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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 the assets of bond mutual funds, as well as their increasing share of the bond market, especially the corporate bond market. 1 The concern is that bond fund investors, now playing a...
Shelly Antoniewicz, Chief Economist
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Shelly Antoniewicz

Rochelle (Shelly) Antoniewicz, Chief Economist, at the Investment Company Institute, conducts research on the structure and trends of the ETF and mutual fund industries and on financial markets in the US and globally. Shelly also contributes to analysis on financial systemic risks and...

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Understanding Indexes and How Funds Use Them

Beyond the well-known indexes that we encounter daily lie more than three million indexes designed to reflect the performance of underlying investments, from broad markets to niche subsegments. Indexes vary widely with regard to their specific objectives, the methodologies on which...