September 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Money market mutual funds were the big losers in August with $38.3-billion outflow over the month-- a dramatic reversal from July's $54.5 billion...
September 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New claims for US jobless benefits fell for the second straight week, but still stubbornly remained above the much-watched 400,000 mark, the US...
SURVEY SAYS: With (renewed) apologies to those of you who are weary of the Enron-centricity of the media's coverage of late, there appears to be an emerging sentiment...
September 25, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Mass layoffs continued to cool in August, dropping in number by 38.9% from July and by 47.8% in terms of workers involved.
September 24, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Moody's Investors Service said junk bond defaults set a record in 2002 with the default rate even worse than earlier predicted.
September 23, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors still yanked money out of stock mutual funds in August, but at a comparative trickle compared to the raging $49 billion outflow...
September 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The amount of first-time jobless claims headed south last week, but was still stubbornly and unexpectedly high, the US Department of Labor (DoL)...
September 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Private industry employers in June 2002 paid an average of $21.83 per hour, a $0.12 increase from March, according to the latest data...
September 18, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Total assets of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) took a healthy leap in August to $91.28 billion, up from July's $78.59 billion, according to data...
September 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unit Investment Trusts' deposits during August slumped to $705.7 million from July's strong showing of $1.3 billion.
September 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US junk bond default rate dipped to 9.11% in August from a revised 9.39% in July, Standard & Poor's said, in a...
September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A week after posting a drop in unemployment claims, the jobless figure unexpectedly soared to the highest level since April.
September 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Underfunded pensions and anemic investment returns can drain a company's capital that might be more productively invested elsewhere.