FTSE All-World Finishes 2003 31% Higher
January 5 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - December's continued rising equity tide helped buoy the FTSE All-World Index to an impressive 31.4% return in 2003.
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MSCI Reshuffles Hedge Fund Invest Index
January 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge fund index provider MSCI has concluded its second quarterly Hedge Invest Index constituent review, which will result in the number of constituent...
REITs End Year Nearly 40% Higher
January 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Riding stout returns in the fourth quarter and December of 2003, the NAREIT Composite REIT Index ended the year with a strong 38.47%...
ETFs Swell Across the Globe in '03
January 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Globally, asset under management in exchange-traded funds (ETF) were up 49% in 2003.
Junk Bonds Return Highest Gain Since '91
January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual funds investing in junk bonds pulled in $26.7 billion in 2003, AMG Data Services divulged.
REITs Return 37.5% in '03
January 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - With a 37.5% return for 2003, the SNL Equity REIT Index has outpaced the S&P 500 for the third consecutive year.
Jobless Claims Plummet to Early 2001 Levels
December 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In the most positive sign in a long while that the often-faltering economic recovery may be gaining its sea legs after all, the...
Study: Keeping Dow Above 10,000 Could be Tough
December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If investing history is to be a guide for the future, don't look for the Dow Jones Industrial Average to climb above the...
ICI: Mutual Fund Assets Higher in November
December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's mutual funds made it two months in a row of asset increases, as combined assets were up $82.4 billion (1.2%) in...
ICI: ETFs Add $3.66 Billion in November
December 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded funds (ETF) added even more assets in November, swelling by more than $3 billion for the month.
Help Wanted Index Pops Up in November
December 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In its first increase since June, the Conference Board's help-wanted advertising index jumped in November to 39 from 37 the month before.
Institutional Investors End Year Confident
December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The December reading of the State Street Investor Confidence rose 7.1 points to 114.8 from a revised November level of 107.7.
November Mass Layoffs Off from October Total
December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of domestic mass layoffs in November was off from the previous month, according to the latest government data.
Specialist Credit Leads MSCI Hedge Composite to November Hike
December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index posted a November increase of only 0.72%, a significant drop from October's nearly 2% hike.
Domestic Equities Still Leading in November Fund Flows
December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Net inflows to stock and bond mutual funds moderated a bit in November with $16.9 billion in new assets, compared to the $23.1...
Emerging Market Funds Have Record Year in '03
December 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dedicated emerging market securities investment funds had a record-setting year of inflows in 2003.
Fund Inflows Near Six Year Highs
December 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inflows to equity and balanced-type funds exceeded $25 billion in November.
First-time Claims Total Plummets 22,000
December 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After two straight weeks of heading north, the number of jobless workers applying for first-time benefits headed south in a big way last...
Lipper: Investors' November Equity Moves "Bullish"
December 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A down market for the first part of November and the flood of news about the ongoing fund trading scandal still couldn't stop...
Resurgent Markets Buoy SDBA Activity
December 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Resurgent markets appear to be fostering confidence among self-directed brokerage account (SDBA) holders, who recorded the highest level of trading activity in nearly...