Similar Articles

Browse Main Topics:

Business
Computers & Electronics
Education & Reference
Entertainment & Leisure
Family & Home
Finance & Investment
Health
Internet
Pets & Animals
Science & Technology
Society, Politics & Culture
Sports & Recreation

Similar Articles

HBS Working Knowledge December 22, 2003 Jim Heskett	Summing Up: Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund? At one end of the spectrum are the feelings largely of investors. There is also a suggestion that the job of the money manager may change. Is the managed mutual fund worth saving? If so, what needs to be done?
The Motley Fool August 27, 2010 Mac Greer	Can Mutual Funds Prevent the Next Financial Meltdown? Economics professor Lawrence Kotlikoff thinks limited purpose banking is the key to real change.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2007 Mac Greer	Fool Video: Making the Most of Your Mutual Fund Stock analyst Shannon Zimmerman discusses how to manage your mutual fund in uncertain times.
Insurance & Technology January 4, 2010 Anthony O'Donnell	Northwestern Mutual Launches Redesigned Web Site Relaunch of main Web site includes a rich-Internet life event application that steers consumers to products that correspond to the financial needs associated with changing life circumstances.
The Motley Fool October 16, 2006 Dan Caplinger	Get More Than You Pay For Although open-end mutual funds make up the majority of all mutual funds available to investors, there's another type that acts much differently. Closed-end mutual funds, carry with it inefficiencies that astute investors can observe and use to their advantage.
Investment Advisor October 2009	The Soapbox: What You Need to Know About Hedge Fund Conversions Not all hedge funds can be seamlessly converted into mutual funds.
Wall Street & Technology July 1, 2005 Maria Santos	Investor Distrust According to a recent survey, less than one-third of U.S. households agree that their mutual fund companies can be trusted to advertise honestly, outperform their competitors or even do the right thing.
The Motley Fool July 30, 2007 Amanda B. Kish	Old Mutual Spreads Its Wings It remains to be seen if Old Mutual's plans for growth will make this firm's funds worth owning, but one fund, Old Mutual Focused Fund, is already worth a look.
The Motley Fool January 7, 2004	Beating the Market Can an actively managed mutual fund consistently post market-beating returns?
Insurance & Technology August 12, 2005 Anthony O'Donnell	Ohio Mutual Claims Gains The regional P&C carrier reports significant gains in the wake of its implementation of CSC's POINT IN Policy Administration and Advanced Claims solution components.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2006	On Funds and Meetings If you hold shares through a mutual fund, can you attend annual company meetings?
Fast Company January 2002 George Anders	7 Lessons From WaMu's Playbook Mergers and acquisitions are, once again, shaking up all kinds of industries. The big question: How do you do them right? Here's the playbook according to Washington Mutual, one of the best in the business...
Registered Rep. May 1, 2006 Kevin Burke	Fidelity Goes Mass Market on Amazon Retail investors accustomed to buying personal finance books online can now purchase mutual funds from Amazon.com.
The Motley Fool February 28, 2005	Understanding "Window Dressing" Some mutual funds are pulling the wool over your eyes.
Registered Rep. October 1, 2006 John Churchill	Investing on Faith Fees and performance may be at the top of the list of mutual fund characteristics investors look for, but don't count out faith.
Insurance & Technology May 8, 2007 Anthony O'Donnell	Life of the South CEO Ned Hamil Has Overseen the Life Insurer's Technology Transformation Life of the South aimed to take its IT light years from its origins.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007	International Flight Over the last three years, foreign mutual funds have posted annual returns twice those notched by the S&P 500, prompting investors to dump shares of U.S. stock funds and park that cash overseas in search of fatter returns.
The Motley Fool March 11, 2005	Mutual Funds vs. Unit Investment Trusts Know what you're dealing with. Here's the difference between a mutual fund and a unit investment trust.
The Motley Fool April 21, 2005	Don't Buy the Dividend! There's a bad time to buy into mutual funds.
The Motley Fool September 1, 2006 Selena Maranjian	Think You Can't Get Rich in Funds? You can get rich in mutual funds. You just need to find some great ones.
Registered Rep. May 18, 2004 John Churchill	The Only Game in Town Survey shows a majority of investors still think mutual funds provide the best opportunity for a diversified portfolio, and many do not think the mutual fund improprieties are widespread across the industry.
The Motley Fool April 13, 2004 Selena Maranjian	Wondering About Magellan A recent Money magazine article asked a question that's on the minds of many mutual fund investors: "Can Magellan Bounce Back?"
The Motley Fool January 20, 2006 Tom Taulli	Washington Mutual Tries to Get Some Credit Buying credit card company Providian was a good move. But it's not good enough. A big part of the problem here is the flattening of the yield curve. Investors, take note.
The Motley Fool June 3, 2005 Roy Lewis	Tax Rules for Selling Mutual Funds What do you do when it's time to sell?
The Motley Fool May 24, 2004 Jason Matthews	Gambling on a Takeover Investors bid up Washington Mutual as takeover rumors circulate.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005	Fun Days for Funds No Kidding The market may have been flat for much of 2004, but it didn't affect investors' enthusiasm for mutual funds.
