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Top 5 Real Estate Funds

April 25, 2010 By investing Leave a Comment

Top 5 Real Estate Funds
Add Real Estate to your portfolio with ING Real Estate A , Cohen & Steers Realty Shares , Forward Select Income A , JPMorgan US Real Estate A and Natixis AEW Real Estate A .

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NZ Reviews Taxation Of Foreign Funds,

April 20, 2010 By investing Leave a Comment

NZ Reviews Taxation Of Foreign Funds,
New Zealand’s Revenue Minister, Peter Dunne, has announced the release of a tax policy issues paper from the Inland Revenue (IR) seeking feedback on suggested changes to remove an anomaly that results in overseas investors being over-taxed when investing in New Zealand portfolio investment entities (PIEs).

Mutual Funds: 10 questions to test your IQ

April 16, 2010 By investing Leave a Comment

Mutual Funds: 10 questions to test your IQ
Mutual funds are a cornerstone of retirement planning. Yet they’re widely misunderstood and investing ignorance can really cost you. Do you know the difference between an expense ratio and a turnover ratio? What about an open-end fund versus a closed-end? Try this quiz, and check out the answers at bottom:

Certain DWS Closed-End Funds Declare Monthly Distributions

April 12, 2010 By investing Leave a Comment

Certain DWS Closed-End Funds Declare Monthly Distributions
NEW YORK—-The DWS closed-end funds listed below announced today regular monthly distributions.

Palestinian bourse raises awareness but no funds

March 26, 2010 By investing Leave a Comment

Palestinian bourse raises awareness but no funds
* Seeks more foreign funds

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Partner In Time: Retirement Funds You Can Age With

March 4, 2010 By investing Leave a Comment

Partner In Time: Retirement Funds You Can Age With
What if you could just pick the year you expect to retire and then let a retirement fund do the heavy lifting? That’s what target-date or lifecycle funds promise. They’re gaining in popularity, but only about 7 percent of all 401(k) assets are held in such funds.

Hedge Fund’s High-Tech Strategy Yields Mixed Results

February 25, 2010 By investing Leave a Comment

Hedge Fund’s High-Tech Strategy Yields Mixed Results
Notable quant fund Renaissance Technologies didn’t join the bull rally in 2009.

Mutual Funds India: Breaking the myth of size

February 6, 2010 By investing Leave a Comment

Size matters but not in fund management. To download the presentation, visit: www.quantumequitydirect.com

New bond funds test the idea of ‘less is more’

January 19, 2010 By investing Leave a Comment

New bond funds test the idea of ‘less is more’
Mark Jewell, AP Personal Finance Writer BOSTON — With mutual funds, sometimes less is more.

Chasing hot funds? Expect cool returns for a while

January 11, 2010 By investing Leave a Comment

Chasing hot funds? Expect cool returns for a while
Mark Jewell, AP Personal Finance Writer BOSTON — Would you be happy if your mutual fund trailed four of every five of its peers last year? You might be if it emerged from the wreckage of 2008 as the only U.S. stock fund to finish in positive territory, if only barely.