”world stock funds” News

India funds dominate world top-100 stk funds in Q2

MUMBAI (Reuters) – Fifty one India -focused funds were among the world's top 100 performing stock funds in the quarter to June as domestic shares leapt by nearly half, recording their biggest surge in 17 years, data from fund tracker
07 4 2009 9:01PM (...more)

When is it smart to stay invested?

NEW YORK - Only a fool would have stayed in the market after the dot-com collapse. To look past the stock market's swoon and continue to stay invested would have been a mistake, right?
09 19 2007 10:13PM (...more)

Stock Funds Shed Additional $19.47 Bil

Investor flight from stock funds continued in August, but at a slower pace. Investors pulled out $19.47 billion. That was down from the $27.37 billion they yanked out in July.
09 30 2008 3:03PM (...more)

3 Battle-Tested U.S. Stock Funds

All too often, mutual fund prospectuses feel eerily like those medicine commercials that have endless lists of potential side effects. The only difference, it seems, is that while both mutual funds and medications have led to plenty of unanticipated cases of headaches and profuse sweating over the
12 15 2009 10:35PM (...more)

U.S. Stock Funds Disgorge $4.11 Billion

Investors pumped $10.75 billion of new money into stock funds in July. But most of it went to world equity funds, while U.S. stocks saw outflow of $4.11 billion.
09 3 2007 11:30AM (...more)

The 10 Strangest Mutual Funds

When mutual funds step off the beaten path, there's no telling what will happen. In the past, for example, oddball funds have fought the war on terror (the Ancora Homeland Security Fund), tried to prop up the sky (the Chicken Little Growth Fund), and fantasized about swinging a presidential
12 4 2009 11:51AM (...more)

Global stock markets tumble on recession worries

LONDON (AFP) - World stock markets slumped Wednesday, with losses of five percent in London and Hong Kong and a near three-percent drop on Wall Street , as a rally lost momentum amid growing fears of a global recession.
10 15 2008 11:35PM (...more)

Funds Stage a Comeback: Time to Forgive and Forget?

After spending much of last year in the doghouse, mutual fund managers have now had two quarters in 2009 to regain the faith of investors. Many of last year's losers are now posting solid gains over the 07 14 2009 3:18PM (...more)

Global shares fall as recession fears take grip

LONDON (Reuters) - Shares across the world fell for the second straight day on Thursday, pummeled by signs the world's biggest economies were headed for recession after a month of financial sector turmoil.
10 16 2008 7:19PM (...more)

Global stock markets slump on recession fears

LONDON (AFP) - World stock markets mostly slumped on Wednesday, with London shedding almost three percent and Hong Kong down five percent, as a rally lost momentum amid growing fears of recession in the biggest economies.
10 16 2008 4:54AM (...more)