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July 2, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock mutual funds fared miserably in the last few months, as accounting shenanigans, bankruptcies and bleak profit forecasts dragged shares lower and raised...

July 1, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global equity markets suffered a dismal month in June, with the FTSE All-World Index falling 6.2% in dollar terms.

June 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - 401(k)-type retirement plans are more popular among working age Americans than Individual Retirement Accounts (IRA) - and they also tend to be larger,...

June 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Things looked brighter in the beaten-down tech sector with a 67% drop in announced job cuts in June compared to a month earlier.

The traditional bear market havens of gold and real estate fared best over the second quarter.

June 28, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In May the combined assets of the nation's mutual funds fell by $10.8 billion, settling at $6.9 trillion, according to figures from the...

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - May job vacancy advertising, as measured by the Conference Board's Help-Wanted Index fell by 4% over the month as disappointing corporate profits put...

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Aiming to increase transparency in the mutual fund market, RiskMetrics Group launched "Best and Worst" Fund Evaluations, an evaluation of stock mutual funds.

June 27, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Even though the recovery from America's recession has been uneven in recent months, there was good news in the latest government jobless figures...

June 26, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Members of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted unanimously to keep the federal funds rate unchanged at 1.75%, despite increases in economic...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After years of weaning and winnowing out unprofitable and undercommitted providers, today's recordkeeping field still offers plan sponsors a robust choice of funds,...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors steering clear of the equity market, have caused a liquidity crunch on the debt side, leaving the global high yield bond default...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a sign that the job market is slowly climbing out of the doldrums, fewer Americans lined up to claim their first state...

June 20, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - More and more investors, eager to cut back on risk through diversification, are fleeing the still volatile equity market for the world of...

June 19, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Risk aversion increased in May as mutual fund investors avoided low performing equities and moved to more defensive plays, according to estimates from...

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Over the past six years, American Depositary Receipts (ADRs) have outperformed their home equity markets by 83%, partly due to investor perceptions of...

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index is up 0.67% for May 2002, once again outperforming the major US market indices.

June 17, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Multiemployer pension funds took it on their collective chin during 2001, with a median loss on their equity investment of 11.3%, according to...

June 13, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of initial unemployment benefits claims filed last week was up again, the Department of Labor (DoL) announced.

June 12, 2002 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Following the quarterly meeting of its Equity Indices Committee, FTSE Group will delete three companies from the UK's FTSE 100.