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February 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equity markets continued on the rise during the fourth quarter of 2003 as increasing investor appetite for a larger equity allocation led to...

February 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The median return for the 498 corporate, foundation/endowment, public and Taft-Hartley funds in the Russell/Mellon US Master Trust Universe roared ahead by 22.61%...

February 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - At a time when the domestic job market is supposed to be slowly mending, companies announced 26% more job cuts in January 2004...

February 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) continued to rise after finishing well in 2003, as the NAREIT Composite increased by 4.3% last month.

February 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Only five of the 10 largest equity funds outperformed the S&P 500 in 2003, but by an amount barely enough to propel the...

January 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Football fans and stock market pundits alike have a simple explanation for the stock market rebound in 2003 - the Tampa Bay Buccaneer's...

January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During the last quarter of 2003, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) rose only 0.7%, the smallest increase of the year.

January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's mutual funds made it three months in a row of asset increases, as combined assets were up by $178.9 billion (2.5%)...

January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of jobless Americans lining up for first-time unemployment benefits dipped slightly last week, the government reported.

January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds took in $24.3 billion in new assets in December.

January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As it has in recent months, the Federal Reserve shied away Wednesday from changing interest rates from their decades-old lows.

January 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inflows into venture capital investments totaled $4.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2003, again riding the wave of funds flowing into biotechnology...

January 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index posted a December increase of 1.64%, down from November's 1.94% showing.

January 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded funds (ETF) added even more assets in December, swelling by more than $18 billion for the month.

January 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Riding high on fourth-quarter 2003 equity strength, the median master trust in the universe of the Independent Consultants Cooperative (ICC) ended the year...

January 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Across the globe, hedge funds set new high-water marks for inflows in 2003.

January 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If one kooky market theory holds true, skirt hemlines rising above the knee could also be a leading indicator of good markets ahead.

January 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The equity markets were good for the median Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) defined benefit plan, which was up 24.2% in 2003.

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...