When other mutual funds were flourishing, First Pacific Advisers’ New Income, a conservative fund that invests in different types of bonds, struggled: It returned just 2.6% in 2004 and 1.6% in 2005, lagging the average intermediate-term bond fund, and suffered net redemptions of 2 million between May 2005 and May 2006. Since the credit market [...]

On one hand, Federated Investors’ Market Opportunity Fund had a good year: In a market where nearly every mutual fund got clobbered, it beat 95% of its competitors in 2008 and topped the S&P 500 by an astounding 30 percentage points.
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Investors have been putting more money into Japanese equity funds than they’ve been taking out for four straight weeks, according to fund flow tracker EPFR. The streak is the longest since the third quarter of 2008.
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Question: I expect to have about ,000 in pension and Social Security benefits when I retire. Do I need to buy an annuity or should I just keep investing in stock and growth and income funds? –Michael, Columbus, Georgia
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On Friday, the federal minimum wage rises for the third year in a row, sparking the perennial argument among economists: Will it help workers at the bottom of the ladder, or will it kill their jobs?
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Math majors don’t always get much respect on college campuses, but fat post-grad wallets should be enough to give them a boost.
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Trouble is brewing in the commercial real estate market, with everyone from building owners to Ben Bernanke wondering if we’re in for “Real Estate Nightmare, Part 2.”
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The Dow Jones industrials stormed past the 9,000 mark Thursday for the first time since January, as traders delighted in surprising corporate profits and a rise in housing sales. But are the markets getting ahead of themselves?
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Boeing beat analysts’ estimates, posting a 17% increase in second-quarter profits compared to 2008. Under normal circumstances that would be cause for the Street to celebrate, but the good news was overshadowed by the lack of news about the jet Boeing’s future is hanging on — the 787 Dreamliner.
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Mortgage rates have held fairly steady since the middle of last week.
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