The News Review:
- Oakmark Equity & Income Fund to Re-Open to New Investors
- Socially Responsible Investing Reaps Its Own Rewards
- Direxion Launches Eight New Leveraged ETFs
- Investing in a healthy future
Oakmark Equity & Income Fund to Re-Open to New Investors
MarketWatch
com or calling 1-800-OAKMARK (625-6275). ABOUT OAKMARK EQUITY & INCOME FUND:
Oakmark’s investment philosophy is centered in the belief that superior,
long-term results are achieved by investing in companies that can be purchased
at a significant discount to their true economic value, where business values
grow with time and where management teams seek to maximize long-term business
value. Oakmark Equity & Income Fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio
of U. equity and fixed-income securities. The Fund is intended to present a
balanced investment program between growth and income by investing
approximately 50-75% of its total assets in common stock, including securities
convertible into common stock, and up to 50% of its assets in U.
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Socially Responsible Investing Reaps Its Own Rewards
CNNMoney.com
These results are encouraging for socially responsible investors because theodds are stacked against them. By screening stocks according to various ethicaland moral standards, socially responsible funds by definition shrink theuniverse of investing options. In theory that makes it harder to provide market-beating returns. But this year some socially responsible screens have helped their managersoutperform the market and mute investors’ losses. Screen Plays “There are definitely some socially responsible screens that have helped inthis environment,” said David Kathman, analyst at Morningstar. “This type ofmarket, which is punishing risk, is good for a lot of socially responsiblefunds.
Direxion Launches Eight New Leveraged ETFs
MarketWatch
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Investing in a healthy future
Irish Times, Ireland
“So, to grow the total business of doing health research in Ireland is our objective and we can do that using the resources we have. ” Meanwhile, the agency has to steer a course through strategic decisions about supporting more basic and applied research. “It’s often about getting the balance right between investing in the longer term issues for developing new therapies and diagnostics, which take time, and then other types of research like population-based research, health-services delivery research that delivers more immediate impact and outcomes, which then benefit people in healthcare on the ground. That’s an important issue for an organisation like ours that we get that balance right,” says Connolly. “It’s not just doing it for the sake of the science. I think if you look at the outcomes, there’s a real direct connection between healthcare benefits in Ireland and the research that we are doing. ” • A total of 68 research projects and programmes were completed in 2007 representing a total HRB investment of €11.