Dec. 30–It’s not quite as momentous as the Dow pushing past 10,000, but the Nasdaq Stock Market set its own milestone Monday, topping 2,000 for the first time in nearly two years. The tech-heavy Nasdaq soared and swooned along with […]

Dec. 30–Mutual funds that were tainted by the trading scandals of 2003 have suffered dramatic outflows of assets, according to a consultant’s estimates for the month of November. Among the hardest hit was Boston’s Putnam Investments, which recorded a 9 […]

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China’s official news agency Xinhua has said that the country’s peasants will benefit from the policies finalized at the Central Economic Work Conference and the Central Conference on Rural Affairsin 2004. It said the policies will help increase peasants’ incomes, […]

If you are looking for signs of the extraordinary influence that this Texas Panhandle town wields in some of the most competitive and arcane areas of international finance, you are apt to miss them. In most regards, Canadian population, 2,000 […]

Price tag on Strong trading awaited Accountants’ analysis on costs of market timing might come in January By PAUL GORES [email protected], Journal Sentinel Tuesday, December 30, 2003 An analysis of how much market-timed trading might have cost long- term investors […]

In the American mutual fund world, they call it the hard 4, the unyielding deadline of 4 p.m. Eastern time for customer orders. Fund industry leaders propose it as the best antidote for late trading,one of the crimes that have […]

Dec. 29–In the next five years, the proliferation of broadband and wi-fi will create huge opportunities for growing companies and even greater risks for those with entrenched positions. Broadband access is ramping up in the home, and wi-fi is becoming […]

Dec. 29–With the Dow topping 10,000 and the financial media churning out “What’s in Store for 2004?” stories by the dozen, I thought this week might be a good opportunity to take a step back andlook at what really matters […]

Dec. 28–Early in the new year, the Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to make it easier for investors to do something they currently show little interest in–betting that stock priceswill drop. As a two-year experiment, the SEC proposes to […]

THE FINANCIAL Services Authority has begun its crackdown on “market timing” in the UK fund management industry, swooping on Henderson Global Investors and a number of other firms to interrogate themabout their procedures for combating the abuse. The City watchdog […]

Fidelity, clearing firm explore idea of ‘time-stamping’ trades to halt abuses By DIANA B. HENRIQUES New York Times Friday, December 26, 2003 In the mutual fund world, they call it “the hard 4,” the unyielding 4 p.m. Eastern time deadline […]