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What mutual funds deal exclusively in silver?

I don’t want to buy a precious metals mutual fund or one that invests in anything other than silver and industries based solely on silver production (such as silver mines.) I want to buy ones that deal only in silver and silver industries. What mutual funds fit my needs?

Investors withdraw $3B from stock funds in May

Investors withdraw $3B from stock funds in May share: digg facebook twitter BOSTON (AP) — Investors last month withdrew $2.7 billion more than they deposited into stock mutual funds in May, snapping a four-month string of net deposits that began in January, Strategic Insight said on Monday. Bond funds and funds buying foreign stocks attracted net deposits, as investors became less confident about the U.S. stock market, amid signs that the … Read more on seattlepi.com

Credit Suisse’s Customized Funds Investment Group Releases White Paper on Commercial Real Estate Market

Credit Suisse’s Customized Funds Investment Group Releases White Paper on Commercial Real Estate Market Credit Suisse’s Asset Management division today announced the release of a new white paper from the Customized Funds Investment Group titled, “Commercial Real Estate: Has the Tide Turned?” Read more on PR Newswire via Yahoo! Finance

Inside Look: Hedge Funds Lose 18.3% in 2008

Hedge Fund Redemptions – Interview with Traxis Partners Managing Director Barton Biggs, Author of “Wealth, War, & Wisdom” (FULL CLIP – 14:05)

Top 5 Utlity Mutual Funds

Top 5 Utlity Mutual Funds Add income to your portfolio with these top ranked utilities mutual funds. Read more on Zacks.com via Yahoo! Finance

Officials seek funds for emergency dredging

Officials seek funds for emergency dredging Katie Moore / Eyewitness News NEW ORLEANS — The mighty Mississippi carries much on its back, including important shipments for business and industry. “When we discharge a vessel, it could have 10,000 tons of steel,” said David Mannella, an executive with a local cargo company. It’s just a small fraction of the cargo and supplies that are transported up and down the Mississippi River every day … Read more on WWL-TV, Channel 4 New

China funds cut suggested equity weightings on inflation concerns

China funds cut suggested equity weightings on inflation concerns SHANGHAI : Mutual funds in China reduced their recommended equity weightings in May and doubled their weightings for bonds to their highest in two years, underscoring heightening worries over inflation and monetary tightening. Read more on Business Recorder

Investors Ditch Stocks For Bonds, Money Market Funds

Investors Ditch Stocks For Bonds, Money Market Funds In the week ahead of the stock market’s latest stumble, investors moved money out of mutual funds and into safer investments. Read more on Financial Planning.com

FrontPoint Partners to close funds after redemption requests

FrontPoint Partners to close funds after redemption requests Joseph Skowron III, left, of Greenwich, leaves Federal Court, in New York, Wednesday, April 13, 2011. FrontPoint Partners LLC will close some of its hedge funds after clients asked to withdraw money amid charges a manager benefited from an illegal stock tip. Read more on Greenwich Time

The Truth About Hedge Funds and the Financial Crisis

Did the hedge fund industry contribute to the global financial crisis? Did it make the crisis worse? In her weekly appearance on Bloomberg TV, Reason columnist Veronique de Rugy explains the truth about hedge funds by separating economic fact from economic myth. Myth 1: Hedge funds are highly leveraged. Fact 1: The market exposure of most hedge funds is less than twice the percentage of assets under management. Myth 2: The hedge fund industry’s tendency to take excessive