Mutual Fund Investing News
- Investing: Do your 401(k) funds charge reasonable fees? Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 5:03PMMutual funds held by participants in 401(k) plans offered slightly better deals to shareholders last year compared to 2009, suggests a new report that allows participants to gauge their costs. The typical cost on stock funds within the employer-sponsored retirement programs averaged 0.71 percent in 2010, down from 0.74 percent in 2009, according to a study by the Investment Company Institute. An ...
- South Korean fund company to buy BetaPro Management Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:28PMJovian Capital Corp. (TSX: JOV) announced on Friday that it will sell its exchange traded fund business to South Korea-based mutual fund company Mirae Asset Global Investments Co., Ltd.
- Wealth Strategist Chuck Oliver Publishes New Article on Saving Your 401K and IRA Accounts Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 12:13PMOrlando, FL July 15, 2011 Chuck Oliver, best-selling author, creator of The Hidden Wealth System and CEO of American Equity Advisory Group, a wealth creation and preservation firm, recently published an article about releasing a new educational service in Central Florida for 401K, IRA, college savings plan and mutual fund investors that will help them protect their capital and increase their...
- Police testify during first day of murder trial Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:21PMNASHVILLE — Testimony got underway Monday afternoon in the trial of Antonio Matthews, who is charged with the Sept. 2, 2008, first-degree murder of his brother, Devin Scriven.
- Council hears complaints about blasting at quarry Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:06PMAlthough the issue was not on the City Council’s agenda for Monday, Jeanette Thomas-Cobb spoke about blasting operations going on at Hanson Quarry near her home.e_SClB“I had no idea when I bought our home that we would be subjected to blasting that I can feel in my bedroom,” Thomas-Cobb said.
- Five teens sought for assault on 16-year-old Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:51PMA 16-year-old boy was treated at Nash General Hospital early Monday morning after being assaulted by five teenagers. Police said the victim was walking on Layola Avenue just before 2 a.m. Monday when five teens approached him and assaulted him before running away.
- Nash commissioners approve redistricting plan Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:51PMNASHVILLE — Nash County officials have agreed on a newly revised redistricting plan for the Board of Commissioners districts, which would cover elections throughout the next decade.
- GloboKasNet Tops $3.7M with Latest Raise - cbl Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:45PMBy Brian Wolak CHEVY CHASE, Md. -- GloboKasNet has raised $850,000 from a $1.5 million offering, add...
- Family of seven killed in plane crash returning from reunion Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:06PMNICEVILLE, Fla. — When the Fred Teutenberg missed his regular gig playing bass guitar in the church band, the pastor and congregation sensed something was amiss.
- State panel schedules energy meeting in Raleigh Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:37PMWILMINGTON — A state panel advising Gov. Bev Perdue on developing a comprehensive offshore energy strategy for North Carolina is meeting in Raleigh. Perdue’s office says the Scientific Advisory Panel on Offshore Energy is meeting Monday at the North Carolina Energy Office.
- Tinkering means General Assembly map delayed Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:37PMRALEIGH — The release of the Republican-drawn maps for North Carolina legislative district boundaries for the next decade is being delayed while legislators make changes.
- On the Money / Consider taking stock in a buy-and-hold strategy Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 10:12PMYou can labor over your investments or you can make investing easy on yourself.
- Successful Investing / Quirky stock funds, unpredictable results Saturday, July 9, 2011 @ 10:11PMB Unusual stock funds come and go. In the "gone" category is the Golf Associated Fund, which invested in golf-related items such as tour
- Whitney Tilson Continues to Add Iridium Communications Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 4:06PMBy teddycx. Whitney Tilson, the founder and Managing Partner of T2 Partners LLC and the Tilson Mutual Funds, has continued his recent trend of adding shares of Iridium Communications Inc. ( IRDM ). A graduate of Harvard Business School, Tilson entered the investing world with virtually no experience in the business and describes himself as self-taught. He read heavily from established investing ...
- 4 MadMo Maxims for Portfolio Protection Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:30PMCramer teaches you how to protect yourself from yourself.
- Low-cost funds, with no-cost advice Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 3:24PMSome investment dealers provide assistance in building and maintaining a portfolio with some of the cheapest mutual funds around
- I (Heart) the Dow Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:20PMTheres a lot to love about the often-maligned but impossible-to-ignore Dow Jones industrial average.
- Beating The Market Takes More Dumb Luck Than Skill Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 2:00PMMichael Mauboussin teaches Security Analysis at Columbia Business School, a course originally taught by legendary investor Ben Graham. Warren Buffett cut his teeth in Graham’s classroom, and many great investors have sat in those desks. Still, Mauboussin is the first to admit that luck plays a greater role than skill in investing.
- ETFs gone bad? Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 12:32PMETF Mania is now sweeping the world. But just as mutual funds and hedge funds encountered growing media skepticism, so too have ETFs
- A 401(k) window to more investing choices Friday, July 8, 2011 @ 11:46AMMost employees in 401(k) plans dutifully accept the menu of mutual funds chosen by their employers. But adding a self-directed option could improve plans.
