Housing gloom hangs over stocks
Another day of dismal housing news sent stocks lower Wednesday, after a government report showed new home sales dropped to a record low.
Stocks lose big on home sales shock
U.S. stocks closed sharply lower Tuesday after a report showing showing a worse-than-expected plunge in existing home sales reignited fears about an economic [...]
August 25 2010 | Stock Market News | No Comments »
Stocks poised for a weak start
Stocks were poised for a slightly weaker start, as investors digested data that showed Japan’s economy slowed sharply last quarter. Investors are also awaiting U.S. manufacturing and housing reports.
Consumer tech: Bubble or boom?
It’s a tale of two tech sectors: It’s the best of times for companies catering to consumers, but [...]
August 16 2010 | Stock Market News | No Comments »
Investment Advice : Are Mutual Funds Risky?
Mutual funds tend to be less risky than buying individual stocks because of the diverse group of investments held by mutual funds. Consider the track record of the mutual fund manager, the individual securities in the fund, and the mutual fund company reputation to assess risk with help from [...]
July 17 2010 | Mutual Funds | No Comments »
Stock-Market Brainiac Starts Hedge Fund – Street.Com
14 Jun 2010 at 4:01am
NEW YORK ( TheStreet ) — Roger Ibbotson, founder of Ibbotson Associates , has influenced how millions of investors think. Ibbotson Associates, which was bought by fund-research firm Morningstar, gained prominence by …
Merger Arbitrage Funds: When Market Volatility Triggers a Panic, Buy These …..
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June 16 2010 | Stock Market News | No Comments »
Asia Hedge Funds Decline In May Amid Rocky Markets … – NASDAQ
9 Jun 2010 at 3:17am
HONG KONG -(Dow Jones)- Hedge funds in Asia excluding Japan were down almost 5% in May from April, according to Singapore-based hedge fund tracker Eurekahedge, amid a spat of negative headlines and sudden dips in the region’s markets. The Eurekahedge [...]
June 09 2010 | Stock Market News | No Comments »
Why Mutual Funds Are Dangerous Investments
Mutual funds and financial advisors easily siphon off half of your nestegg in fees and taxes over 10 years. Wall Street and the media have a vested interest in keeping these facts from you. But wealthy families and elite institutions invest don’t pay the fees you do. They [...]
June 05 2010 | Mutual Funds | No Comments »
State pension fund recovers on stock market resurgence – Press & Sun-Bulletin
1 Jun 2010 at 8:38pm
ALBANY – The state pension fund grew 25.9 percent for the fiscal year that ended March 31, putting the total fund value at $132.6 billion, as a result of a stronger Wall Street, Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli said Tuesday. “The fund [...]
June 01 2010 | Stock Market News | No Comments »
With markets down, will small investors who shunned stocks in the … – Chica…
23 May 2010 at 7:44pm
The scar from investment declines hasn’t gone away,” Though markets rallied Friday, most major stock indexes are down now about 10 … Bob Doll, chief investment officer at the money management firm BlackRock Inc., echoes that view. “I [...]
May 24 2010 | Stock Market News | No Comments »
JSM Financial: UK fund manager Jupiter plans IPO … – PRLog (free press rele…
18 May 2010 at 1:30pm
PR Log (Press Release) ? May 18, 2010 ? Jupiter Asset Management, one of the UK?s largest retail investment fund groups has recently announced its intention to return to the stock market in a move that JSM Financial [...]
May 19 2010 | Stock Market News | No Comments »
WSJ: Hedge Fund’s Bet May Have Triggered Market Dive – CBS News
11 May 2010 at 11:04pm
Stephen Mara, of Quattro M Securities, works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, May 6, 2010, in New York. (Credit: AP Photo) Last Thursday’s incredible market plunge may not have been set off by a typographical error, [...]
May 11 2010 | Stock Market News | No Comments »
