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Jackson National Updates VA Portfolio
By Staff WriterA large annuity manufacturer has changed the investment portfolios available with its variable annuities.Jackson National Life Insurance Company, Lansing, Mich., a unit of Prudential P.L.C., ...
January 17, 2007
Energy Outlook for 2007While S&P projects real U.S. GDP (gross domestic product) growth will slow to 2.3% in 2007 from 3.3% in 2006, the world economy looks solid. S&P Economics is calling for global GDP growth of 3.2% in 2007 vs. 3.8% in 2006, driven by growth in emerging countries, particularly China. This...
January 05, 2007
Account ConsolidationBank of America has launched a unified managed account service, called Portfolio Strategies Managed Account, that combines a separately managed accounts platform and managed mutual fund wrap account platform into one entity. The new platform is probably going to be the "fastest growing fee-based platform we have in Premier Banking...
January 04, 2007
In '06, Small Cap Outperformed Large-Cap AgainThe small-cap Russell 2000 Index made a comeback in 2006 with a gain of 18.4%, outperforming the large-cap Russell 1000 Index (15.5%) for the seventh year in the past eight years. "The Russell 1000 and Russell 2000 each outperformed the other for six separate months through the year, but in...
January 04, 2007
Money Managers Bullish for 2007Russell Investment Group released in late December the results of its Investment Manager Outlook, a quarterly polling that aims to collect--from professional money managers--opinions about...
January 02, 2007
What if the Bond Guys Are Right?Signs abound that 2007 will be good for equity investors. We're coming into the third year of a presidential cycle, which is historically the best...
January 01, 2007
About the ManagerWith 43 years in the investment business, Charles Royce has an enviable tenure that is matched by only a handful of portfolio managers. For 33...
January 01, 2007
Happy New YearWhen it comes to predicting what's going to happen in the economy and market over the course of a year, the best prognosticators, of course,...