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THE ETF EXPERT: Assets Pouring into Water ETFs
By Vaughan ScullyWho would not want to own companies that produce or distribute an item that is essential for human life, exists in limited quantities, and has no known substitutes?
November 01, 2009
Insurance Update: Bonds. Death Bonds.September's financial news seemed more suitable for Halloween, with headlines about the "macabre" subject of "death bonds" cropping up everywhere from mainstream media to the...
November 01, 2009
Asset AllocationBehind the Numbers, with Gail Dudack Taking a contrary position to a lot of the people she speaks with, the principal of the Dudack Research Group...
November 01, 2009
Small WorldOver the last several years, the world's capital markets have undergone tremendous expansion, diversification, and integration. Accompanying these changes has been a movement away from...
November 01, 2009
Danger & Opportunity: Crafting a Better Target Date FundStriving to help investors pull in higher retirement incomes, Putnam Investments has revamped its existing line of target date funds by integrating target absolute return...
November 01, 2009
Why Adopt Global Standards, Anyway?Over the last decade, the world's accounting standard-setters have been working on "converging" local and global accounting standards. Central to these efforts has been the...
November 01, 2009
The Green Advisor: SRI & Green Investing Grow Up"Socially Responsible Investing (SRI) has for decades remained on the fringe of strategic money management, routinely battling the perception that prioritizing an ethical or social...
November 01, 2009
The ETF Advisor: Precious Metal ETFsWhat makes precious metals funds so attractive is that they offer investors the ability to gain unleveraged exposure to gold and other precious metals without...