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The article focuses on the delay in pricing Bill Ackman's Pershing Square USA investment vehicle IPO due to the Securities and Exchange Commission's review of a letter Ackman sent to investors, despite plans for the fund to proceed with its concentrated investment strategy.

The article focuses on the introduction of the Destiny Tech100 fund, providing retail investors with access to shares of private technology companies like Stripe and SpaceX. Topics discussed include the challenges faced by retail investors in accessing private tech investments, the convergence of public and private markets, and the controversy surrounding forward contracts used to obtain shares in private companies.

The article focuses on the performance of mutual funds and exchange-traded funds (ETFs) in comparison with last year and highlights the impact of calendar quirks and government disclosure rules on reported returns. Topics include recent market returns might look better due to omissions of periods of poor performance, bond returns have flagged recently, and money market funds are performing well yielding higher returns.

Presents data on closed-end funds as of the quarter ended December 31, 2004. General equity funds; Special equity funds; Preferred stock funds; Convertible securities funds; World equity funds; U.S. government funds; U.S. mortgage bond funds; Investment grade bond funds; High yield bond funds; Other domestic taxable bond funds; World income funds; National municipal bond funds; Single state municipal funds.

Presents a chart related to closed-end funds in the U.S. as of January 2, 2005.

Presents charts showing the performance of closed-end funds in the United States on December 23, 2004. Fund names; Stock exchanges; Net asset values; Market price; Percentage difference; Equity funds; Stock funds; Securities funds; Municipal bond funds; World income funds.

Lists close-end funds in the United States, as of December 10, 2004. Stock exchange where traded; Net asset value (NAV); Market price; Percent difference between NAV and market price.

Presents a graph showing the performance of closed-end funds listed in U.S. stock exchanges for the trading week ended November 12, 2004. Net asset value and market price of the different general equity funds, specialized equity funds, preferred stock funds, convertible securities funds, bond funds, world income funds and single state municipal bond funds.

Presents a list of closed-end funds in the United States as they performed during the quarter ended September 30, 2004. Net asset value of the shares at the end of the quarter (NAV); Closing price on the stock market at the end of the quarter; Premium or discount; Average discount; Income dividends paid to investors as a percentage of NAV; Income dividends as a percentage of market price.

Lists closed-end funds in the United States for the week ended October 8, 2004. General equity funds; Specialized equity funds; Preferred stock funds; World equity funds; Convertible securities funds; Bond funds; World income funds; National municipal bond funds; Single state municipal bond funds.

Reports on the performance of various closed-end funds for the week September 11-17, 2004. Equity funds; Preferred stock funds; World income funds; Municipal bond funds.

Presents an update on the performance of closed-end funds in the United States for the week ended September 10, 2004.

Presents data on closed-end funds, for the week ended August 20, 2004.

Presents a graph showing the performance of closed-end funds listed in U.S. stock markets for the trading week ended August 13, 2004. Net asset value and market price of the different general equity funds, specialized equity funds, preferred stock funds, convertible securities funds, bond funds, world income funds and single state municipal bond funds.

Presents charts on the performance of closed-end funds in the United States on July 30, 2004. General equity funds; Specialized equity funds; Single state municipal bond funds; Preferred stock funds; Convertible securities funds; Bond funds.

Presents an overview of the market activity for closed-end funds in the U.S. compiled as of July 2004. General equity funds; Specialized equity funds; Single state municipal bond funds.

Lists closed-end funds in the United States, as of July 2, 2004. Net asset value (NAV); Market price; Premium or discount of market price to NAV; Rate of return; NAV yield; Market yield.

Lists the net asset values of closed-end funds in the United States, as of the week ended July 2, 2004. Stock exchange where traded; Market price.

Presents a table showing the performance of closed-end funds listed in North American exchanges for the trading day ended June 25, 2004. Brantley Corp.; First Financial; Tuxis Corp.; United Corp.; NBRE Inc.; Engex; Others.

