And Not Even Realize

The Huffington Post | Emily Cohn | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Apple Buy-Back, Apple Cash Announcement, Apple Dividend, Video, Mutual Funds, Apple Cash, Apple Shares, Apple Announcement, Slidepollajax, Apple Investors, Apple Stock, Money News

Apple is sitting on a pile of cash worth close to $100 billion and plans to get rid of half of it, the company announced Monday morning. Apple wil...

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You May Own Apple Stock And Not Even Know It

The Wall Street Journal | Posted 03.19.2012

Read More: Apple Buy-Back, Apple Cash Announcement, Apple Stock Price, Apple Dividend, Apple, Mutual Funds, Apple Cash, Apple Shares, Apple Announcement, Money News

Many funds own Apple despite it clashing with their stated focus. Below is a list of every U.S. mutual fund that held Apple at its most recent reporti...

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The Odds Are Stacked Against You

AP | MARK JEWELL | Posted 03.16.2012

Read More: Mutual Funds 2011, Mutual Funds, Mutual Fund, Stock Market, Stock Market Performance, 2011 Mutual Funds, Stock Market 2011, Money News

BOSTON -- More than 4 out of 5 managers of stock mutual funds failed to beat the market last year. It's the kind of news you might expect someone lik...

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This May Have Wrecked Your Mutual Fund In 2011

AP | By MARK JEWELL | Posted 03.12.2012

Read More: U.S. Stock Funds, Stock Market Mutual Fund, 2011 Stock Market, Mutual Funds, Stock Market Crash, Standard and Poor's, Stock Market, Stock Performance, Money News

BOSTON -- Managers of stock mutual funds had an unusually tough time beating the market last year, with fewer than one in five achieving that goal, a ...

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An Open Letter to Jim Beard, Atlanta's CFO

Dan Solin | Posted 05.06.2012

Read More: Video, Funds, Diversify Portfolio, Investments, Mutual Funds, Asset Allocation, Investment, Business News

Your police and firefighters put their lives on the line for the protection of the citizens of Atlanta. At the very least, you could educate yourself on basic principles of investing and enable them to retire with dignity.

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In Investing, There Is No Free Lunch

Irene Aldridge | Posted 05.02.2012

Read More: Investing, Mutual Funds, Trade, Stocks, Finance, Money, Bonds, Performance, Investment Advice, Investment-Management, Personal Finance, Investment Tips, Money News

Many articles on the subject of money talk about different ways to invest the money. Few of the pieces, however, address the key issue underlying any allocation which may be keeping investors up at night.

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It's 2012: Do You Know Where Your Money Market Fund Is?

Sheila Bair | Posted 04.30.2012

Read More: Money Fund Investors, Sec, Mutual Funds, Dodd-Frank, Money-Funds, Lehman Brothers, Financial Reform Law, Mutual-Fund-Companies, Financial Reform, Reserve Fund, US Financial Crisis, Money Market Funds, Money News

Would you take money that your daughter needs for braces and make a short term loan to a Wall Street firm? Probably not, but if you've put your ready cash in a prime money market fund, those are the kinds of places where your money may be sitting now.

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The Greater Fool Theory and Investing

Dan Solin | Posted 04.29.2012

Read More: Picking-Stocks, Investments, Mutual Funds, Fairholme Fund, Greater Fool Theory, Investors, Video, Business News

Many investors subscribe to this theory, but don't know they are engaging in it. In an ironic twist, they become the "greater fool," and are left holding the bag when the investment falls and they either can't find a buyer or they have to sell at a loss.

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Stock Rally Still Gets The Stinkeye

The Huffington Post | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.22.2012

Read More: Junk Bonds, Stock Market Rally, Lee Cooperman, Video, Mutual Funds, Stocks, Stock Rally, Bonds, Stock Market, Warren Buffett, Corporate Bonds, Treasury Bonds, Business News

Retail investors -- average suckers like you and me who have our retirement money in 401(k)s -- often get called "dumb money" by Wall Street. Wall...