The Motley Fool October 25, 2006	Mutual Funds, Explained A mutual fund is thousands of people's money, pooled together by an investment company and invested in stocks, bonds, and other things, all managed for you by Wall Street professionals -- for a sometimes hefty fee.
The Motley Fool January 13, 2004 Selena Maranjian	The Fund Fee Fracas Are mutual fund fees too high?
Investment Advisor June 2009 James J. Green	Numerology: Fund Flows Bounce Back Independent and regional broker/dealers, along with RIAs, will account for the majority of mutual fund net sales by the year 2013.
The Motley Fool January 10, 2007 Dan Caplinger	You Can Start Small You don't need a big bankroll to start investing. A wide range of options are available for investors of modest means, so that you can take what you've already saved and get started.
Wall Street & Technology October 27, 2005 Eugene Gilerson	Mutual Funds Wake-Up Call The developing new market landscape has made it clear that mutual fund families will have to take decisive technological actions to keep their share of the market and sustain profitability.
Registered Rep. June 1, 2012 Diana Britton	Alternatives Going Mainstream According to data released by Cerulli Associates and Strategic Insight/SIMFUND, alternative mutual funds account for 2.8 percent of overall mutual fund assets today. But Cerulli projects they will account for 9.7 percent of all mutual fund assets in five years.
The Motley Fool October 5, 2007 Chuck Saletta	Dueling Fools: Washington Mutual Bull Rebuttal The bulls say about Washington Mutual that its high dividends, and the company's ability to sustain those dividends looking forward, speak volumes for their financial strength and ability to reward investors.
The Motley Fool January 15, 2010	Mutual Funds and Your Taxes How to account for what you buy and sell during the year.
The Motley Fool August 31, 2007 Mac Greer	Fool Video: Time to Sell Your Mutual Fund? In the past two months there have been huge outflows from U.S.- focused stock mutual funds. Should you get out too? Watch a video discussion about this topic.
The Motley Fool July 6, 2005 Tom Taulli	Donaldson's Last Stand William Donaldson made his mark on the SEC -- up until his last day in office. Interestingly, even the U.S. Court of Appeals had concerns about the new mutual fund regulations.
The Motley Fool October 1, 2004 Rick Aristotle Munarriz	Window Dressing for Nudists Some mutual fund managers like to stock up their portfolios with some of the best-performing stocks at the end of every quarter so they look good to their fund shareowners.
Registered Rep. March 12, 2012 Diana Britton	Yield of Dreams: Are Investors Starting to Wake up and Smell the Rally? For months, we've been scratching our heads over why retail investors have been fleeing U.S. equity mutual funds and flocking to bond funds and U.S. Treasuries, where yields are practically non-existent.
The Motley Fool November 5, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Back Away From That Mutual Fund If you buy a mutual fund just before its capital gains tax distribution, you'll face taxes on an investment you didn't own for very long -- and in many cases, one you never owned.
Investment Advisor May 2010 Robert F. Keane	30 for 30 Interviews: John Bogle Vanguard founder John C. Bogle comments on how the mutual fund business has changed over thirty years.
Financial Planning October 2, 2007 Elizabeth O'Brien	Bookshelf Dump all your retail mutual funds! That's the message that Ric Edelman shouts in his book, The Lies About Money.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Dan Caplinger	10 Trillion Reasons to Invest Mutual funds keep raking in the money.
AskMen.com April 14, 2002 Rashmikant Patel	Starting A Portfolio Investors can easily understand and build a portfolio that conforms to their needs...
HBS Working Knowledge December 1, 2003	Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund? What is the answer to allegedly poor mutual fund governance practices? Can mutual fund directors, often responsible for dozens of funds in a fund family, be expected to exercise adequate oversight? Or must practices be corrected through added regulation? Or is the problem deeper than this?
The Motley Fool December 29, 2003	What's a Mutual Fund? It's sort of like an investing club.
CIO July 1, 2004 Elana Varon	Mutual Benefits To regain investor confidence and improve the bottom line, the mutual fund industry needs to integrate transactions up and down the supply chain.
The Motley Fool July 16, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Whatever You Do, Avoid Mutual Funds Funds can bring you a world of hurt, so be careful.
Financial Planning September 1, 2013 Craig L. Israelsen	Mutual Funds vs. ETFs: Which Performance Better? When a portfolio of mutual funds vies against a portfolio of ETFs, which one comes out on top?
HBS Working Knowledge December 8, 2003	Readers Respond: Is This the Twilight Era for the Managed Mutual Fund? I am skeptical of the ability of fund managers to consistently beat the market... I believe that we have probably seen the beginning of the decline of the actively managed mutual fund... The mutual fund scandal will shift public trust towards index funds... etc.
U.S. Banker November 2005	MMDA: Banks Seen Losing Out to Mutual Funds In today's rising rate environment, money market mutual funds can offer better rates than those of banks, because many banks have been slow to ratchet up their rates, even when the Fed raises the fed funds rate.