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INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 27, 2012
Federated not done shopping for money market funds

By JKEPHART
George Soros bets big on gold — but advisers have a smarter play
INVESTING ETFS JUN 25, 2012
George Soros bets big on gold — but advisers have a smarter play

Billionaire buying up shares in SPDR Gold Trust; iShares' version cheaper, though

By JKEPHART
New ETF will track dividend-paying tech stocks
INVESTING ETFS JUN 24, 2012
New ETF will track dividend-paying tech stocks

ETF plans to capitalize on growing trend of tech stocks that are paying dividends

By JKEPHART
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 21, 2012
Federated back in for more money funds

Buys an additional $571 million of money-market fund assets from Trustmark Investment

By JKEPHART
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 21, 2012
Michael Hasenstab: Crunching numbers, winning assets

Michael Hasenstab can crunch numbers with the best of them. And the lead manager of the Templeton Global Bond Fund has a doctorate in economics to prove it.

By Bloomberg
Thanks to the maddening crowd, fund fads often end bad
INVESTING ETFS JUN 20, 2012
Thanks to the maddening crowd, fund fads often end bad

Attracting too much money can lead to poor decisions -- and poorer investors

By John Goff
Schapiro sticks to her guns on money funds
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 19, 2012
Schapiro sticks to her guns on money funds

Tells fund industry executives she still sees problems with current backstops; leaning towards floating NAV

By JKEPHART
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 19, 2012
Dems join opposition to fund reform

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
INVESTING RIAS JUN 18, 2012
Money funds ain't broke, don't need fixing

A bit of advice to SEC Chairman Mary Schapiro, who has made it abundantly clear that she intends to make further changes to regulations governing money market funds: Quit while you are ahead.

By MFXFeeder
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 17, 2012
Screening process at DFA inspires devotion, loyalty

By Jason Kephart
Rominger mulling timeline for 12(b)-1 fee rule
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 15, 2012
Rominger mulling timeline for 12(b)-1 fee rule

In the last 48 hours, Eileen Rominger, the new director of the Division of Investment Management at the Securities and Exchange Commission, has appeared before a congressional committee and addressed an investment advice industry group.

By Mark Schoeff Jr.
Pimco's new closed-end fund raises $1 billion
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 14, 2012
Pimco's new closed-end fund raises $1 billion

Forget Facebook, Pimco just completed the largest closed-end-fund IPO in two years with the $1 billion Dynamic Income Fund

By JKEPHART
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 14, 2012
Can Jeffrey Gundlach survive success?

By JKEPHART
Alternatives funds finally catching on — but are they the wrong ones?
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 11, 2012
Alternatives funds finally catching on — but are they the wrong ones?

Fund companies are increasingly cranking out mutual funds that invest in alternatives. But the most popular product may offer scant protection against down markets

By Jeff Benjamin
Fund firms want out of the pool, sue the CFTC
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 11, 2012
Fund firms want out of the pool, sue the CFTC

Industry trade group up in arms over amendment to rule that exempted mutual funds from having to register as commodity pool operators

By JKEPHART
Biggest China ETF in U.S. rocked as investors exit the dragon
INVESTING ETFS JUN 11, 2012
Biggest China ETF in U.S. rocked as investors exit the dragon

FTSE China 25 index fund from iShares recorded nearly $1B in net outflows this year; 'starting to get scared'

By John Goff
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 08, 2012
Luz M. Padilla: DoubleLine Emerging Markets Fixed-Income Fund

By JKEPHART
Pimco's Total Return ETF even better than the real thing
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 06, 2012
Pimco's Total Return ETF even better than the real thing

Bill Gross Lite outstripping flagship Total Return mutual fund by almost 300 basis points

By JKEPHART
INVESTING MUTUAL FUNDS JUN 04, 2012
Bond fund managers expect party to end soon

By AOSTERLAND
INVESTING EQUITIES JUN 04, 2012
Best- and worst-performing equity funds

By mlanche