Mutual Funds News

Congress didn't actually vote to end the confusion over mutual fund share classes last week but lawmakers took a step that ultimately could go a long way to simplifying the way investors buy and sell fund shares.

In this photo made Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2009, specialists Scott Wetzel, Michael Bonnano and Peter Gaicchi, left to right, and Gennaro Saporito, foreground right, work at a post on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange.

Several financial advisers said that they agree with the Supreme Court justices who appeared to suggest during oral arguments last week that the Securities and Exchange Commission, and not the courts, should ultimately decide when mutual fund fees are excessive.

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Canadians no longer suffer constraints on where in the world they can invest but there's still home-country bias, in part because the dividend tax credit confers tax advantages on those holding Canadian dividend payers in taxable accounts.

The hottest investments in 2009 have been, in no particular order: Emerging market stocks, especially Chinese stocks Bonds Risky, debt-laden U.S. stocks Following the bludgeoning we took last winter, it's no surprise that investors have either sought lower volatility in the fixed-income market or have tried to regain some ground in more volatile ...

Interest rates are at rock bottom and the markets have rallied fast: could be a good time to rebalance your portfolio ROB CARRICK 00:00 EST Saturday, November 07, 2009 rcarrick@globeandmail.com It's therapy time for investors with a phobia of falling stock markets.

Won't markets be safer and produce better returns over the long run if key institutions and executives are subject to government discipline? While there's no evidence that governments will bring greater stability to financial markets, here's a sure bet: The anti-market rationale behind increased government meddling in high-level banking and ...

The intense and growing investor interest in Clean Energy Investing can be seen in the recent growth of new clean energy mutual fund and Exchange traded fund issues.

The U.S. Supreme Court is taking a close look at a question individual investors have long asked about their mutual funds, but the courts have largely ignored: Why am I getting charged twice as much as big institutional clients? Sure enough, the money-management services that different classes of fund clients get aren't the same.

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Citigroup's Primerica financial services and insurance unit is going public. Primerica filed a registration statement with the Securities and Exchange Commission on Thursday for the initial public offering, saying it plans to raise as much as $100 million.

FBL Financial Group Inc. filed Quarterly Report for the period ended 2009-09-30. FBL FINANCIAL GROUP INC.

The Supreme Court on Monday heard arguments in a case brought by disgruntled mutual-fund investors who claim their fund fees were too high.

Securities and Exchange Commission The Securities and Exchange Commission is assessing the impact of high-frequency trading on market efficiency for long-term investors, including those trading small- and mid-cap stocks Reuters reports.

All it takes is one superstar stock to make you rich. To have the best chance of finding that millionaire-maker, you have to assemble a diversified portfolio that includes only the best of the best stocks available.

It's the financial fantasy for a post-crash world: Wouldn't life be grand if you could own one mutual fund that invested in domestic and foreign stocks, bonds, cash, real estate, commodities and currencies, freely shifting investments among categories to take advantage of opportunities, and avoid meltdowns? Well, yes it would.

For the last decade or so, Internet service providers have been dealing with requests to block access to pornographic or copyright-infringing Web sites, or in China, ones that dare to criticize the government .

Financial advisers said they agreed with several Supreme Court justices who appeared to suggest during oral arguments yesterday that the Securities and Exchange Commission - and not the courts - should ultimately decide when mutual fund fees are excessive.

If Vanguard Group founder and indexing pioneer John Bogle thinks mutual fund fees are excessive in the United States, you have to wonder what he'd think about the fees in Canada, which are roughly twice as high.