(To add that Cisco Systems is showing signs of a turnaround with an outlook of 7% to 8% revenue growth in its current fiscal quarter.)
BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Morningstar, the mutual fund research firm, said Artisan Partners' investment team of Scott Satterwhite, James Kieffer and George Sertl is its Domestic Stock Fund Manager of the Year for 2011.
Artisan Partners isn't a household name like F
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16 Stocks Picked by Prize-Winning Fund Managers
Posted by Beowulf309 31 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
Two Fund Alternatives to REITs, Utilities
Posted by alexcazares 44 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- In recent months, investors have been pouring into shares of utilities and real estate investment trusts. The stocks pay rich dividends -- an important attraction at a time when many share prices have been flat. While the S&P 500 returned 0.8% this year, utilities funds returned 9.1% and real estate funds gained 5.9%, according to Morningstar.
Now some fund managers wor
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13 Fund Managers Who Lost Among the Most Money
Posted by Darjeeling 54 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
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BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Bill Miller, Bruce Berkowitz and Kenneth Heebner are among legendary mutual fund managers who have trailed their benchmarks by wide margins this year, hurt by a no-show economic recovery, a financial-industry rout and record volatility.
A total of 72% out of 261 large-cap core funds are underperforming their indices, according to Goldman Sachs
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Pros Had a Bad Year, So Why Not Just Buy an Index Fund?
Posted by Beowulf309 66 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
By Jeff Cox, CNBC.com Senior Markets Writer
NEW YORK (CNBC) -- You'll have to excuse fund managers for looking like they're about to get coal in their stockings. They've had an awfully rough year.
Just one in four managers beat the major stock indexes this year, as an intensely volatile market environment drove an aversion from risk that left many dangerously exposed during pullbacks and woe
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10 Stocks Held by the Most Successful Fund Managers
Posted by JMaster500 68 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
BOSTON (TheStreet) --
What if investors knew which stocks the best mutual fund managers were buying?
Now that's possible. Morningstar, the fund-ratings firm, tracks a group of what it calls its top managers of mutual funds to see what they own.
Even the most successful mutual funds this year have fought to retain investors as U.S. stock funds suffered outflows of around $45 billion during the
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A Growth Fund for Hard Times: CIAOX
Posted by Rupert484 72 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- All too often, large growth funds have followed a volatile pattern. During bull markets, the growth funds soared as investors bid up prices of fast-moving technology and consumer stocks. Then the rally ended and growth stocks crashed hard as overvalued shares sank.
Because of the regular collapses, the large growth category has often trailed large value. From 1928 through
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Litman Gregory Fund Taps Star Portfolios
Posted by Guardian560 121 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Jeffrey Gundlach's performance has been sizzling. During the past year his DoubleLine Total Return Bond has returned 10.5%, outdoing the Barclays Capital Aggregate U.S. Bond Index by five percentage points and ranking as the top intermediate-term fund, according to Morningstar.
Before launching DoubleLine in 2010, Gundlach delivered top results as portfolio manager of TC
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Profit From Pipeline Stocks, Says Fund Manager
Posted by Slayernator 134 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
Natural gas and pipeline companies are thriving due to a weak dollar and high overseas demand, says Matt Berler, co-manager for the Osterweis Fund, as a result he is bullish on Williams Companies and Magellan Midstream Partners.
The $1.4 billion fund, which garners 4 stars from Morningstar , is down 2% over the past year, putting it in the 97th percentile of Morningstar's mid-cap blend categor
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UBS Fund Bundles Computer Drive Shares
Posted by cjdonato10 143 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- With very little fanfare UBS launched the eTracs ISE Solid State Drive Index ETN (SSDD). If it is not clear from the name, the fund offers access to a basket of disk-drive and flash-drive stocks.
The Solid State Drive Index ETN is a very concentrated portfolio that only has 11 constituents with long time familiar names like Western Digital and Seagate Technologies garn
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Barrick Gold, Siemens Will Shine, Says Fund Manager
Posted by NecroDrake 144 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
As investors focus on the European debt crisis, Paul Hechmer, portfolio manager for the del Rey Monarch Fund, is stepping up his investments in several defensive Japanese stocks as an alternative, holding stocks like Shiseido and Seven & I Holdings Co., owners of the 7-Eleven convenience store chain.
The $6 million fund, which was launched in June 2001, has lost 3% over the past month, better
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Coach, Dollar Tree Smart Buys, Says Fund Manager
Posted by Twilight999 145 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
The rest of 2011 may be tough sledding for stocks and the economy, but Dan Morris, portfolio fund manager at Manor Growth Fund still sees attractive values on both the high and low end of the retail market, holding companies like Coach and Dollar Tree.
