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PR News Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
CHENNAI, India, November 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- A recent micro-loan securitisation, completed by IFMR Capital and Equitas Micro Finance, has enabled the first ever mutual fund investment into the Indian microfinance sector. The Rs. 480 million ($10.4 million) transaction is backed by over 55,000 micro-loans originated by Equitas Micro Finance, a Chennai-based microfinance institution with approximately...
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Business Wire (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Transamerica Retirement Services today introduced a new mutual fund platform for company-sponsored retirement plans. The new platform offers an investment line-up with no proprietary fund requirements. Target maturity funds are included from three fund families, a choice often made available only to larger plans by most providers. The new mutual fund platform features...
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USA Today (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Q: Can I see the 200-day moving average for a mutual fund using USATODAY.com's Money section?
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
The seasonal pattern known as 'The Halloween Effect' has shown up on Wall Street most every year for decades and frightened away the bears. Maybe that's why they hibernate in winter.
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Boston Herald (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
My friend Keith works for a big mutual fund company, and assumes I hate mutual funds because I "always write about the things we do wrong." He insists fund...
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Market Watch (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
On Nov. 20, a MarketWatch column misidentified the mutual fund that owns the selected stocks and misspelled a portfolio manager's name. The column has been corrected.
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GuruFocus Updates (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
By gurufocus. (GuruFocus, November 20, 2009) Investment Guru Ron Baron is a product of American Opportunity himself. According to this article in [www.nysun.com] , The successful entrepreneur in mutual fund world came from rather modest background. He was born in Asbury Park to an engineer Father. Like many of us, he had to make money as a youth by shoveling snow, waiting tables, serving as a life...
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Amateur Asset Allocator (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
One of the most common reasons people cite for why they’ve yet to start a Roth IRA is high initial mutual fund minimums. Vanguard is a great mutual fund company, but most Vanguard funds require an initial investment of at least $3,000 (except the STAR fund, of course), which is beyond the reach of many [...]
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Money Prophet (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
Sam in Boston built his mutual-fund portfolio years ago but has long since stopped working with the financial adviser who set it up. Renee in Santa Barbara, Calif., hasn't worked with an adviser for years, since hers retired. Alan in Colleyville, Texas, bought a mutual fund years ago on a cold call from a broker.
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Business Week (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Pimco Total Return Fund is the world's biggest mutual fund. What's in its portfolio?
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SeekingAlpha ETFs (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Tom Lydon (ETF Trends) submits: The exchange traded fund (ETF) world and the mutual fund industry are competing for investors left and right, and the commodity sector is no exception. The choice for exposure is now readily available in both forms. But which is superior? One of the questions it comes down to is whether you prefer active or passive management. The differences between mutual funds and...
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Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The federal government has decided to abandon a Bush administration plan that would have permitted mutual fund companies and brokerage firms to offer investment advice to 401(k) customers.
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San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The federal government has decided to abandon a Bush administration plan that would have permitted mutual fund companies and brokerage firms to offer investment advice to 401(k) customers. The rule would have allowed financial advisers, who work with mutual... Mutual fund - Investment - Investing - Federal government of the United States - Broker
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
WASHINGTON -- The federal government has decided to abandon a Bush administration plan that would have permitted mutual fund companies and brokerage firms to offer investment advice to 401(k) customers.
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ETF Trends (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
The exchange traded fund (ETF) world and the mutual fund industry are competing for investors left and right, and the commodity sector is no exception. The choice for exposure is now readily available in both forms. But which is superior? One of the questions it comes down to is whether you prefer...
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