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August 22, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Deposits to the nation's unit investment trusts rose to $7.24 billion in July, the second straight month-over-month increase and a significant improvement over...

August 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investors bailed out of equity mutual funds for the first time since March last month, yanking about $1.5 billion, according to data from...

August 21, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In a bid to revive sluggish US economic growth, the Federal Reserve cut its key federal funds interest rate by a quarter of...

August 17, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Morgan Stanley Capital International (MSCI) made just a few changes to its MSCI Standard Indexes as part of its quarterly index rebalancing.

August 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - In July, an unrelenting stream of negative economic news kept the market in the doldrums, with the Average US Hedge Fund decreasing by...

August 16, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial unemployment claims dipped to 380,000 in the week ending August 11, falling by 8,000 from the previous week's 388,000 level, according to...

August 15, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The CSFB/Tremont Hedge Fund Index came in totally flat at 0.0% for July 2001, with gains in dedicated short bias and convertible arbitrage...

August 14, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Junk bonds lived up to their name in July, with the default rate rising to 8.29% - the highest level since February 1992.

August 10, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant transfer activity was largely "normal" in July but moved increasingly toward more conservative investments, according to the Hewitt 401(k) Index.

August 9, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The lines of the unemployed claiming benefits for the first time grew longer by 33,000 in the week ending August 4, 2001. However,...

August 7, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Falling labor costs led American worker productivity in the second quarter to a 2.5% annual growth rate, the largest gain since the second...

August 6, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Returns were negative nearly across the board in July amid increasing concerns on the direction of the global economy, according to data from...

August 3, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The US unemployment rate was unchanged at 4.5% in July, with employers shedding 42,000 jobs, the Labor Department reported Friday.

August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Public markets' ownership of real estate declined across all property types last year, despite a softer stock market during 2000, its first decline...

August 2, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Initial unemployment insurance claims moderated in the week ending July 28, reaching a five month low of 346,000.

July 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Nearly two-thirds of top executives believe that their company's shares are undervalued and 71% expect an improvement in their company's stock price over...

July 31, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Despite a $10.63 billion net cash inflow during the month, stock mutual funds slipped by $67.95 billion in June, according to the Investment...

July 30, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The first half of 2001 has been hard on equity mutual fund investors, with only 23% of the asset class reporting positive results,...

July 27, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - NASDAQ is set to implement the final phase of SuperSoes, its new automated order execution system, on Monday.

July 26, 2001 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - July's traditionally volatile initial unemployment insurance claims figures stayed true to form, swinging down to levels not seen since March this year, according...