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NASDAQ Recomputes June 29 Closing Indices

July 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The NASDAQ Stock Market has announced the recomputed closing prices for the NASDAQ indices for Friday, June 29, 2001, affecting the performance calculations...
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Unemployment Rate Rises ? Slightly

July 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In June, the US unemployment rate returned to the 4.5% level recorded in April this year, according to numbers released by the Department...
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Stock Funds Pick Up the Pace In May

June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Domestic equity mutual funds continued to attract new investments in May, up nearly 14% from April's pace, according to the Investment Company Institute...
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UITs Draw $1.13B in May Assets

June 29, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unit investment trusts attracted $1.13 billion in assets in May, a dramatic decrease from the $12.5 billion deposited a year ago, according to...
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Jobless Claims Fall Again

June 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - New jobless claims fell for the third week in a row last week, sending signals that the pace of corporate layoffs may be...
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Depositary Receipt Trading Rises in 2001

June 28, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Trading in depositary receipts is up 21% from a year ago, suggesting strong investor interest in international market investing, according to the Bank...
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Fed Cuts Rates by 25 Basis Points

June 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As widely expected, the Federal Reserve has cut short-term US interest rates a quarter percentage point to try to spark the nation's economy.
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Techs Topple From Russell Reconstitution

June 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Frank Russell Company has published the latest additions and deletions to its stock indexes, and technology stocks have taken a real drubbing in...
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ETFs Slip A Bit in May

June 25, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's exchange-traded funds (ETFs) dropped slightly in May to $72.77 billion, down up from April's total of $73.30...
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UIT Deposits Off Sharply From Year Ago

June 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Unit investment trusts, investment companies that purchase fixed portfolios of selected stocks or bonds, increased their deposits through offerings in April of $1.11...