The year 2000: riding the high wave again

Article Abstract:

Putnam Investments senior economic adviser Robert Goodman shares his forecasts on economic developments for the year 2000. He believes that the results of the 1994 elections symbolize a major change in the economic philosophy of the US. He advices investors to accumulate stocks of well-managed mutual funds before major policy reforms take effect. He predicts the government will have a $12 trillion unfunded liability to baby boomers for Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid. The radical change in the American philosophy would lead to the strongest economic recovery ever.

Securities and Commodity Exchanges, Security and commodity exchanges, Securities Exchanges, Administration of Human Resource Programs (except Education, Public Health, and Veterans' Affairs Programs), Social Security, Officials and employees, Forecasts and trends, Stock-exchange, Stock exchanges, Exchanges, Putnam Investments Inc., Goodman, Robert

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Mutual funds

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A study was conducted on the number of funds in a mutual fund. It was done to find out what effects family size have on the performance of a fund. Data from the Business Week Mutual Fund Scoreboard were used to study shorter term returns, long-term returns, fund objective and age. Results of the study show that fund families having few funds yield lower average returns than multiple fund families. Newer funds outperform older funds for certain family sizes.

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Alternative investments gain

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The market for investments in assets other than securities and real estate reached a value of $69 billion in the period between 1992 and 1995. This growth reflects investors' growing confidence in the profitability of investments such as pension funds, international private equity, venture capital and leveraged buyout funds. US and Canadian investors also revealed their plans to allocate more funds into alternative investments beginning in 1996.

Investment Funds & Trusts, HOLDING AND OTHER INVESTMENT OFFICES, Reports

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