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...first four months of this year, $52 billion in net new money flowed into stock funds--down a third from 1998's record levels. Moreover, as fund investors chase short-term performance above all, only a select group of the top fund families, with brand names like Vanguard, Janus, Fidelity, Putnam and Alliance, are capturing the bulk of that new cash--and much of it is "automatic" in the form of 401(k) plans. That leaves hundreds of smaller players to fight for the scraps, according to Financial Research Corp. "There's a lot more risk now," says Jack Brennan...
...Sailing in Vanguard 420s, the A Division team of freshmen Margaret Gill and Lauren Toretta accounted 136 of the Crimson's 234 points, and delivered clutch performances by finishing seventh, sixth and sixth in the last three of the tournament's 15 races...
Sixteen teams competed in Vanguard 420s over the course of two-and-a-half days of co-ed sailing from June...
...PROFIT Just because a mutual fund bears the name of a firm doesn't mean that firm is managing your money. In fact, a growing number of investors, whether they realize it or not, are pouring cash into subadvised funds. These funds are farmed out by the likes of Vanguard and Dreyfus to outside managers with special expertise. That's a good thing, according to a recent study, which showed that subadvised funds, especially in growth, health and emerging-market stocks, initially outperform, by up to 0.5% annually, their in-house peers. Two such choices are Enterprise Growth and Dreyfus...
...chaotic than ever won a powerful ally last week: the U.S. Justice Department. In an antitrust suit that stunned major U.S. carriers, Justice accused No. 2, American Airlines, of driving three small discount rivals out of Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport. Trustbusters said American flooded routes served by upstarts Vanguard, Sun Jet and Western Pacific with its own new flights and illegally slashed fares below the cost of providing the seats--a practice known as predatory pricing. American, which carries 77% of all passengers who fly nonstop from the third largest U.S. airport, scaled back the flights and moved prices...