"It's surprising. These high-end retailers seem to do well, even in tough market environments. We have owned Coach for a while and we still thin
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Money Fund Investors Flee Debt Crisis
Posted by lordofmyth 193 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) --Money market funds that invest in government-only securities are losing investors at two and a half times the rate of other funds, as worries over the debt ceiling crisis rattle the market.
Almost $27 billion was taken out of Government money market funds (MMFs) last week, according to data compiled by the Investment Company Institute, with funds that deal with institution
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Top Fund Manager Gets Bullish on Google
Posted by Kankiller 214 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- David Rainey, manager of the FBR Focus Investor Fund, initiated a stake in Google because the company is cheap even though it dominates the search and advertising markets.
The money manager also favors American Tower and Penn National Gaming.
The mutual fund, which garners four of five stars from Morningstar, has returned over 36% over the past year, putting it in Mornin
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Top-Ranked Fund Is Bullish on Commodities
Posted by Neopopulus2 240 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Commodities have gone soft but rare-earth metals will remain in demand for years, says Marshall Berol, manager of the Encompass Fund. He owns metal miners including U.S. Antimony Corp. and American Vanadium.
The mutual fund, which garners five stars from Morningstar, has returned 52% over the past year, better than 99% of its peers in the world stock category. During the
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ABCs of Guggenheim's New Fund
Posted by MagicDoom 243 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- The new Guggenheim ABC High Dividend ETF (ABCS) plays into an ETF segment that could be crucial in helping U.S.-based investors in enjoying stock market success over the course of the next 10 years. The fund accesses high-yielding stocks from Australia, Brazil and Canada -- the "ABC" in the name of the fund.
The uniting theme to the country selection is that they are com
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Auditor says Perry's high-tech fund needs accountability
Posted by Silverdawn 278 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
The state auditor says in a new report that Gov. Rick Perry’s Texas Emerging Technology Fund needs “significant improvements to promote greater transparency and accountability.”
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Mutual Fund Industry 'Maturing'
Posted by neuropoison 281 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Despite several apparent challenges to the mutual fund industry, a trio of experts who follow it say its future looks healthy.
"The mutual fund industry has a very solid future. It weathered the financial crisis better than any other sector of financial services and I believe it will continue to increase its market share," says Mercer Bullard, professor at The University
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Senate panel OKs budget tapping $3B from Rainy Day Fund
Posted by Willkill12 292 days ago (http://www.chron.com)Apple Still Has No Competition: Fund Manager
Posted by kevin2336 294 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Is Apple's growth slowing? That's investors' biggest concern.
Channing Smith, who manages the Capital Advisors Growth Fund, says he sees quite the opposite. He recently traveled to New York from his home base in Tulsa, Okla., and visited Apple's retail store on Fifth Avenue. He was overwhelmed by the size of the crowds -- even in the middle of the week.
"You lo
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High-Yield Run Not Done, Says Fund Manager
Posted by StarHunter5 295 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
Andrew Feltus, portfolio manager for the Pioneer High Yield Fund, explains why the bull market in high-yield bonds is far from over.
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NFLPA set to begin paying players from loackout fund
Posted by Tinselteeth 314 days ago (http://sports.espn.go.com)
Each NFL player who contributed to a lockout fund will be able to begin collecting up to a total of about $60,000.
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Managed Futures Fund Takes Off
Posted by GeckoKing 317 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
Jon Sundt, portfolio manager for the Altegris Managed Futures Strategy Fund, explains why more investors are incorporating managed futures into their portfolios.
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Fund Adopts Risk-Control Strategy
Posted by Dimitrios 323 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -During the downturn of 2008, many clients became furious with financial advisors. Angry investors felt that advisors should have shifted to cash or taken other steps to protect assets. Convinced that they had paid high fees and received little in return, some clients fired advisors or shifted to low-cost index funds.
Seeking to avoid another round of big losses and angry cl
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Fund Dumps U.S. Casino Stocks, Buys in Asia
Posted by Tinselteeth 326 days ago (http://www.thestreet.com)
BOSTON (TheStreet) -- Rising prices at gas pumps have put the brakes on a rally in casino stocks, including Las Vegas Sands and MGM Resorts.
Jeff Middleswart, manager of the Dallas-based Vice Fund, says investors shouldn't be enticed to buy at these lower prices. The fund is known for buying so-called sin stocks such as tobacco, alcohol, gaming and defense.
The four industries tend
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Perry open to using rainy day fund, aide says
Posted by Tumblyweed 333 days ago (http://www.chron.com)
Gov. Rick Perry hasn't "drawn a line in the sand" against using the state's rainy day fund to help meet a massive shortfall, a top aide said Thursday as House budget writers questioned whether Perry has exaggerated the potential for additional cuts available to bridge the multibillion-dollar gap.
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