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Long-only commodities mutual funds, exchange-traded funds and exchange-traded notes are, once again, attracting billions of assets, after losing money throughout 2008, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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The average U.S. stock fund plummeted 37.9% in 2008, slightly worse than the Dow Jones Industrial Average's 33.8% loss. It was the Dow's worst year since 1931, when it declined by more than 50%. Meanwhile, the Standard & Poor's 500 Index fell 37%, its worst performance since 1937.
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Variable annuity sales sank in 2008 as the stock market's swoon scared investors off.
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NEW YORK - Millions of aging Baby Boomers heeded the reassuring words of their financial advisers and remained heavily invested in equities throughout 2008, only to watch in shocked disbelief as 40% of their life savings disappeared.
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Risk management will take on an increasingly important role this year as financial firms struggle to survive the fallout from last year's market mess.
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Hedge fund managers have been beating mutual fund managers at scooping up initial public offerings in recent years, but given the weak performance of and loss of assets at hedge funds, their competitive advantage may be waning, The Wall Street Journal reports.
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Large asset management mergers and acquisitions deals will likely occur this year, according to a report from Jefferies Putnam Lovell, as firms take advantage of distressed sales and divestitures.
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