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Bank Loan Rates Could Spike Following Money Market Rules

Reuters | Posted 04.08.2012

Read More: Fidelity Investments, Bnp, U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Video, Mutual Funds, Lehman Brothers, Investment Company Institute, Net Asset Value, Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, Reuters, Money Market Funds, Wall Street Journal, Business News

By Karen Brettell NEW YORK, Feb 7 (Reuters) - The cost for banks and other borrowers to raise funds in short-term markets could jump ...

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The Stock Rally That Nobody Believes Hits New Highs

HuffingtonPost.com | Mark Gongloff | Posted 02.03.2012

Read More: Stock Market Rally, Mutual Funds, Stocks, Dow Jones Industrial Average, Stock Market, Nasdaq, S&P 500, Investors, Business News

The stock market's recent wild run is like one of those mass UFO sightings: Everybody sees it, but nobody believes it. The Dow Jones industrial ave...

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Learn More About Money From an Investment Group

J.D. Roth | Posted 02.20.2012

Read More: Personal Finance, Money, Investing, Mutual Funds, Stock Market, Economy, Diehards, Business News

For me, one of the best ways to learn about money is by listening to others who have been successful. I've found it profitable to seek out mentors, for instance. Plus, I like to gather with groups of like-minded folks to share ideas.

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Your Fund Manager Probably Has No Investment Skill

Dan Solin | Posted 01.15.2012

Read More: Fund-Managers, Investment Performance, Mutual Funds, Money Managers, Investment Tips, Business News

Brokers and the financial media are quick to anoint new fund gurus. The biggest problem with this ritual is that a short track record is not indicative of skill.

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Stock Market Declines Weaken Economic Recovery

HuffingtonPost.com | Bonnie Kavoussi | Posted 12.18.2011

Read More: US Economy, U.S. Economy, Video, Mutual Funds, Stock Market, Spending, Economy, Retirement, Economic Recovery, Retirement Accounts, Consumer Spending, Business News

In an economy already beset by deep troubles in housing and elevated joblessness, the stock market is now working as yet another source of anxiety tha...

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3.5 Billion Reasons Why Your 401(k) Plan Is a Loser

Dan Solin | Posted 09.18.2011

Read More: 401(K), Investing, Revenue Sharing, Mutual Funds, Insurance Companies, Retirement, Barron's, Business News

A recent article discussed the estimated $3.5 billion paid by mutual funds to advisers to 401(k) plans. These payments are euphemistically called "revenue-sharing." In reality, they are legal bribes.

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Playing Russian Roulette With Retirement Funds Is Dumb

Pamela Yellen | Posted 09.12.2011

Read More: Pamela Yellen, Mutual Funds, Wall Street, Retirement, Stock Market Investing, bankrate.com, FoxBusiness.Com, Treasury Bond Yields, Financial Russian Roulette, Business News

If you've already shot yourself in the foot following the recommendations of those who think the stock market is a wise place to invest your retirement funds, whatever you do now, don't shoot yourself in the head trying to correct your mistakes.

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Big Institutional Investor Being Investigated By SEC

Posted 07.12.2011

Read More: Foreign Exchange Trading, Mutual Funds, Whistleblower, Hedge Funds, State Street, Bank of New York Mellon, Sec, Forex, Securities and Exchange Commission, Massachusetts, Business News

State Street Corp, the world's third largest institutional investor, said it was under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SE...

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Percentage Of Americans With Stock Hits Eleven Year Low, Gallup Says

Posted 06.21.2011

Read More: Gallup Poll, Real Estate Investment, Foreclosure Crisis, Mutual Funds, Indicidual Stocks, Stocks Down, Gallup Stocks, Americans Stocks, Business News

A smaller percentage of Americans now have a stake in the stock market than at any point since May 2000, Gallup announced on Thursday. The researc...

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Investing USA Style

Dan Solin | Posted 05.29.2011

Read More: Discount Brokers, Investing, Investing Advice, Mutual Funds, Securities, Financial News, Securities and Exchange Commission, Investing Tips, Business News

You don't trust the securities industry. You can't forget it was these "investment gurus" who brought us to the brink of a worldwide depression. If they can't manage their own money, what qualifies them to manage yours?

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