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By Janet Levaux |
April 29, 2013
The Dow and S&P 500 indices reached all-time highs this first quarter of 2013, which boosted investor inflows and the performance of many equity fund categories, according to several reports released this week. The Dow Jones Industrial Average had returns of 11.25% for the quarter, while the S&P 500 returned...
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By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne |
April 3, 2013
Equity funds’ strong performance leads to dramatic ETF flows in March.
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By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne |
December 20, 2012
The Dow Jones Industrial Average dipped 2.54% from its September closing value in October, while the NASDAQ Composite fell 4.46%
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By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne |
February 1, 2012
The last few months of 2011 entailed sovereign-debt issues in Europe, partisan gridlock and other tough scenarios, but the average equity fund still improved 8.73 percent in fourth quarter, according to Lipper.
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By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne |
January 5, 2012
The last few months of 2011 entailed sovereign-debt issues in Europe, partisan gridlock and other tough scenarios, but the average equity fund still rose 8.73% in the fourth quarter, according to Lipper.
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By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne |
October 26, 2011
In the third quarter of 2011, equity funds posted declining results for the second quarter in a row and dropped 17.44 percent, reports Lipper, with world-equity funds (–20.44 percent) trailing three other broad Lipper categories: mixed-equity funds (–10.08 percent), U.S. diversified-equity funds (–16.67 percent) and sector-equity Funds (–15.36 percent). The...
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By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne |
October 7, 2011
Eight of the nine major equity fund groups tracked by EPFR Global posted outflows during the week ending Oct. 5, the research group said Friday, as did six of the seven major fixed-income fund groups and five of the nine major sector fund groups that include ETFs.
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By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne |
July 26, 2011
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By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne |
July 20, 2011
Equity funds saw $22 billion in outflows, but bond funds drew $21 billion.
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By Janet Levaux, AdvisorOne |
May 1, 2011
Equity funds posted their third consecutive quarter of plus-side returns, gaining 5.14% in the first quarter of 2011, reports Tom Roseen.