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August 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) proved to be a solid investment last year - and beat out the broader US equity markets for...

August 15, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - First-time jobless benefits claims rose by a modest 6,000 last week, but people are still having trouble getting off the unemployment line.

August 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Just how well did public, private and foundation/endowment plans fare in the tumultuous second quarter of 2002?

August 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - GenXers may have been portrayed as financial neer-do-wells, with better things to do than worry about careers or saving, but a new survey...

August 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In yet another indicator that the US economy has not yet completely shrugged off what ails it, US workers' productivity increased at a...

August 9, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock mutual fund investors took $1.9 billion out the funds for the week ending August 7, according to AMG Data Services.

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds outperformed the major equity indices last month, according to a preliminary report from Van Hedge Fund Advisors.

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite increasing talk about a "double dip" recession, the nation's employment picture is signaling a slowly improving labor market with fewer than expected...

August 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US stock markets and accounting scandals gave investors heartburn in July, and participants were no exception, according to the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

August 7, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets held in separately managed accounts totaled $417.1 billion in the second quarter of 2002, according to figures from The Money Management Institute...

August 5, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Job cut announcements fell to the lowest level in 14 months, according to a new report.

August 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The ranks of jobless Americans didn't grow during July, but the vaunted US job-creation machine nearly ground to a halt.

August 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - MSCI (Morgan Stanley Capital International) is developing a new family of equity indices that will allow domestic investors to benchmark their investments against...

July 8, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If the pace of telecommunications job cutting continues into the second half of the year, it will at least meet, if not topple...

August 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The latest jobless benefits report is something of a good news - bad news proposition.

August 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - World equity markets extended their losing streak in July, although stock prices did recover some of their losses in the last week, according...

July 31, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global investors will now have some additional benchmark guidance for value and growth investments in a half dozen European countries.

July 30, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Assets of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) decreased by nearly $4 billion in June, but international ETFs managed to gain ground.

July 29, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors fled US equity mutual funds in droves last month, pulling out more than $18 billion on a net basis, according to an...

July 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deposits to unit investment trusts totaled $923.8 million in June, down from the previous month's $957.9 million, but a substantial decrease from a...