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January 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Americans lining up for first-time jobless claims was nearly flat last week, with a scant 1,000 decrease to 341,000 from...

January 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - December proved to be a difficult month for the nation's unemployed with the number of mass layoffs and the amount of involved workers...

January 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One month after chalking up a $16.5-billion asset advance in November, US mutual funds ended December with a $10.8-billion outflow.

January 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The only way to be an effective consumer of alternative investments is basically to go whole hog, a new study found.

January 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shortly after the US Department of Labor (DoL) reported that the economy had created a scant 1,000 new non-farm positions in December, a...

January 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - What a difference a year makes. Twelve months after only managing a scant 0.2% return, the Van Global Hedge Fund Index posted a...

January 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds gained an average of 1.83% in December, according to the HedgeFund.net-PerTrac Universes.

January 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of jobless Americans lining up for first-time unemployment benefits fell by 11,000 for the week ending January 10 - erasing the...

January 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index was up 1.95% for December, according to the latest CSFB/Tremont data.

January 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Led by strong performances by growth managers, actively managed mutual funds bested their Standard & Poor's index peers in equity investment style box...

January 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary reports show the MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index posting a December increase of 1.8%, a significant increase from November's comparatively scant 0.7%...

January 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Asset flows into unit investment trusts (UIT) receded in November.

January 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Encouraged by a decent holiday shopping season, many economists had called for a robust amount of job creation in Friday's government report on...

January 9, 2004 (PLANSPSONSOR.com) - The past year represented not only the charging of the bulls in the broader markets, but also of investors back into equity investments...

January 9, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the 10th month in a row, the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index ended positive, up 1.92% in December and closing the books on...

January 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The government reported Thursday that the number of jobless Americans applying for initial unemployment benefits took its first hike in a month -...

January 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Preliminary results of the Van Global Hedge Fund Index show a 2.3% gain net of fees in December and an 18.2% gain for...

January 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though 2003 saw a nice run up in the broad based equity market, five-year moving averages used by many defined benefit for...

January 7, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Those mutual funds that take risks were rewarded handsomely with more than half the spots on RiskMetrics Group's "Best and Worst" Funds of...

January 6, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - December's downward trend in planned job cuts proved indicative of the year, as 2003's layoff total was 16% lower than the previous year's...