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Why pension funds beat mutual funds

Understanding the edge enjoyed by people who run pension money can make you a smarter investor in mutual funds. Are you happy with how well your mutual funds are doing? Didn’t think so. Over the long run, two-thirds of stock funds deliver less than the market as a whole – a performance most of us [...]

Money Market Fund Says Customers Could Lose Money

In a new sign of market turbulence, managers of a multibillion-dollar money market fund said on Tuesday that customers might lose money in the fund, a type of investment that has long been considered as safe and risk-free as a bank savings account. The announcement was made by the Primary Fund, which had almost $65 [...]