Stock Funds Took In &#36;10.02 Bil In Dec. (Investor's Business Daily)
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Investor's Business Daily - Investors slowed their investing into stock mutual funds in December. But a fourth-quarter market surge sent total fund assets to a record &#36;8.1 trillion in December.
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Investor's Business Daily - 1 Big M&amp;A deals kicked off the shortened week as a consortium led by Royal Bank of Scotland launched a $96 bil bid for Dutch bank ABN Amro  , and Archstone-Smith  , a REIT, agreed to a $22.2 bil buyout by 2 equity groups. RBS&#39; offer for ABN topped Barclays  &#39; earlier $86.6 bil bid, but analysts said ABN&#39;s previous decision to sell LaSalle to Bank of America   clouded the deal.
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Investor's Business Daily - U.S. diversified stock funds on average fell 0.37% in December. They fell 3.08% in the fourth quarter following a 0.93% gain in third quarter, according to Lipper Inc. That left them up 6.32% for the year.
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Investor's Business Daily - That&#39;s a little softer than the prior reading of 4% and estimates for a 3.9% annual rate. But it&#39;s still the best in a year. Net exports were a little weaker than prior estimates said. Still, trade and business investment offset another sharp drop in home building as well as sluggish consumer spending. Most economists expect slower 2nd-half growth as a credit crunch takes its toll on housing and other sectors.
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Investor's Business Daily - At a time when rapid growth in hedge funds might suggest that their mutual fund counterparts -- long-short funds -- would also prove popular, few investors seem to have much appetite for mutual funds they can sell short.
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Investor's Business Daily - After slogging through a correction in May, a number of European exchange traded funds have recovered in recent weeks and ventured to new highs.
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Investor's Business Daily - Want one more chance to graduate from the procrastinator's corner? Even if you've put off year-end tax and personal finance steps, there are still moves you can make by Dec. 31 to save money.
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Investor's Business Daily - If you have doubts about how mutual fund managers reacted to news that insurance broker Marsh &amp; McLennan was the target of a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, you need look only at the share price.
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Investor's Business Daily - A tight election and volatile stock market slowed investor enthusiasm for stock mutual funds in October, but their appetite appeared to increase in November.
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Investor's Business Daily - Investors reversed November's outflow in December, putting $1.29 billion of new money into stock funds, according to the Investment Company Institute.
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Investor's Business Daily - With the average stock fund down about 9% this year, you might be wondering if you should move your money to a safer area.
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BOSTON (CBS.MW) -- Investors added $3.7 billion to stock mutual funds for the week ending Dec. 29, compared with $3.2 billion last week, TrimTabs Investment Research reported Thursday.
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Investor's Business Daily - 1 China&#39;s leading stock index tumbled 6.5% after Beijing tripled a tax on stock trading to cool its booming market. Investors have been skittish on China since ex-Fed chief Alan Greenspan warned that its bubble could bust. But unlike in Feb., when a Shanghai swoon sparked a worldwide selloff, U.S. stocks rallied.
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Investor's Business Daily - Market News&#39; retail trade index for the week of June 16 fell 1.4 points from the previous week to 40.1. Same-store sales growth was just 0.6%. Companies are curtailing new openings. Layoffs and bankruptcies are rising.
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Investor's Business Daily - MSCI&#39;s main world stock index rose almost 1% as credit concerns eased and investors returned to buying riskier assets. Stocks in Europe and Japan led the index higher. Chinese stocks hit yet another record high. The index is 6.5% above a week ago but remains 7% below its record high in July, when credit worries hit global financial markets.
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Investor's Business Daily - Stock markets have soared in India for the last few years. HDFC Bank has held on for the ride.
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Investor's Business Daily - Brisk buying of video games and DVDs gave online retailers a leg up this holiday. But while they didn't end up with the lump of coal that offline stores got, their sales growth likely fell short of last year.