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September 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) increasingly will be considered core investments over the next decade, as institutional investors turn more towards REITs in...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US nonprofit health-care organizations reported an average annual total return of 14.1% on operating funds for fiscal year 2003 according to the Commonfund...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - No changes will be made to the FTSE Global Equity Index Series during 2005, according to the FTSE Equity Index Committee, a move...

September 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While predicting an extraordinarily bright future in the hedge fund space, a new study claims domestic hedge fund demand is likely to explode...

September 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As has been the story for much of the second half of the year, less-than-robust equity returns sent investors to fixed-income investments, but...

September 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Labor Department (DoL) officials Friday painted a more upbeat picture of the domestic job scene with word that companies added 144,000 workers...

September 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today, over 40% of American households hold IRAs, almost 30 years after they were signed into law under the Employee Retirement Income Security...

September 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The NAREIT Composite Index rose 7.88% in August and is now up 13.5% for the year on a total return basis.

August 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors added $9.46 billion to US stock mutual funds in July, a slight falloff from June but still a large amount considering the...

August 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mass layoffs lasting 31 days carried out by US employers in the second quarter of 2004 fell both in terms of the number...

August 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of people with health insurance coverage rose slightly from 2002 to 2003, while income levels remained unchanged.

August 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds experienced a net inflow of $12 billion in July, down $4.2 billion from last month's numbers.

August 25, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) lost assets in July, shedding $6.41 billion or 3.5%, with fixed income ETFs the only winners during the period.

August 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investor confidence went up in August, due in part to investments in construction, air freight, and building products.

August 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund assets worldwide rose 3.6% in the first quarter of 2004.

August 24, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's is predicting that for the first time in two years, capital expenditures for the S&P 500 are expected to be...

August 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual fund investors laid low in July, refusing to move money in any substantial way, thus generating very small net flows results, according...

August 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds posted an average 0.65% loss in July.

August 17, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After testing the use of closing prices from the American Stock Exchange for 12 NASDAQ-listed stocks in the S&P 500, Standard and Poor's...

August 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index fell 0.31% in July, according to Credit Suisse First Boston Tremont news release. Although this month's returns are...