They are the first ETFs in the United States to provide short exposure or leveraged exposure to commodities or to the euro and the yen, according to a statement from ProFunds.
Eaton Vance Corp. posted a 43% profit drop for its fiscal fourth quarter today after incurring $17.4 million in impairments stemming from the credit crunch.
The U.S. real gross domestic product declined to a revised 0.5% in the third quarter, marking its biggest drop in seven years, the Department of Commerce reported today.
The New York-based accounting firm yesterday paid the settlement in connection with its auditing service for Philadelphia-based Reliance Insurance Co., a carrier that’s now in liquidation.
Ameritas Life Insurance Co. of Lincoln, Neb., will offer a new version of its new variable universal life policy Jan. 1 as the company tries to conform to new mortality tables.
Nuveen Investments Inc. will acquire Winslow Capital Management Inc., an investment manager that specializes in managing large-cap-growth-stock portfolios for institutions and high-net-worth investors.
The British government today announced a 20-billion-pound ($30 billion) stimulus plan to try to get the United Kingdom through its first recession in 17 years.
Saying that the country faced an “economic crisis of historic proportions,” President-elect Barack Obama introduced the members of his economic advisory team this morning.
Sales of existing homes fell 3.1% in October to a 4.98-million-unit annual rate, as the stock market downfall and the weakening economy caused homebuyers to stay on the sidelines, according to the National Association of Realtors.
Despite the fact that employees are losing a lot of money in their 401(k)s, most are staying the course with their retirement plans, according to an analysis by Hewitt Associates LLC.
