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October 18, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's revealed Monday that the performance of US equity funds in the third quarter of 2004 is in keeping with the...

October 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's Hedge Fund Indices were up for the month of September, rising on the backs of increasing oil prices and raised...

October 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's job-creation machine was weaker than expected in September as the unemployment rate held steady, the government reported.

October 5, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the third straight month, the number of announced job cuts has increased, and now stands at over 107,000 for September.

October 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US equity funds had their first decline in six quarters, with an average loss of 1.83% in the third quarter, according to a...

October 4, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - For the first time, an exchange-traded fund has been at the forefront of monthly mutual fund sales.

September 30, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) gained assets in August, tacking on $2.38 billion or 1.3%, with every category gaining ground during the period.

September 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds increased by 0.3%, or $24.4 billion, in August.

September 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exposure to fixed income and mutual funds in self-direct brokerage accounts (SDBA) remained static in the second quarter of 2004, the first such...

September 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Roses were blooming all over when it came to the August mass layoffs picture with sizable drops in both the number of layoffs...

September 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Owners of equities being added to a market index don't get nearly the return "bump" they may have gotten in past years, a...

September 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors kept the feet resting on the brake pedal during August with only moderate inflows into mixed equity and taxable bond funds.

September 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) increasingly will be considered core investments over the next decade, as institutional investors turn more towards REITs in...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US nonprofit health-care organizations reported an average annual total return of 14.1% on operating funds for fiscal year 2003 according to the Commonfund...

September 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - No changes will be made to the FTSE Global Equity Index Series during 2005, according to the FTSE Equity Index Committee, a move...

September 13, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - While predicting an extraordinarily bright future in the hedge fund space, a new study claims domestic hedge fund demand is likely to explode...

September 8, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As has been the story for much of the second half of the year, less-than-robust equity returns sent investors to fixed-income investments, but...

September 3, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US Labor Department (DoL) officials Friday painted a more upbeat picture of the domestic job scene with word that companies added 144,000 workers...

September 2, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Today, over 40% of American households hold IRAs, almost 30 years after they were signed into law under the Employee Retirement Income Security...

September 1, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The NAREIT Composite Index rose 7.88% in August and is now up 13.5% for the year on a total return basis.