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November 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Economists looking for evidence that the domestic job market was finally beginning to firm up had plenty of reason to smile Thursday with...

November 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Turning in a 6.62% return in October continued domestic equity mutual funds' winning ways in 2003.

November 6, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The performance of the Russell/Mellon US Master Trust fell back during the third quarter from the median total fund's Q2 performance of 11.2%.

November 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small cap stocks turned in an impressive October return, as the MSCI Small Cap Growth Index was up 9.10% and the MSCI 1750...

November 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A recent trend of good economic news suffered a significant slapdown in October as US employers announced a 125% increase in job cuts...

November 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real Estate Investment Trusts (REIT) continue to shine on throughout 2003, as the NAREIT Composite has increased 19.15% year-to-date.

November 3, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets in exchange-traded funds (ETF) rose in September to $119.75 billion from $117.28 billion the previous month.

October 31, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds were down a tick (-0.3%), or $22.1 billion, to $6.94 trillion in September, according to...

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The queue of Americans for filing first-time unemployment benefits claims continued to get shorter last week - the fourth straight claims decrease in...

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Marching in step with the increase in benefits costs, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) for total compensation rose 1% from June 2003 to...

October 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds took in $20.9 billion in new assets in September.

October 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—At the end of the third quarter, $456.29 billion was held in separately managed accounts (SMAs), an improvement of 3% over the second quarter assets...

October 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US Federal Reserve's Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) is keeping its hand on the economy's throttle, but still not revving up the...

October 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—During the third quarter venture capitalists invested $4.2 billion in 148 companies, a decline of 8% from the second quarter, according to the PricewaterhouseCoopers/Thomson Venture...

October 24, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unit investment trusts (UIT) enjoyed a strong September showing with an 11.5% hike in total assets.

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a sign that the US employment picture may finally be beginning to stabilize, the number of Americans filing for first-time jobless benefits...

October 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a bright sign for the nation's employment picture, the number of mass layoffs carried out in September plummeted by 31% while the...

October 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inflows to equity and balanced-type funds neared $25 billion in September.

October 17, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The four mutual fund companies linked most prominently to the ongoing Canary Capital Partners trading scandal together had $7.9 billion in September outflows...

October 16, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Americans filing for initial unemployment benefits fell for the second straight week in a hopeful sign for job seekers.