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- iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund Experiences Big Inflow
Looking today at week-over-week shares outstanding changes among the universe of ETFs covered at ETF Channel, one standout is the iShares S&P U.S. Preferred Stock Index Fund (AMEX: PFF) where we have detected an approximate $105.0 million dollar inflow ? that?s a 1.4% increase week over week in outstanding units (from 202,350,000 to 205,100,000). Click ...
stock index funds 06 Feb 2012 - BSE Sensex up; Piramal Healthcare rallies 7 pct
MUMBAI (Reuters) - The BSE Sensex rose more than 1 percent on Monday as surprisingly robust U.S. jobs data added to investor confidence about a turnaround in the world economy and bolstered the outlook for foreign fund investments. Improving prospects for domestic growth and rising portfolio inflows have helped the benchmark stock index post five consecutive weekly gains, the longest run in a ...
stock index funds 06 Feb 2012 - Why small companies' stocks deserve a closer look
Underperforming money managers are losing their most reliable scapegoat. Since the 2008 financial crisis, the nation's professional stock-pickers -- who manage billions for pension funds, endowments and wealthy families -- have said stocks were too stuck-together to build smart, market-beating portfolios.
stock index funds 06 Feb 2012 - Stocks haven't been this unloved since 1980s
The Standard & Poor?s 500 Index?s best start in 25 years is doing little to restore Americans? confidence in the stock market
stock index funds 06 Feb 2012 - Mutual Funds Weekly: With index funds, the average outperforms
One rap on indexing is that you are guaranteed nothing more than average results. In fact, index funds may be ?average,? but the average can outperform.
stock index funds 06 Feb 2012 - Yale?s Swensen Says ?Passive? Index Funds Best Option for Most Investors
David Swensen, who pioneered an investing style that helped endowments beat markets by using alternative assets such as private equity and real estate, said investors who don?t have access to top managers are best off using index products.
stock index funds 06 Feb 2012 - Tail-Risk Hedges on Volatility Lure Money Even After Stocks? January Surge
Funds that profit from swings in stock prices are attracting record amounts from investors as money managers seek protection from extreme volatility, even as equities have their best start to the year since 1994.
stock index funds 06 Feb 2012 - Indonesia Mutual Funds May Grow 20% This Year, Group Says
Indonesian mutual-fund assets will probably expand at a faster pace this year as overseas investors increase stock purchases after the country regained its investment grade, an industry group said.
stock index funds 06 Feb 2012 - Stock Futures Fall as Focus Shifts to Greece
Stock-index futures signaled stocks may recede from multiyear highs when Wall Street opens on Monday as anxiety mounts that Greece won't take the steps needed to avoid a potentially messy default.
stock index funds 06 Feb 2012 - Emerging-Market Stock Funds Post Sixth Week of Inflows, Citigroup Says
Global emerging-market funds reported a sixth week of inflows as investor confidence in the global economy strengthened, Citigroup Inc. said.
stock index funds 06 Feb 2012
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