Archive for January 8th, 2012

Target Funds Bolster Stock Exposure Wall Street Journal Among companies with 401(k)s, more and more employers enroll new hires in the plans, thus nudging the workers to invest automatically. Further, many companies use target-date mutual funds as their default investment , and target portfolios for younger … and more »

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A goal finances cushion shares on hand – Wall Street Journal

Los Angeles Times A Periodic Look at Performance and Investor Behavior Wall Street Journal 28. That's according to the October and November tallies and subsequent weekly estimates from the Investment Company Institute trade group. On the same basis, international- stock funds saw $15.6 billion in net outflows.

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A periodic view of Leistungs-und investor behavior – Wall Street Journal

Does Total Freedom Boost Returns? Wall Street Journal But they still took a beating, because most every investment out there got clobbered: stock funds, corporate-bond funds, real-estate stocks, commodities. Now an increasing number of investors are turning to tactical asset allocation—a strategy that ..

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Does return amount to freedom loads? – Wall Street Journal

Financial advisers are trying different approaches to encourage cautious Generation Y investors to put more dollars into the market.

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Easing Twentysomethings Into Stocks

Financial advisers try various ways to get people to show up for meetings and do what they have to do.

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Getting Clients to Take Action

These retirement programs are becoming more like corporate 401(k) plans as school districts respond to revised rules.

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Teachers’ 403(b) Plans See Big Changes

Adviser Alert: Some brokerages show interest in hiring older workers, especially those with sales instincts and contacts, recruiters say. Plus, other news for brokers, wealth managers and their clients.

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Financial Advice as a Second Career

Here’s how exchange-traded funds can help investors hold off Uncle Sam—or can trip them up.

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Not All ETFs Are Tax-Smart

For the first 11 months of 2011, investors pulled somewhere between $71 billion and $115 billion from U.S.-stock mutual funds, according to four widely followed tallies. Here’s why the numbers differ.

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Data Crunchers Disagree on Withdrawals

Mixing It Up: Here’s how the outlooks of some investment advisers have changed heading into 2012.

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Advisers Brace for Another Volatile Year