ICI Viewpoints
The Ghosts You Chase but Never Catch
December 4, 2023—Halloween season is well past, but some banking authorities seem happy to continue...
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IRA Investors Are Concentrated in Lower-Cost Mutual Funds
Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) represent the largest share of assets in the US retirement...
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Growth in Bond Mutual Funds: A Question of Balance
Why have bond mutual funds grown substantially in the past several years? There are two possible...
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Growth in Bond Mutual Funds: See the Whole Picture
In the past decade, a number of regulators and academics have discussed concerns about the growth in...
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What’s in a Name, Redux: For Bond Mutual Funds, “Corporate” Matters
Policymakers around the globe are studying the turmoil in March 2020 related to the COVID-19...
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Bond Mutual Fund Outflows: A Measured Investor Response to a Massive Shock
The evidence about what happened to financial markets in March 2020 is still far too mixed and...
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IRA Investors Are Concentrated in Lower-Cost Mutual Funds
Individual retirement accounts (IRAs) represent the largest share of assets in the US retirement...
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Mutual Fund Flows in the COVID-19 Crisis
The novel coronavirus disease, or COVID-19, is taking a heavy toll on the world economy—in lives, in...