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January 12, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The 2005 return by US educational endowments was down significantly from the year before, but still represented a respectable showing, according to new...

January 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Growth funds edged past value funds for the first time in five years in 2005.

January 9, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Participant trading volumes remained modest and relatively balanced as 2005 wound to a close, but 401(k) investors continued to demonstrate an affinity for...

January 6, 2006 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) reported that total non-farm payroll employment for December increased by 108,000.

January 6, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Global equity markets turned in a strong 2005 performance despite a series of potentially negative events, Standard & Poor's reported.

December 30, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds increased by $268.2 billion, or 3.2%, to $8.766 trillion in November, according to the Investment...

December 27, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US stock and bond mutual funds continued strutting their stuff in November with a strong $29.1-billion inflow, according to Financial Research Corporation's (FRC's)...

December 9, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - According to Standard & Poor's global stock market review, 'The World by Numbers', every developed world country posted positive returns in November.

December 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Equities were on fire in November in 401(k) transfer activity with a majority of trades on 76% of trading days headed for the...

December 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US employers were apparently able to shake off a hurricane-induced economic slowdown in November to add 215,000 workers to their payrolls.

December 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - November was a good month for stock funds as the average equity offering bested the S&P 500 showing, according to Standard & Poor's...

December 2, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - US stock and bond mutual funds enjoyed a healthy $27.5 billion asset inflow in October, according to Financial Research Corporation's (FRC's) report of...

November 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Net inflows to US registered International and Global equity mutual funds are projected to come out near $150 billion this year.

November 29, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds decreased by $92.5 billion, or 1.1%, to $8.496 trillion in October, according to the Investment...

November 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The government reported Wednesday that real average weekly earnings, after seasonal adjustment, rose by 0.4% from September to October.

November 16, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Institutional investors ended the third quarter of 2005 with gains, according to the quarterly survey by Mercer Investment Consulting.

November 15, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The MSCI Hedge Fund Composite Index returned 4.3% in the third quarter of 2005 - a significant advance over the second quarter's 0.9%...

November 10, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Standard & Poor's announced that hedge fund returns, as measured by the S&P Hedge Fund Index, lost 0.47% in October.

November 8, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - Investor unease with the stock and bond markets in October led to a flight to safety by 401(k) investors who dashed through the...

November 7, 2005 (PLANSPONSOR.com) - The one-year performance for public and corporate pension funds were 13.63% and 13.73% respectively, according to the Trust Universe Comparison Service (TUCS).