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Fundamental Index Method Receives Patent
By Kate McBrideDo fundamental indexes beat conventional cap-weighted wisdom?
November 01, 2009
Clark at Large: The Times They Are a Changin'Back in the frothy run up to the dot.com crash in the late '90s, I had the temerity to tell a group of financial planners...
October 14, 2009
Are Boomers Likely to Dump Their Investments?Despite concerns over the changing behavior of retirees, empirical evidence suggests that baby boomers will not sell their accumulated assets quickly after they stop working, according to a CBO study.
October 07, 2009
BOLI Assets Rise To $115 BillionBank-owned life insurance assets increased 2.5% at U.S. commercial banks and federally regulated savings banks during the 12-month period that ended June 30.
September 09, 2009
CBO: Boomers Not KilljoysPredictions that the baby boomers will crash the stock market when they retire are probably exaggerated, a Congressional Budget Office analyst writes.
September 01, 2009
Danger & Opportunity: Futures EducationYou've all heard the common wisdom about investing in 2008, and perhaps you've even said it yourself: Diversification didn't work in 2008, because in that...
August 31, 2009
3 More Banks CrashWith more than 80 banks already in bankruptcy so far this year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported Friday that it has closed 3 more banks and assigned their assets and deposits to other institutions.
August 31, 2009
3 More Banks CrashWith more than 80 banks already in bankruptcy so far this year, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. reported Friday that it has closed 3 more banks and assigned their assets and deposits to other institutions.