Topic: Mutual Funds

Trucost Details Carbon Impact of Top U.S. Mutual Funds

Trucost, an environmental data provider, released a report late yesterday detailing the carbon footprints of top U.S. mutual funds with a combined value of $1,551,067 million. The Carbon Counts USA report examines 75 of the top ...READ»

Made to Stick: The Myth of Mutual Funds

Why we don't always believe the truth.READ»

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Hennion and Walsh on CNBC: Tax Free Municipal Bonds

Hennion and Walsh President, Bill Walsh, tells CNBC viewers that while tax free municipal bonds may not be a sexy investment, they can be an appropriate investment, along with the reasons why.READ»

Hennion and Walsh News: Is Cash You Keep at Your Brokerage Safe?

"'With any brokerage firm you have to pay attention to what the sweep is going into,' says Bill Walsh, president of money-management firm Hennion & Walsh Asset Management"READ»

Hennion and Walsh News: Dow Jones Newswires - 11/14/2008

TIP SHEET: SmartGrowth Funds Bet On ETFs, Short S&P 500 "A U.S. recession isn't pretty for most companies, but portfolio managers at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management are betting on a universe of roughly 240 exchange traded funds to beat the worst bear market since the Great Depression."READ»

The Reinvention(s) of Sophia Collier, Part 2

Sophia Collier wrote her autobiography at age 21, founded her first company a few years later, and then took on the mutual-fund industry. Now she's set her sights on the cable-TV power structure. Why can't this woman sit still? And what can you learn from her entrepreneurial journey? A two-part feature.READ»

Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Launches a Trio of SmartGrowth Lipper Funds

PARSIPPANY, NJ--(Marketwire - June 12, 2007) - Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, a registered investment advisor, is pleased to announce the debut of a trio of new funds-of-ETFs, the SmartGrowth Lipper® Funds. These mutual funds help take the guess work out of choosing the right mix of exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") from among the ever-growing universe of ETFs and allow investors a chance to avoid some common pitfalls such as selecting inferior, unproven or inappropriate ETFs and increasing risk through sector or security overlap.READ»

Hennion and Walsh News: When the stock and bond markets look scary, cash seems like a safe bet. But is it?

"While bank savings accounts, CDs and money markets can help you sleep better at night, 'they are terrible long-term assets because they are certain to depreciate in value over time," says Bill Walsh, president of Hennion & Walsh Asset Management in Parsippany, N.J.'"READ»

Hennion and Walsh News: Getting Your Shares

"Mahn says SmartGrowth's approach reflects what "many advisors and individual investors are starting to realize: that the depth of ETFs that are in the marketplace, with the ability to go long and short certain asset classes and sectors, and the ability to access foreign currency markets and commodities, in such an easy and convenient manner of an ETF, is affording an ability to build really cost-efficient portfolios."READ»

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Hennion and Walsh News: Investors Clamor For ETFs in Retirement Account

Investors "are asking about them all of the time, and they want them added to their portfolios,"said Kevin Mahn, chief investment officer at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management Inc. of Parsippany, N.J., which manages about $300 million.READ»

New Era for Hedge Funds

Jose D. Roncalwww.financialspeculation.comAfter years of side-stepping oversight and regulation, the hedge fund industry is about to change. Even though it's not clear what role hedge funds played in the current economic crisis, the ...READ»

Disneyworld of Hurt IV

Roy Disney and Stanley Gold, who have been leading the charge to oust Michael Eisner from Disney's namesake's company -- and to reform the business overall -- has taken another, larger step that could in turn impact business beyond ...READ»

East versus West Coast

Are we really so different in East versus West coast towns of America? Why is it so? Read more to find out.READ»

Six Much-Needed Reforms for the Mutual-Fund Industry

Six lessons the $10 trillion mutual-fund industry could learn from KaChing.READ»

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Hennion and Walsh News: The Retirement Angle

"One of the four difficulties faced by those who would like greater inclusion of ETFs in 401(k)s is the fact that most recordkeepers and TPAs cannot process ETFs as they stand right now through their own platforms, says Mahn, who is also chief investment strategist at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management in Parsippany, New Jersey."READ»

The Benefits of Life Insurance - Understanding Life Insurance Terms and Concepts

The subject of life insurance is often confusing to the lay person.  It’s something that most of us need at some point in our lives, but it isn’t something that is as interesting as our favorite hobby.  Therefore, there are tons of opinions about if one should have it and if so, what variety should be purchased.   READ»

The Carbon Industry's Main Players

Professors dominate the emerging carbon market from finance firms to industry, nonprofits to the World BankREAD»

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• The King of Green Investing
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Wealth and Poverty

Muhammed Yunus's share-the-wealth business model.READ»

Hennion and Walsh News: For Many US Funds, Only Back In Brazil In Mid-2009

"As late as the third quarter we still had some emerging market assets ... but we sold them all," said Kevin Mahn, chief investment officer at Hennion & Walsh Asset Management, Inc.READ»

Can't Anybody Here Play This Game?

Corporate giants are struggling in a competitive world they don't understand.READ»

Newsletters of Note

The Hulbert Financial Monthly Digest Newsletter isn't a newsletter about investing. It's a newsletter about investment newsletters. How meta can you get? Hulbert tracks more than 160 stock and mutual fund letters -- and how well ...READ»

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Salary Stalks

CBS MarketWatch's Chris Pummer recently reported the 10 most overpaid jobs in the United States. They are: Mutual-fund managers Washed-up pro athletes in long-term contracts CEOs of poorly performing companies Orthodontists ...READ»

May 6 "Flash Crash" Mystery Solved

A single firm, which one insider has labeled as Waddell & Reed Financial, caused the wild, brief Dow Jones plunge.READ»