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NEW YORK -- Experts predict equities and equity mutual funds could have a double-digit rally later this year -- if investors respond as they should and flee a future correction in the bond market.

Investors continue to stuff municipal bond mutual funds with cash, supporting bond prices even as by some measures they are nearly as expensive as they have ever been.

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Canadian investors are missing out of up to $500 million a year in yields by sticking with money market funds rather than higher-yielding, insured premium savings accounts.

Direxion has launched six new long and short exchange-traded funds tracking BRIC, India and the semiconductor industry, bringing the total number of leveraged ETFs it offers to 34.

Direxion has launched six new long and short exchange-traded funds tracking BRIC, India and the semiconductor industry, bringing the total number of leveraged ETFs it offers to 34.

This recovery is for real, according to TrimTabs. As cause for the optimism, the research firm points to a 3% increase in wages and salaries from a year ago and a 9% spike in online job postings. Year-to-date, job postings have surged a surprising 18%.

Canadian investors are missing out of up to $500 million a year in yields by sticking with money market funds rather than higher-yielding, insured premium savings accounts, according to a 21-page report from Fair Canada (Foundation for Advancement of Investor Rights).

JPMorgan Chase & Co. announced in a pair of filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission that it plans to introduce a pair of exchange-traded funds.

The company plans to launch its first actively-managed ETF later this year that would invest in about 300 domestic large-cap stocks.