The Markets

It’s been a rough month for the markets, and a challenging quarter for 401(k) plan investments.

September 2008 was not a happy time in the world of emerging market equities.

The Boards of Directors/Trustees for the UBS U.S. Money Market Funds have approved the funds’ participation in the U.S. Treasury’s Temporary Guarantee Program.

Money market fund Reserve Primary Fund, which helped set off the financial crisis after it “broke the buck,″ said it will return at least one-third of investors' money...

The Board of Trustees of the Putnam Funds authorized the Putnam Fund’s participation in the U.S. Treasury’s Money Market Guaranty Program.

The U.S. Treasury Department has opened a program that will guarantee the share price of any publicly offered eligible money market mutual fund – both retail and institutional...

The combined assets of the nation's mutual funds decreased by $9.50 billion, or 0.08%, to $11.578 trillion in August, according to the Investment Company Institute (ICI).

Stock and bond funds experienced net inflows of $401 million in August, according to the Financial Research Corporation (FRC).

Between 2008 and 2013, rollovers from 401(k), 403(b), and 457 plans will account for nearly $1.9 trillion of asset flows into traditional IRAs, which will increase to $6.1...

Despite the volatility and uncertainty in the markets, 29% of financial intermediaries are investing more in equity funds while only 24% are investing less, according to research from...

The only thing more volatile than the polls of late has been the markets.

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has announced a Fair Fund distribution of approximately $49 million to investors affected by improper market timing in mutual funds managed by...

Most mutual funds were purchased through an adviser in 2007, demonstrating a slight increase since 2006.

It was an interesting week, to say the least—all the more so since I spent it surrounded by financial advisers.

Market volatility so far in 2008 may have prompted many investors to flee equities but they apparently haven’t lost faith in mutual funds entirely, according to new data.

Participants continued to flee equities for the relative security of GIC/stable value during August.

The world’s developed and emerging equity markets both lost ground in August, and have produced double-digit, negative returns over the past three-months, according to Standard&Poor’s.

That great sucking sound you heard in July appears to have been money fleeing mutual fund investments.

If advisers can convince their clients to stay in the market, investors might find it pays off.

Stock and bond funds experienced net outflows of $3.9 billion in July, according to Finance Research Corporation (FRC) data.