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Mutual funds: the other big scandal.(CR Investigates)
Remember Janus and Putnam, Strong, and Alliance Capital? With the stock market reaching levels not seen in two years, it's tempting to forget about the mutual-fund scandals that broke a few months ago. Investigations into shady trading practices that conferred black eyes on a dozen fund families are hardly as riveting as watching your own portfolio come back to life.
And outrageous as it is, the mutual-fund mess (See CloseUp on page 13) is relatively small potatoes. The total amount lost to investors is an estimated $5.4 billion, but that's just a smidge to the $7 trillion fund industry. Moreover, most of the funds involved have announced that they will repay ...
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