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Most employers using Internet for workers' 401(k) education
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 24, 2000
Most employers using Internet for workers' 401(k) education

The Internet has become a popular way for employers to provide 401(k) plan investment education to employees, a new survey shows.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 24, 2000
More mergers, joint ventures ahead for mutual funds

Couch Potato Fund more than chip off Gabelli block
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS JAN 17, 2000
Couch Potato Fund more than chip off Gabelli block

As a youngster, Marc Gabelli never spent a lot of time talking stocks with his famous father, mutual fund manager Mario Gabelli. But that's not to say he didn't learn a thing or two from Dad about managing money.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS DEC 13, 1999
Sharpe focus: Rating mutual funds by return per unit of risk

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 29, 1999
Agents urged to woo brokers for clients

Finding bargains in a fallow field
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 29, 1999
Finding bargains in a fallow field

Money managers in search of bargain stocks are looking no further than competitors' backyards, even if the grass isn't necessarily greener.

Unsophisticated investors could pose problem in downturn
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 22, 1999
Unsophisticated investors could pose problem in downturn

Even though liability coverage for securities firms is widely available, industry observers say only 20% to 25% of those who should buy the coverage actually do so.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 15, 1999
Fewer cash out 401(k)s

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 15, 1999
Managers didn't toss stock out the Window

Everything's coming up camellias in money manager's Y2K gardens
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 15, 1999
Everything's coming up camellias in money manager's Y2K gardens

The Dow Jones Industrial Average, which suffered a rocky third quarter with interest rate and inflation jitters, will rally by year-end to 11,500, predicted New York money manager David Alger, chief executive of Fred Alger Management Inc.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 15, 1999
Internet pioneer steps back

Boom-boom lawyers too cozy?
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 15, 1999
Boom-boom lawyers too cozy?

The sexual harassment lawsuit saga at Salomon Smith Barney Inc. is about to take a bizarre twist.

Value rally just a brief tease as growth goes gangbusters
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 08, 1999
Value rally just a brief tease as growth goes gangbusters

Talk about a tease. The spring rally in value stocks melted as quickly as an April snowshower, and 1999 is shaping up to be another disappointment for value investors.

NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 01, 1999
ALLSTATE HEADED TO NEW HANDS?

A combination of market and legislative conditions is squeezing Allstate Corp.'s life as an independent company.

What happens when venture capitalists decide your business is better than theirs
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS NOV 01, 1999
What happens when venture capitalists decide your business is better than theirs

Last March, Joseph Park got the kind of phone call most entrepreneurs only dream about.

Stockbroker gives advice the old-fashioned way: Jordan Berlin singing a new old tune
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 1999
Stockbroker gives advice the old-fashioned way: Jordan Berlin singing a new old tune

The E*Trades of the world may insist that someday we'll all invest on-line, but Jordan S. Berlin doesn't buy it.

Ascending to billionaire status matter of only a day for Ascent: Mini-manager wins bid for $1bn bond firm
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 1999
Ascending to billionaire status matter of only a day for Ascent: Mini-manager wins bid for $1bn bond firm

Less than a year after its founder was killed in a plane crash, Robert R. Meredith & Co., a bond shop serving wealthy investors, has been acquired by Ascent Asset Management Advisory Services Inc., a fledgling firm just 4% of its size.

Fund betting Israeli oasis is no mirage: Past offerings counted on Jewish community, which wasn't buying
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 1999
Fund betting Israeli oasis is no mirage: Past offerings counted on Jewish community, which wasn't buying

While big investment banks concentrate on fancy schmancy deals in the burgeoning Israeli market, a fledgling money manager in New York is betting that American individuals and pension funds also want a piece of the action.

E*TRADE finally lands an IPO, but so what?: Its fees are similar and its reputation is yet to be established
NEWS INDUSTRY NEWS OCT 18, 1999
E*TRADE finally lands an IPO, but so what?: Its fees are similar and its reputation is yet to be established

When E*Offering - the investment banking affiliate of on-line broker E*Trade Group Inc. - set up shop last January, many observers thought the firm posed a serious threat to Wall Street's lucrative initial public offering business.

NEWS RETIREMENT PLANNING OCT 11, 1999
WELSH RARE BIT: BILINGUAL PENSION PUSH