Funds
Money fund assets fell to $3.090T in latest week (AP)
Total money market mutual fund assets fell by $36.22 billion to $3.090 trillion for the week, the Investment Company Institute said Thursday. Read
Mutual Funds Weekly: Lessons from two stock-market milestones (at MarketWatch)
It s been a year since the stock market started to rebound, and 10 years since the Internet bubble burst. Investors can learn good lessons from both milestones. Read
Record inflows for emerging, high yield bond funds-EPFR (at Reuters)
Investors plowed record amounts of cash into emerging market and high yield bond funds for the week ended March 10, fund tracker EPFR Global said on Thursday. Read
Closed-End Muni Funds Offer Mixed Bag (at The Wall Street Journal)
Closed-End Muni Funds Offer Mixed Bag High dividends now being paid by municipal closed-end funds are likely to continue, but the funds valuations have tightened. Read
US junk bonds post $795 mln weekly inflows-LipperFMI (at Reuters)
U.S. junk bond mutual funds reported $795 million of net inflows in the week ended March 10, following a $314 million inflow the previous week, LipperFMI reported on Thursday. Read
Pimco Chief Addresses Sovereign Debt Mess (at New York Times)
Mohamed A. El-Erian, whose company runs the world s biggest mutual fund, said in an Op-Ed in The Financial Times that deteriorating public finances may affect the global economy more than is currently realized. Read
Top 5 Van Kampen Funds (Zacks)
Discover top ranked Van Kampen funds Van Kampen Equity Growth A , Van Kampen Emerging Markets A Van Kampen Enterprise A , Van Kampen Pennsylvania Tax-Free Income A and Van Kampen Growth and Income A . Read
Top 3 Convertible Funds (Zacks)
Generate income and equity like returns with Franklin Convertible Securities A , Calamos Convertible A and Putnam Convertible Income-Growth A . Read
Mutual funds saw $30 billion in February (at MarketWatch)
U.S. mutual funds saw roughly $30 billion in net inflows in February, with the majority of flows heading into bond funds, according to data released Thursday. Strategic Insight said $24 billion of the net inflows went to bond funds, while U.S. stock funds saw net outflows. Read
A bond portfolio for rising interest rates (Money)
Question: I m 65, retired and have about 50% of my portfolio in a bond index fund. I m thinking of switching to a short-term bond fund. Do you think that s a good idea? --Judy, Flowery Branch, Georgia Read
The Zacks Mutual Fund Rank Reveals Its Top 5 Health Care Funds: Franklin Biotechnology Discovery A, ICON Healthcare, Manning & Napier Life Sciences, Rydex Biotechnology and Fidelity Select Medical Equipment & Systems (Zacks)
The Zacks Mutual Fund Rank Reveals Its Top 5 Health Care Funds: Franklin Biotechnology Discovery A, ICON Healthcare, Manning & Napier Life Sciences, Rydex Biotechnology and Fidelity Select Medical Equipment & Systems Read
The Zacks Mutual Fund Rank reveals its top 5 Global funds: Marsico Global, Manning & Napier Overseas, Dodge & Cox Global Stock , Templeton Global Smaller Companies A and Goldman Sachs BRIC A (Zacks)
The Zacks Mutual Fund Rank reveals its top 5 Global funds: Marsico Global, Manning & Napier Overseas, Dodge & Cox Global Stock , Templeton Global Smaller Companies A and Goldman Sachs BRIC A. Read
Top 5 Pacific Funds (Zacks)
Get Exposure to the Pacific with Aim Asia Pacific Growth A , Matthews Asia Dividend , T. Rowe Price New Asia , Wells Fargo Advantage Asia Pacific and Fidelity Pacific Basin . Read
ETFs vs. Index Mutual Funds: A Quick Comparison (at Seeking Alpha)
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4 Ways That Active ETFs Trump Active Mutual Funds (at Seeking Alpha)
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Fidelity s Transportation, Airline Funds Soar (at TheStreet.com)
Fidelity s transportation and airline mutual funds topped the charts last month. Read
FundWatch: Mutual fund investors still wary of stocks (at MarketWatch)
New money coming to stock mutual funds has been negligible even as returns have been among the best on record. An influx into stocks in the coming months would suggest investors once again have waited too long. Read
Top 5 Health Care Funds (Zacks)
Add some health to your portfolio with Franklin Biotechnology Discovery A , ICON Healthcare , Manning & Napier Life Sciences , Rydex Biotechnology and Fidelity Select Medical Equipment & Systems . Read
Lipper Snaps-Johnson top U.S.-listed bond fund in Feb. (at Reuters)
A bond fund managed by Johnson Investment Counsel was the top performer among U.S. listed fixed-income funds in February, data from Thomson Reuters fund research firm Lipper showed on Tuesday. Read
Mutual fund investors still wary of stocks (at MarketWatch)
New money coming to stock mutual funds has been negligible even as returns have been among the best on record. An influx into stocks in the coming months would suggest investors once again have waited too long. Read
Reform Debate Makes Health Stocks Cheap (at TheStreet.com)
Adriana Posada, manager of the American Beacon Small Cap Value Fund, says uncertainty surrounding health care reform has made stocks in the industry cheap. Read
Top 5 Non-US Funds (Zacks)
Invest globally with ProFunds UltraLatin America , Oppenheimer International Small Company A , Fidelity Canada , Matthews Asia Pacific and Sextant International . Read
S&P Fund Ratings Consider Return Potential (at TheStreet.com)
S&P recently started considering mutual funds potential returns in its ratings, offering investors another tool to measure their fund holdings. Read
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