Mutual Funds
Mutual funds belong to a group of financial intermediaries known as investment companies, which are in the business of collecting funds from investors and pooling them for the purpose of ...
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Are the days of the traditional mutual fund numbered?Mutual funds have been a strong force in the investment world, with their assets mushrooming from $135 billion at the end of 1980 to $10 trillio...
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The mutual fund industry may not be a kid any longer, but it's still growing like a teenager.At the same time, it faces hot competitive challenges. Exchange traded funds, hedge funds and separately...
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When a group of Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. shareholders staged a board coup recently, an unlikely participant was among those leading the charge: A mutual fund.Fund managers typically aren'...
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The term of choice in political giving these days is straight out of the world of finance — donors have become "investors." Now, liberal California venture capitalists have come up with the n...
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China's securities watchdog has given the go-ahead for five new mutual funds after a two-month hiatus in approvals, spurring a rally as jittery investors returned after a week of losses.Shanghai's ...
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If you're thinking of buying mutual funds between now and the end of the year, think twice -- you might be buying an unnecessary tax bill.Sometime in December, many funds pay out dividends and capi...
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A surging stock market last year not only helped many mutual fund owners earn more but padded returns by pushing more investors into territory where they qualified for lower fund fees.A study going...
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When I started to assemble my 2006 tax data, I saw that Columbia MidCap Growth Fund was reporting $2,200 in total long-term capital gain distributions for my account. That would trigger a combined ...
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A lesson about investing might seem as appealing to young people as eating a bowlful of spinach. Mutual funds that cater to children aim to make the whole process sweeter.While most parents want to...
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A little known alternative to mutual funds -- the collective investment trust -- has been making slow but steady progress in the retirement market.CITs, also known as commingled funds or collective...
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Mutual Funds
ETFs Nipping At Mutual Funds' Heels
