stocks

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  Fleeing the safe havens

  By Tom Nawrocki  |  April 19, 2013

  Investors are moving their money back into stocks ... and away from money market and TIPS funds.

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  Insurance stocks rally as bond yields climb

  By AP Staff Writer  |  March 8, 2013

  Shares of insurance companies rallied to 52-week highs on Friday.

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  Good year expected for North American stocks

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  January 2, 2013

  BMO Financial anticipates another positive stock performance in 2013, with the U.S. setting the tone.

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  TD Ameritrade survey: investors largely neutral about stocks

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  October 26, 2012

  Among investors, 52 percent say that they are less confident in the stock market today and 48 percent say they are more confident.

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  BMO report: equities to remain on a growth path

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  October 19, 2012

  The optimistic forecast for equities, the report states, is based on BMO’s expectation that “global economic growth will be moderate."

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  Franklin Templeton: Over Half of Americans View Stocks as Risky

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  May 16, 2012

  Asked to apply their current risk appetite to their investment allocation plans, 43% of U.S. respondents indicate they would seek to adjust their portfolio to be more conservative this year, while 19% would seek to be more aggressive.

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  Strategic Insight: Flows into U.S. Stock and Bond Mutual Funds Decline in April

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  May 11, 2012

  Net inflows into long-term U.S. stock and bond mutual funds in April totaled $26.5 billion. This compares with net inflows of $32 billion in March.

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  Study: Net Inflows into Stocks and Bond Funds Decline 71% in March

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  April 12, 2012

  Strategic Insight reports that U.S. mutual fund investors "cautiously" funneled an estimated $13 billion in net inflows into stock and bond funds during March 2012 (open-end and closed-end mutual funds, excluding ETFs and funds underlying variable annuities).

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  John Hancock Reports Rise in Investor Confidence

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  April 4, 2012

  Investor sentiment improved to +21 in the first quarter of this year, compared with a score of +15 in the fourth quarter of 2011, the most substantial increase since the Index was started in early 2011, the report says.

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  Strategic Insight Tracks Investor Net Inflows of $46 Billion in February 2012

  By Warren S. Hersch  |  March 16, 2012

  An uptick in confidence amid positive indicators on the economy meant that investors cautiously put an estimated $46 billion in net inflows into stock and bond mutual funds in the US in February 2012, a new report discloses.