U.S. STOCK FUNDS are categorized by investment style. For more on investment style, see page 72. Among the most useful statistics on these pages are the columns showing the year-by-year decile rank of each fund within its investing style. In other words, a fund ranked 1 in...
FOR A DESCRIPTION of each column heading, see page 72. Some other information about the taxable bond fund rankings: CATEGORY. Investment-grade corporate bond funds are classified as ST Corp (short-term), Int Corp (intermediate-term) or LT Corp (long-term). Government bond funds are ST...
THINGS COULD BE BETTER ... BUT THEY could be a lot worse, too. That was the state of mutual funds in mid-2004. As of the end of Nay, stock funds were up a trifle and bond funds had lost a little ground. Considering the geopolitical turmoil and rising interest rates...
By Charles Stein, The Boston Globe Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Apr. 25--Mutual funds were born in Boston and 80 years later the city remains a dominant player in the business. But Boston's leadership position is under assault. For the...
OUR RANKINGS of more than 1,000 funds begin with those that invest in stocks of U.S. companies. Stock funds are divided into six categories. AggGro (aggressive-growth) funds seek maximum capital gains, often in somewhat volatile small-company stocks. Growth (long-term-growth) funds also seek capital gains but tend to invest in stocks...
MUTUAL FUNDS | These are the BEST OF THE BUNCH. Use these lists of top funds over the past one, three, five, ten and 20 years for ideas. All data is to June 12. Aggressive growth As good as it gets The past year has been golden for...
[M] Maine State Retirement System ($ millions) Total assets 6,564 Defined benefit 6,562 Defined contribution 2 DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN: Employer contributions 412 Benefit payments 326 Asset mix: Domestic stocks ...
Federal Reserve Employees Benefits System ($ millions) Total assets 7,517 Defined benefit 4,793 Defined contribution 2,724 DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN: Employer DB contributions 0 Benefit payments 140 ...
Maine State Retirement System ($ millions) Total assets 6,488 Defined benefit 6,486 Defined contribution 2 * DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN: Employer contributions 265 ...
Teamsters, Central States, Southeast and Southwest Areas Pension Fund ($ millions) Total assets 17,359 Defined benefit 17,359 * DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN: Employer contributions 1,130 Benefit payments 2,028 Asset...
Atlas Material CHICAGO - Atlas Material Testing Technology added the Dodge & Cox Stock Fund as an option in its $13.5 million profit-sharing plan with 401k feature, said Bob Till, general manager, human resources. The plan dropped the Scudde Atlas Material ...
National Electrical Benefit Fund ($ millions) Total assets 9,643 Defined benefit 8,359 Defined contribution 1,284 DEFINED BENEFIT PLAN: Asset mix: Domestic stocks 43.0% Domestic fixed income...
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Latest version of company's market-leading mPlatform suite includes enhanced functionality and usability for financial services mobile professionals Pyxis Mobile announced this morning at the 2005 Wireless Enterprise Symposium, hosted by Research in Motion, RIM (NASDAQ: RIMM; TSX: RIM), the release of version 4.3 of their...
American Funds, Franklin Templeton and AIM Investments are the three most popular fund families among brokers, according to a survey of 1,033 financial intermediaries conducted by kasina, a New York-based consulting firm specializing in the asset management industry. According to the survey, 69.8 percent of brokers invest at...
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