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Stock market volatility is back, a signal to some experts that the powerful rally that started in early March may be coming to an end.
The U.S. Supreme Court is taking a close look at a question individual investors have long asked about their mutual funds, but the courts have largely ignored: Why am I getting charged twice as much as big institutional clients?
Plenty of publicly traded banks have issued more stock this year to raise cash and bolster balance sheets damaged in the credit crunch. Now, a Texas bank, PlainsCapital Corp., is seeking to go public to repay government bailout funds in what would be the first initial offering by a U.S. bank in more than two years.
A study by university researchers suggests the adage about horses not drinking even if you lead them to water is also true of mutual fund investors.
A money-market mutual fund that held more than $60 billion before it notoriously "broke the buck" a year ago said Wednesday it will hand out $1 billion in a fifth distribution to investors from the fund's remaining assets.
Stocks always rise over the long haul. Bonds are for retirees and investors with little taste for risk. Companies rarely cut their dividends.
Fidelity Investments' moves to reorganize and diversify beyond its core mutual fund business are paying off.
Workers are again embracing 401(k) plans after the market meltdown and ongoing recession left many unable or unwilling to set aside some of their paychecks for retirement, according to the nation's largest workplace savings plan provider.
Putnam Investments said Tuesday it is cutting fees for its fixed-income mutual funds by an average 13 percent, and by 10 percent for asset allocation funds holding a mix of stocks and bonds.
Investors shook off some of their caution in this year's second quarter amid a rising market, shifting the largest amount into stock and bond mutual funds in more than two years, a fund industry consultant reported Tuesday.
Shareholders of Vanguard Group have rejected an activist proposal that would have required stronger screening of investments that may be linked to genocide.
Deb Elliott is saddened by Michael Jackson's sudden death, but she's also a little wealthier because of it.
A pair of unrelated Boston-based hedge funds managing a total of more than $1.3 billion separately told investors Tuesday they're shutting down and returning investor cash because of recent disappointing performance.
U.S. pork producers, responding to a swine flu outbreak that has escalated into a public health emergency, said Sunday their product is safe and that consumers cannot catch the virus by eating properly cooked food.
An industry group is proposing stricter rules for money-market mutual funds after one fund exposed investors to losses last fall, triggering fears about the nearly $4 trillion held in what are supposed to be safe-haven, low-yield investments.
It's not the sexiest investment around, but the money-market mutual fund has become a high-demand safe haven for those who can no longer stomach the stock market.
So you're trying to save for retirement, but at a loss for what to do after seeing the market slide to 1997 levels? Don't worry so much — at least you've got good company.
The government wants you to spend, and spend now — witness all the incentives Washington is dangling before prospective home and car buyers. The markets also want you to loosen that tight grip on your wallet, with General Electric Co. stock now going for just $7.60 a share.
Jeff Auxier plowed all his retirement savings into Auxier Focus Fund when he launched it nearly a decade ago. He also vowed to never sell any of his initial $1 million investment.
Fidelity Investments said Tuesday its operating profit fell 18 percent last year compared with 2007, as the nation's largest mutual fund company saw fund performance decline compared with its peers.
If there's any small solace when starting a job search in this recession, it's the proliferation of digital technology to help you re-enter the working world.
As markets continue to founder, conventional wisdom suggests the place to be once a turnaround takes hold is in stocks of small companies.
Visa Inc. said Wednesday its fiscal first-quarter profit rose by 35 percent as the shift from cash toward electronic payments maintained its staying power, even while consumers tightened spending amid the recession.
Investors who sought refuge in health care have reason to feel less queasy than most in a sick economy where no industry has been recession-proof.
As market observers watch for early signs that better times are around the corner, they're paying close attention to small-company stocks, which tend to recover earlier than large-company stocks coming out of a recession.
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