Wednesday, April 7, 2010 as of 11:14 AM ET
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High-yield bond funds saw their fourth-largest redemptions on record in the latest week, professional investors have increasingly bearish positions on some of the funds and plans for new bond sales have been pulled.The net outflow of $2.46 billion from high-yield mutual funds and exchange-traded funds contributed to the first weekly outflow for the entire taxable bond fund universe since mid-December, according to Thomson Reuters-owned Lipper.It was also the biggest weekly withdrawal from junk-bond funds since August--despite being only the third outflow in the last 25 weeks, a stretch that saw $25.8 billion flow into the funds.That is a marked shift in sentiment from earlier in the year, when a rally driven by optimism over Europe lifted all boats--even scrap in the junkyard--making high-yield bonds a magnet for investors' cash."Lately, a combination of pressures from Europe and questions about growth global...Investors who aren't content with opportunities in emerging markets are now turning to "emerging emerging markets," known as frontier markets.Frontier markets, which...
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Will Rhind, ETF Securities managing director, on why he is telling investors to focus on platinum and palladium rather than gold.
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Most financial stocks gained in early trade on Tuesday, with Bank of America Corp. up 0.6% and J.P. Morgan Chase & Co. up 0.7%. The Financial Select Sector SPDR Fund...
Morningstar Director of Mutual Fund Research’s Russel Kinnel on the decline in mutual fund fees and its impact on investors.
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Facebook's (NYSE:FB) highly anticipated public debut failed to stimulate the market as shares slid well below their offering price in the first days of trading. Prob...
Edelman Financial Services CEO Ric Edelman on the risks of investing in stocks.
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World gold demand fell 5% in the first quarter as an on-year reduction in demand for gold in jewelry, technology and by central banks offset higher investment demand...
John Paulson, the well-known hedge fund investor, late Wednesday recommended owning the shares of Caesars Entertainment Corp. , AngloGold Ashanti Ltd. ADS and CVR En...
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