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| Category: US Equities Q4 2005 By John Schroy, on March 3rd, 2006 |  Leave a comment  According to the Investment Company Institute, the number of ETFs increased from 151 in December 2004 to 201 in December 2005. In December 2005, domestic equity index funds made up 73% of ETFs, international equity index funds were 24% of the total, and 3% were bond index funds. Issues of equity-based exchange traded funds totaled $121.7 billion in Q4 2005 (annualized basis), according to Federal Reserve Flow of Funds table F123. March 3rd, 2006 | Print Article |  Email Article |  Topics: exchange traded funds, Investment Company Institute | Category: US Equities | Leave a comment |  Short urlUS Equities By John Schroy, on February 25th, 2006 | Leave a comment  Over 55% of corporate stock that belongs to US Households and Nonprofit Organizations is held indirectly through intermediaries who have the power to vote these shares. The major holders of these voting powers are pension plans and mutual funds. This means that it is not shareholder-owners that control most US public corporations, but hired intermediaries, each of which have conflicts of interest. February 25th, 2006 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: defined benefit pensions, insurance company, mutual funds, pension plans, proxies | Category: US Equities | Leave a comment | Short url1995-2004 By John Schroy, on February 24th, 2006 | Leave a comment  The percentage of equities belonging to households and nonprofit corporations increased from 42.8% to 55.4% between December 1995 and December 2004. Over 55% of the equity shares of US corporations which belong, in the final analysis, to US households and nonprofit organizations, are held indirectly through intermediaries, such as life insurance companies, private pension funds, government retirement funds, and mutual funds. February 24th, 2006 | Print Article | Email Article | Topics: insurance company, pension fund, proxies | Category: US Equities | Leave a comment | Short urlFeatured articles on inside pages
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