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FundWatch: Mutual funds take varying approaches to shareholder rights
7 Sep 2008 at 6:03pm
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — A shareholder vote to re-elect the board of directors at J.C. Penney Co. highlights the stark differences in how mutual fund managers approach the issue of proxy voting.
Jonathan Burton’s Life Savings: Mutual funds get the heave-ho as advisers swe…
7 Sep 2008 at 12:41pm
Investors may not know the ABCs of how a financial adviser makes choices for a portfolio but many are learning first-hand about the ETFs.
Mutual Understanding: Stock dividends provide a big part of your total return
7 Sep 2008 at 12:29pm
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — Stock dividends fell out of fashion in recent years as investors focused on shares that offered more capital appreciation. But with the market not in much of a giving mood, regular cash dividends are gaining new appreciation.
Fund manager finds bargains in financial, consumer stocks
7 Sep 2008 at 12:05pm
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — Ted Parrish, co-manager of the Henssler Equity Fund, says investors should move towards financials and consumer discretionary stocks — and away from energy — so they get into those beaten-down sectors as the economy turns and starts to make them attractive again.
Chuck Jaffe: Convenient target-date retirement funds come at a price
7 Sep 2008 at 12:02pm
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — More than one-quarter of the money flowing into mutual funds during the first half of 2008 went into “target-date funds,” issues where the portfolio’s asset allocation is designed to become more conservative as its shareholders age.
Robert Powell: Ten international stocks that will set you up for the long haul
6 Sep 2008 at 7:34pm
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — If it’s good enough for Warren Buffett, it should be good enough for you. Or at least it should be if you are looking for an international stock that you can buy and hold for the long term, say from the time you get out of college till you retire.
Pimco names El-Erian CEO
5 Sep 2008 at 7:07am
Bond-fund specialist Pacific Investment Management Co. said late Thursday that Mohamed El-Erian will take over sole responsibility as CEO at the end of the year when co-CEO Bill Thompson retires.
The Stockpickers: Fund manager prescribes fast-growing health care stocks
5 Sep 2008 at 12:14am
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — Jason Ronovech is feeling good about health-care stocks.
Chuck Jaffe: United Therapeutics is priced for success it may not achieve
4 Sep 2008 at 5:14pm
BOSTON (MarketWatch) — Conventional wisdom says that stockholders should act like the owners of the business they are.
Mutual Funds: Independent-minded fund managers deserve a high value
4 Sep 2008 at 4:16pm
Independence isn?t exactly the most common trait among money managers, who tend to follow the herd on the Street.
source: wsj.com ~ Market Watch
November 27 2007 08:22 am
