How to Invest During an Economic Crisis
Take some lessons from the Asian meltdown in the late 1990s: Those who stayed the course fared best.
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09:34AM 07/23/08
Biggest Equity-Fund Ratings Changes
Funds that bet on a bear market saw some nice improvements in their grades.
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11:48AM 07/21/08
Muni Funds Get Top Fixed-Income Ratings
Most of the high achievers on the list were on the short-maturity side of the market.
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01:11PM 07/18/08
Top ETFs Capitalized on Dollar's Slide
Gold, currency and Treasuries funds have A+ grades.
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09:43AM 07/18/08
Muni Funds Are Top Closed-End Achievers
The group didn't fare well in late 2007, but is staging a comeback now.
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10:29AM 07/17/08
Utility funds took second place in the second quarter, though. That's surprising, given how much energy the group consumes.
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02:24PM 07/16/08
Best Equity Funds Have Less Equity
The top open-end equity funds tended to have big assets in commodities and other 'hard' assets.
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10:09AM 07/16/08
Defensive Closed-End Funds Finish First
Investors flocked to safety in the second quarter -- as well as to energy and commodities funds.
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11:39AM 07/14/08
Six Agricultural ETNs Growing Like Corn
June was an especially good month for these commodity funds.
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11:54AM 07/07/08
Investors' Favorite ETFs in June
Leveraged funds make a strong showing on the list of 20 top volume-getters.
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03:06PM 07/01/08
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