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December 30, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The nation's mutual funds made it two months in a row of asset increases, as combined assets were up $82.4 billion (1.2%) in...

December 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Exchange-traded funds (ETF) added even more assets in November, swelling by more than $3 billion for the month.

December 29, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In its first increase since June, the Conference Board's help-wanted advertising index jumped in November to 39 from 37 the month before.

December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The December reading of the State Street Investor Confidence rose 7.1 points to 114.8 from a revised November level of 107.7.

December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of domestic mass layoffs in November was off from the previous month, according to the latest government data.

December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index posted a November increase of only 0.72%, a significant drop from October's nearly 2% hike.

December 23, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Net inflows to stock and bond mutual funds moderated a bit in November with $16.9 billion in new assets, compared to the $23.1...

December 22, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Dedicated emerging market securities investment funds had a record-setting year of inflows in 2003.

December 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Inflows to equity and balanced-type funds exceeded $25 billion in November.

December 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - After two straight weeks of heading north, the number of jobless workers applying for first-time benefits headed south in a big way last...

December 18, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - A down market for the first part of November and the flood of news about the ongoing fund trading scandal still couldn't stop...

December 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Resurgent markets appear to be fostering confidence among self-directed brokerage account (SDBA) holders, who recorded the highest level of trading activity in nearly...

December 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index was up 1.08% for November, according to the latest CSFB/Tremont data.

December 15, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds turned in an average 1.72% November gain, according to the HedgeFund.net-PerTrac Universes.

December 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The number of jobless workers filing for first-time benefits shot up for the second time in a row last week to its highest...

December 11, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com)—Preliminary reports show the MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index posting an increase of only 0.7%, a significant drop from the nearly 2% increase during October.

December 9, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Faced with an albeit slowly recovering economy, Federal Reserve officials decided Tuesday not to disturb the interest-rate picture

December 8, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Hedge funds produced a 1.14% November return on strength from Latin America offerings, according to the Hennessee Hedge Fund Index.

December 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Both liabilities and assets turned in a positive performance last month, yet the pension asset/liability gap continued to widen in November.

December 5, 2003 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a mixed bag of good and bad news, the government reported Friday that the economy created 57,000 new jobs in November -...