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Egypt an oil price powder keg? Not likely, says global fund manager
EMERGING MARKETS FEB 11, 2011
Egypt an oil price powder keg? Not likely, says global fund manager

Oppenheimer's Zervos expects plenty of noise, but little investment impact from uprising; country accounts for meager 0.3% of global GDP

By Jeff Benjamin
EMERGING MARKETS FEB 11, 2011
How to play the turbulence in Egypt

Energy sector already boosted; rare buying opportunity for frontier funds

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME FEB 11, 2011
Great stocking stuffers: Muni bonds

Wealthy U.S. investors may be able to buy municipal bonds at some of the highest yields in seven months as issuers rush to borrow before year-end

By John Goff
ETFS FEB 10, 2011
Morningstar set to rate model portfolios

Morningstar Inc. is developing ratings for advisers' exchange-traded-fund model portfolios, a first for the burgeoning industry.

By Jessica Toonkel
FINTECH FEB 10, 2011
Fund marketers embrace a print link to video

By Jessica Toonkel
Money managers just about going all in on stocks: Survey
EQUITIES FEB 09, 2011
Money managers just about going all in on stocks: Survey

Confidence hits highest level in a decade, Merrill study reveals; 67% now overweighting equities

By John Goff
How to spot a doomed ETF
ETFS FEB 09, 2011
How to spot a doomed ETF

Exchange-traded funds may be all the rage, but closures of ETFs are up 500% since 2007. Here are some warning signs that a fund may be headed for that great pooled asset in the sky.

By Jessica Toonkel
ETFS FEB 09, 2011
The muni bond ETFs trading at the biggest discounts

By Mark Bruno
ETFS FEB 08, 2011
More ETFs are closing as funds crowd market

With fund firms launching a seemingly endless parade of exchange-traded funds, a dark side to this glut of offerings is emerging: Portfolio liquidations, once rare, are becoming more common

By Jessica Toonkel
IndexUniverse takes on Morningstar in ETF space race
ETFS FEB 08, 2011
IndexUniverse takes on Morningstar in ETF space race

Research firm aims to barge into the ratings biz for exchange-traded funds; rival doing some revising as well

By Jessica Toonkel
ETFS FEB 08, 2011
ETF assets: $1 trillion and counting

The combined market value of U.S. exchange-traded funds surpassed $1 trillion for the first time in 2010, while ETFs investing in emerging markets and bonds receiving the most new money, Birinyi Associates Inc. said.

By Mark Bruno
U.S. dollar up as Mubarak steps down
EMERGING MARKETS FEB 07, 2011
U.S. dollar up as Mubarak steps down

Flight to safety lifts greenback against most counterparts as Egyptian president resigns

By John Goff
Big surprise: Investors piling into Egypt ETF
EMERGING MARKETS FEB 07, 2011
Big surprise: Investors piling into Egypt ETF

Flows into Van Eck could be due to some shorting, though other investors may sense potential buying opportunity; country 'too big to fail'

By Jessica Toonkel
Vanguard's fee-light emerging-markets ETF passing rivals
EMERGING MARKETS FEB 07, 2011
Vanguard's fee-light emerging-markets ETF passing rivals

Inflows into firm's low-fee fund have surged; 'pricing war going on'

By John Goff
ETFS FEB 07, 2011
Advisers' favorite ETF provider is Vanguard: survey

The Vanguard Group Inc. has edged out BlackRock Inc.'s iShares as advisers' most trusted exchange-traded fund provider, according to a survey released by Cogent Research.

By Bloomberg
FIXED INCOME FEB 04, 2011
Bargains going a-begging in the muni market: Deutsche Bank

Risk of defaults on tax-free bonds overblown, says bank's head of fixed-income group

By Andrew Osterland
EQUITIES FEB 04, 2011
Consumer electronics: Now a holiday staple?

From Black Friday door-buster specials on flat-panel TVs to stocking stuffers like MP3 players and e-book readers, shopping for electronics has become as synonymous with the holiday shopping season as decorating Christmas trees

By Standard and Poor's
Schwab fee change could smack Fidelity, other fund firms
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 03, 2011
Schwab fee change could smack Fidelity, other fund firms

Brokerage plans to charge fund firms by assets on its platform -- not accounts.

By Jessica Toonkel
These two target date fund families missing the mark: Morningstar
MUTUAL FUNDS FEB 03, 2011
These two target date fund families missing the mark: Morningstar

AllianceBernstein, OppenheimerFunds occupy bottom rung in latest ratings; Fidelity slips.

By Robert Steyer
DOL pension proposal could rock fund firms
RETIREMENT PLANNING FEB 03, 2011
DOL pension proposal could rock fund firms

Expanded definition of 'fiduciary' likely to hamstring funds that work with plan sponsors and participants.

By Darla Mercado