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January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of jobless Americans lining up for first-time unemployment benefits dipped slightly last week, the government reported.

January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - During the last quarter of 2003, the Employment Cost Index (ECI) rose only 0.7%, the smallest increase of the year.

January 29, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's mutual funds made it three months in a row of asset increases, as combined assets were up by $178.9 billion (2.5%)...

January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Stock and bond mutual funds took in $24.3 billion in new assets in December.

January 28, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - As it has in recent months, the Federal Reserve shied away Wednesday from changing interest rates from their decades-old lows.

January 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inflows into venture capital investments totaled $4.9 billion in the fourth quarter of 2003, again riding the wave of funds flowing into biotechnology...

January 27, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index posted a December increase of 1.64%, down from November's 1.94% showing.

January 23, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded funds (ETF) added even more assets in December, swelling by more than $18 billion for the month.

January 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Across the globe, hedge funds set new high-water marks for inflows in 2003.

January 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - If one kooky market theory holds true, skirt hemlines rising above the knee could also be a leading indicator of good markets ahead.

January 26, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Riding high on fourth-quarter 2003 equity strength, the median master trust in the universe of the Independent Consultants Cooperative (ICC) ended the year...

January 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The equity markets were good for the median Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) defined benefit plan, which was up 24.2% in 2003.

January 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of Americans lining up for first-time jobless claims was nearly flat last week, with a scant 1,000 decrease to 341,000 from...

January 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - December proved to be a difficult month for the nation's unemployed with the number of mass layoffs and the amount of involved workers...

January 22, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - One month after chalking up a $16.5-billion asset advance in November, US mutual funds ended December with a $10.8-billion outflow.

January 21, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The only way to be an effective consumer of alternative investments is basically to go whole hog, a new study found.

January 14, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Shortly after the US Department of Labor (DoL) reported that the economy had created a scant 1,000 new non-farm positions in December, a...

January 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - What a difference a year makes. Twelve months after only managing a scant 0.2% return, the Van Global Hedge Fund Index posted a...

January 16, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds gained an average of 1.83% in December, according to the HedgeFund.net-PerTrac Universes.

January 15, 2004 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of jobless Americans lining up for first-time unemployment benefits fell by 11,000 for the week ending January 10 - erasing the...