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U.S. equities are the primary beneficiary of improving global investor sentiment, according to the BofA Merrill Lynch Survey of Fund Managers for December.About 44% of respondents expect the world’s economy to strengthen in 2011. And with the continuing problems in Europe’s debt market, investors are turning to U.S. equities, according to the survey.

According to a poll conducted in October and released on Wednesday by InCharge Debt Solutions Americans are significantly more concerned about future expenses than paying off existing debt or paying their current bills.

U.S. equities are the primary beneficiary of improving global investor sentiment, according to a new survey.

Loomis Sayles on Wednesday launched the Loomis Sayles Absolute Strategies Fund, a flexible, risk-managed absolute return fund.

As news comes out of the climate change conference in Cancun, investors are eager to bet on non-fossil fuel technology.

After performance, advisers look for robust support.

“Incomplete monitoring and fractured reporting" makes it difficult for fund managers to see a complete picture of risks from derivatives, the U.K.’s securities regulator said in a draft proposal.

Investors pulled $4 billion out of long-term stock funds in November, according to Morningstar. Biggest loser: Muni-bond funds. Biggest winner: money market funds.

A change in the methodology the Federal Reserve uses to measure who owns municipal bonds has masked the growth in foreign ownership of state and local government debt.

Wealth-X ranks the states with the most ultra-wealthy.