Exchange-Traded Funds Center

PowerShares Pulls Plug on 19 ETFs - ETFguide.com - Mon, May 4
SAN DIEGO - Invesco PowerShares plans to eliminate 19 ETFs 
within its family. The funds will cease trading on May 18th and...

TradingMarkets 7 ETFs You Need to Know for Tuesday - TradingMarkets.com - Mon, May 4
Materials ETFs were higher on the first trading day of the week. The ProShares 
Ultra Basic Materials ETF reflected the aggressive buying in basic materials 
stocks, climbing by more than 11% intraday.


4 Ways to Capture the Big Opportunities in Small Stocks - ETFguide.com - Mon, May 4
SAN DIEGO - Finding the next Apple or Microsoft is like looking for a needle in a 
haystack. And even though most people will never find either, none of it keeps them from...

Bank stress test results to try market's advance - AP - Sun, May 3

A week laden with key economic reports and results of stress tests on banks will determine 
whether Wall Street is ready to rally further or take a sharp U-turn     

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Exchange-Traded Funds Center

3 Ways To Earn Your Future Back - ETFguide.com - Tue 11:54am
There is a dream behind each portfolio. Portfolios are built to achieve future dreams. As a portfolio gets pummeled, dreams get postponed or remain unfulfilled. Here are 3 ways to make your dreams come true and earn your envisioned, bright future back

Time to Attend to the Hedges - RealMoney by TheStreet.com - Tue 10:03am
After rocketing to amazing highs, it's time for this market to come back to Earth

You Don't Have to Put Up with Rising Fund Costs - Morningstar.com - Tue 7:00am
With regular folks in dire straits, why should your funds get a pass?

Emerging Markets, REITs Led In April - Investor's Business Daily - Mon, May 4
The ongoing market uptrend in April brought strong performance from basic materials, real estate and emerging markets.      

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Types of Mutual Funds

• Equity Funds Explained
  Investorama.com
• Growth and Value Funds Explained
  SmartMoney.com
• The Soft Distinction Between Growth and Value Funds
  Bogle on Mutual Funds
• Growth vs. Value, 1937-1997
  Common Sense on Mutual Funds
• Large-Cap and Small-Cap Funds Explained
  SmartMoney.com
• Large-Cap Stocks vs. Small-Cap Stocks
  Common Sense on Mutual Funds
• Bond Funds Explained
  SmartMoney.com
• Foreign Stock Funds Explained
  SmartMoney.com
• Money-Market Funds Explained
  SmartMoney.com
• Sector Funds Explained
  SmartMoney.com
• Asset Allocation Funds Explained
  Investorama.com

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Daily News for Mutual Funds.

Mutual Funds play it safe, refuse to get swayed by market rally
Economic Times - ‎6 hours ago Mutual Fund managers are being as prudent

as the retail investor and have attributed the dramatic rise in stock values to the 

inflow of foreign ...

Stocks: A Positive 20094 hours ago‎Among those celebrating are mutual funds. After their dismal performance in 2008, mutual fund...ustomers quit in droves. According to TrimTabs Investment

Rebuilding investor confidence, retirement-plan reform top ...

 MarketWatch - ‎4 hours ago‎"There's no denying that mutual funds have faced an extraordinarily challenging time," said Paul Schott Stevens, ici's president and chief executive. ...

FUND SCORE-UK funds led by UK smaller cos last week-LipperReuters - ‎May 5, 2009‎It provides the free Lipper Leader ratings for mutual funds registered for salre in 27 countries. Additional information is available at www.lipper.com ...

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Daily News for Mutual Funds.

1.As Investors Turn From Stocks, Fund Firms Regroup

Wall Street Journal - ‎20 hours ago‎ From April 2008 through the early part of

last month, 454 mutual funds were liquidated or merged into other funds, 

and only 393 funds made their debut, ...

Mutual funds post good news Times and Transcript

With fees on the increase, it's time to revisit fund costs 

 

2. Mutual fund sales, financial advice tilt toward fee-based ...

InvestmentNews - ‎12 hours ago‎ By David Hoffman Sales of Mutual funds

through brokers and financial advisers continued to shift toward fee-based 

compensation last year, while the trend ...

Fund Sales Move toward Fee-Based Model Planadviser.com

Investors Moving To Fee-Only Advisers During Crisis IndexUniverse.com

 

3.Mutual funds' asset base swells 11.5% in April

Hindu Business Line - ‎14 hours ago‎ Mumbai, May 5 The mutual fund industry

has recorded an 11.5 per cent growth in asset base in April, most of it due to large

inflows from banks into ...

MF industry posts 12% growth in April assets Business Standard

MF assets top Rs 5.5L cr, increase 12% in April Times of India

MFs completely missed April rally Daily News & Analysis

 

4.Mutual Funds play it safe, refuse to get swayed by market rally

Economic Times - ‎6 hours ago‎  Mutual Fund managers are being as prudent

as the retail investor and have attributed the dramatic rise in stock values to the 

inflow of foreign ...

 

 

 

 

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Fund Analysis

Fund Analysis
Fund	Category	Rating	3 Yr Return
Canara Robeco Income	Debt: Medium-term		14.27
Fortis Flexi Debt Reg	Debt: Medium-term		12.33
Sahara Income	Debt: Medium-term		10.75
Birla Sun Life Dynamic Bond Ret	Debt: Medium-term		10.54
ICICI Prudential Infra...	Equity: Diversified		7.74
Reliance Regular Savings Equity	Equity: Diversified		6.05
Birla Sun Life Frontli...	Equity: Diversified		5.45
Principal Child Benefit	Hybrid: Equity-oriented		5.03
IDFC Premier Equity Pl...	Equity: Diversified		4.65
DSPBR Top 100 Equity Reg	Equity: Diversified		4.61
DBS Chola Opportunities	Equity: Diversified		3.58
DSPBR Balanced	Hybrid: Equity-oriented		3.55
HDFC Prudence	Hybrid: Equity-oriented		3.43
HDFC Top 200	Equity: Diversified		3.43
HSBC Equity	Equity: Diversified		1.90
DSPBR Equity	Equity: Diversified		1.79
Franklin India Prima Plus	Equity: Diversified		1.36
DWS Investment Opportunity Regular	Equity: Diversified		1.16
Magnum Contra	Equity: Diversified		0.03
Reliance Growth	Equity: Diversified		-0.00
ICICI Prudential Dynamic	Equity: Diversified		-0.41
ICICI Prudential Income	Debt: Medium-term		12.78
IDFC Dynamic Bond Plan A	Debt: Medium-term		12.33
Kotak Bond Regular	Debt: Medium-term		11.47
ING Income	Debt: Medium-term		11.13

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