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September 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - An already bad jobless picture got even worse last week as the queue for filing initial unemployment benefit claims was the longest its...

September 10, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participants continued to shift money into equity investments last month, according to the results of the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

September 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the sixth month in a row, the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index produced a positive return, up 1.76% in August.

September 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equity market gains were not enough to overcome an increase in liabilities, as the pension asset/liability gap widened slightly in August.

September 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A day after the government reported an unexpected leap in first-time unemployment claims, officials announced that US employers slashed a whopping 93,000 jobs...

September 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Standard & Poor's (S&P) Hedge Fund Index turned in another positive performance in August, rising 0.51% after a 0.34% return in July.

September 4, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just as economists were hoping the US job market was finally beginning to firm up, the latest government report on first-time jobless benefit...

September 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets in exchange-traded funds (ETF) fell to $117.06 billion in July from $121.57 billion the previous month.

September 2, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In another sign that the domestic labor market may finally be firming up, the number of announced job cuts fell 6% in August...

August 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the fourth month in a row, the combined assets of the nation's mutual funds increased - up $52.4 billion (0.8%) in July.

August 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unemployment benefit claims ticked up a bit last week - mostly because a few thousand unfortunate souls couldn't file their applications during the...

August 28, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a sign of continuing job market weakness, the number of mass layoffs as well as the number of victims of those layoffs...

August 26, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual fund managers continued to sing "We're in the Money" during July as they vacuumed up $12.9 billion in new...

August 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index dipped a bit during the hot days of July by posting a 0.28% July return, down a...

August 25, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Small-cap equity offerings were king of the hill among defined contribution plan core option mutual funds during the second quarter of 2003 with...

August 21, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US job market continued showing signs of regaining its strength with a government report that the number of Americans queuing up for...

August 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of second-quarter extended mass layoffs and the workers involved both spiked over data from the previous three-month period, but showed a...

August 20, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mutual funds investors hopped off the bond train and took the equity express enroute to a $10.1 billion July inflow.

August 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Second-quarter strength in the equity markets helped institutional investors bask in the glow of double-digit returns for the period.

August 19, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Continuing the asset gaining behavior of the first quarter, investors poured a record $13.83 billion in net assets into hedge funds during the...