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Registered Rep. September 1, 2011 Diana Britton	Retail Investors Still Risk Averse, Pull Money Out of Equity Mutual Funds Despite an opportunity to buy stocks on the cheap, retail investors still have a risk-averse bias, according to recent fund flows.
The Motley Fool December 4, 2006 Dan Caplinger	10 Trillion Reasons to Invest Mutual funds keep raking in the money.
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Investment Advisor March 2007 Kara P. Stapleton	Overseas Still Appeals In 2006, investors stayed enamored of foreign markets.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2005	Fun Days for Funds No Kidding The market may have been flat for much of 2004, but it didn't affect investors' enthusiasm for mutual funds.
Registered Rep. March 1, 2007	International Flight Over the last three years, foreign mutual funds have posted annual returns twice those notched by the S&P 500, prompting investors to dump shares of U.S. stock funds and park that cash overseas in search of fatter returns.
The Motley Fool December 29, 2010 Morgan Housel	More Premature Reports of the Death of the Individual Investor Investors have been pulling money out of stock mutual funds. But this is an incomplete way of looking at things, and not nearly enough to conclude that we've lost our love of investing.
Registered Rep. March 2, 2012 Diana Britton	Yield of Dreams: Looking for Higher Dividends? Invest in Asset Managers While retail investors are exiting equity mutual funds like no other, dividend-focused mutual funds are actually reaping the benefits of investors' search for yield.
The Motley Fool December 11, 2007 Dan Caplinger	2007's Big Surprise Mutual funds that invest in Treasury securities have put in an unexpectedly good performance in 2007, giving broader-market indexes a run for their money.
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Registered Rep. July 30, 2013 Diana Britton	60 Seconds with Steven Young, Curian Capital Steven Young, Senior Vice President, Chief Investment Officer, Curian Capital answers questions about negative bond returns and the current state of the equity market.
Financial Planning July 1, 2009 Donald Jay Korn	Down But Not Out For mutual funds, 2008 was the year of the ebb tide: Long-term funds saw net outflows of $226 billion. The carnage continued in the first quarter of 2009, when an additional $43 billion flowed out of equity funds.
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Registered Rep. February 14, 2011 Diana Britton	Schwab Trades Up On Improved Investor Sentiment Charles Schwab's daily average trades were up 28 percent month over month in January, as investors poured money back into equity mutual funds. Trading volume increased 10 percent over January 2010.
Financial Planning August 1, 2009 Stacy Schultz	Record-Breaker The second quarter of 2009 was a record-breaker for mutual funds.
On Wall Street September 1, 2012 Matthew Lemieux	Market Uncertainty Drives Investors Toward Index-Based Equity Funds European sovereign debt concerns and the U.S. debt-ceiling debacle spurred market volatility, pushing investors toward index-based equity funds.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2011 Dan Caplinger	Don't Follow Bill Gross Off the Cliff PIMCO bond maven Bill Gross throws in the towel. Should you?
Registered Rep. February 16, 2012 David Geracioti	Von Aldo: Schwab and Ameritrade's Institutional Business Poised for Rebound, Says Bernstein Brad Hintz, of Bernstein Research, says Ameritrade and Schwab will need a while before their businesses really get cranking.
The Motley Fool August 24, 2007 Mac Greer	Fool Video: Making the Most of Your Mutual Fund Stock analyst Shannon Zimmerman discusses how to manage your mutual fund in uncertain times.
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Financial Planning August 1, 2011 Donna Mitchell	Safety Plays Municipal bond skeptics take note: The group had one of the best returns in the second quarter.
The Motley Fool December 8, 2010 Dan Caplinger	Are U.S. Investors Coming Home? ETF flows are starting to change direction.
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Financial Advisor April 2010 Marla Brill	A Good Complement More advisors think both bond mutual funds and ETFs belong in client portfolios.
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Financial Planning October 1, 2009 Donna Mitchell	ETFs Activated A new white paper examines the performance of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) from 1998 to 2008, and provides insight into what is ahead for ETFs.
The Motley Fool January 5, 2007 Selena Maranjian	Recent Trends in Mutual Funds Most of us hold some mutual funds. See how they've been growing lately.
InternetNews June 2, 2006 Paul Shread	Technical Analysis: Bonds Price in Slowdown Long bond yields slip below the fed funds rate, signaling fears of a slowdown.
The Motley Fool October 11, 2006	On Funds and Meetings If you hold shares through a mutual fund, can you attend annual company meetings?
Investment Advisor May 2010 Huxley & Burns	Silver Lining Investors can limit fixed income losses due to rising interest rates by laddering individual bonds and holding them to maturity.
On Wall Street June 1, 2012 Dave Lindorff	Is It True Bonds Have More Fun? A multi-year shift by investors out of equity mutual funds and into equity exchange-traded funds is now broadening to include fixed income, too, as investors seek lower fees as well as the relative ease of shifting asset allocations afforded by ETFs.
InternetNews March 28, 2007 Paul Shread	Technical Analysis: Stocks Get Slammed It's a good thing new money is on its way.
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Registered Rep. June 11, 2014 Stan Luxenberg	Bargains in Closed-End Funds? According to Thomas J. Herzfeld Advisors, the average closed-end bond fund now sells at a 6% discount to the value of its assets. You can buy $1 worth of bonds for 94 cents.
InternetNews December 4, 2006 Paul Shread	Technical Analysis: New Highs The S&P leads the way higher.
Registered Rep. February 26, 2013 Diana Britton	Deja Vu The stampede from U.S. equity mutual funds and the accompanying positive S&P 500 performance over the last few years is eerily similar to the late 1970s' bull market, a new report by The Leuthold Group says.
The Motley Fool September 13, 2007 Dan Caplinger	Make a Mint With Munis With falling yields elsewhere, municipal bonds look more attractive. Traditionally difficult to buy, it is now a little easier to purchase them with a new ETF, the iShares S&P National Municipal Bond Fund.
The Motley Fool April 19, 2008 Amanda B. Kish	Bill Gross to Investors: Run Away! Which segment of the market the world's largest bond fund is avoiding, and a look at bond ETFs.
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Investment Advisor September 2009 Mike Patton	Tactical Versus Strategic In strategic asset allocation, long-term capital expectations are integrated with a client's goals and a target allocation is established. With tactical asset allocation, adjustments are made based on short-term expectations for an asset class.
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