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Hot Topics: Mutual Fund Industry Scandal

One of the latest scandals to emerge has been the improper trading and market timing of mutual funds by hedge funds. The articles below present information on illegal trading of mutual funds, the coming reforms and offers advice to mutual fund investors.

Selected articles

Due to contractual arrangements, access to some articles may be restricted to the Stanford community, and subscribers of the "Library Databases" offered through the GSB Alumni's Lifelong Learning Program. Inclusion below does not imply University endorsement of the ideas expressed.

 

"Mutual funds cleaning house." Kathleen Pender. San Francisco Chronicle, Jan. 2, 2005
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"SEC proposes new rules for mutual fund scandal." David Stout. The New York Times,Jan. 14, 2004
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"Mutual fund industry booms despite the scandal." Patrick McGeehan. The New York Times, Jan. 11, 2004
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"The Mutual fund scandal: unfair fight." Allan Sloan. Newsweek, Dec. 8, 2003
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"Getting a refund after the scandal: gauging the odds." Riva D. Atlas. The New York Times, Dec. 7, 2003
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"The Mutual fund scandal's next chapter." Gretchen Morgenson. The New York Times, Dec. 7, 2003
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"Crackdown at the mutual fund casbah." William P. Barrett. Forbes, Dec. 3, 2003
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"Is your fund company clean?" Julia Boorstin. Fortune, Nov. 24, 2003
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"Making sense of the mutual fund scandal" Janice Revell. Fortune, Nov. 24,2003
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"A Band-Aid for the fund industry's broken leg?" Diana B. Henriques. The New York Times, Nov. 21, 2003
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"Funds need a radical new design." Amy Borrus. Business Week, Nov. 17, 2003
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"How to rip off your investors." Allan Sloan. Newsweek,Nov. 17, 2003
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"Mutual mess." Kim Clark. U.S. News and World Report, Nov. 17, 2003
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"The Coming reforms." Paula Dwyer. Business Week, Nov. 10, 2003
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"Mutual funds: what to do now." Jeffrey Laderman. Business Week, Nov. 10, 2003
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"Scared by the mutual-fund scandal?" Amey Stone. Business Week Online. Nov. 10, 2003
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"Skimming". Economist, Nov. 8, 2003
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"A Primer on the mutual fund scandal". Business Week Online, Sept. 22, 2003
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