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Equity closed-end funds more popular

By John Schroy, on March 24th, 2006 | Comments are closed
The equity market is evolving

Between December 2003 and December 2005, assets of closed-end funds increased 29%.

In 2003, assets of equity funds made up only 24% of the assets of closed-end funds.

This increased to 32% in 2004 and 38% in 2005.

March 24th, 2006 | Print Article | Email Article Email Article | Topics: | Category: US Equities | Comments are closed | Short url

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