Presents the results of the closed-end fund stocks at the end of the consolidated trading on June 18, 2004. Fund name; Stock exchange; Market price; Percentage difference; General equity funds; Specialized equity funds; Preferred stock funds; World equity funds; Convertible securities funds; Bond funds; World income funds; National municipal bond funds.

The article presents a list of U.S. Mutual Funds and their financial performances. The mutual funds listed include Alliance Bernstein, American Express, Atlantic Whitehall, BNY Hamilton, Assetmark, Asset Management, Armada, CGM, CRM, BBH, Babson, Activa, Accessor, AARP Investment, Baron, Alpine, Baird, Banknorth Group Inc, AAL, AmSouth, Bishop Street, Blackrock, Bailard Biehl Kaiser, Barclays Global, American Funds, American AAdv, AM Skandia Adv, AAM/DFA, ABN AMRO, Baron, American Performance etc.

The article discusses efforts by investment fund Western Investment LLC to agitate for management change at closed-end real estate stock funds Neuberger Berman Real Estate Securities Income and Neuberger Berman Realty Income. Closed-end funds typically trade at a discount, and Western Investment head Art Lipson acted to narrow the discount at which the funds traded. Lipson wants his board of directors, if elected, to make the funds more accountable to shareholders.

The article reports on the significance of closed-end funds to buyers.

LIFE is unfair, as the saying goes, but for investors still stuck in auction-rate securities, the inequities keep on coming. Auction-rate securities, you may recall, are preferred shares or debt instruments with rates that reset regularly, usually every week, in auctions overseen by the brokerage firms that originally sold them. They have long-term maturities or, in the case of the preferred shares, no maturity dates at all. The securities are issued by municipalities, student-loan companies, closed-end funds and tax-exempt institutions like hospitals and museums. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

EXCHANGE-TRADED funds are all the rage, but they are not the only funds traded on exchanges and priced throughout the day. Hundreds of portfolios known as closed-end funds, many of them small and with quirky investment objectives, toil in obscurity on stock exchanges, and in certain circumstances they offer useful alternatives to E.T.F.'s. The two types of funds differ in important respects. One is popularity: analysts figure that trading volume in the most active E.T.F., the SPDR S.& P. 500, which tracks the Standard & Poor's 500-stock index, exceeds the combined volume of the more than 500 closed-end funds on the New York Stock Exchange. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

YOU may have thought a limit had been reached on the number of ways fund managers could assemble stocks and bonds into a portfolio. Not so. The industry's mainstays -- mutual funds, closed-end funds and index-tracking exchange-traded funds -- have been joined in the last few months by a new vehicle: actively managed E.T.F.'s. They are a little like all three of the established types of funds, but interest in them so far has been little, too. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

Nuveen Investments, the largest American manager of closed-end funds, said on Wednesday that it had a commitment for up to $1.75 billion in liquidity support to help refinance the troubled auction-rate preferred shares its funds once issued. The move is the firm's latest step to back away from the stalled auction-rate securities market. On Tuesday, the Eaton Vance Corporation, another primary seller of closed-end funds, announced a similar move. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The article offers information regarding a bill on raising taxes on publicly traded funds from 15% to 35%, introduced by Montana Democrat Max Baucus and Senator Charles E. Grassley of Iowa. The bill is said to be aiming at the likes of Blackstone Group Inc. which are publicly traded partnership and earn mostly from asset management and financial services.

The article reports on the advantages in engaging business with closed-end funds in New York City.

Presents a chart depicting the prices of closed-end funds in the U.S. as of February 2005.

Presents quotations for closed-end funds for the week ended February 18, 2005.

Presents a chart depicting closed-end funds in the U.S. as of February 11, 2005.

Reports on the performance of closed-end funds in the United States in the week of January 31 to February 4, 2005. General equity funds; Specialized equity funds; Preferred stock funds; World equity funds; Convertible securities funds; Bond funds; World income funds; National municipal bond funds.

Presents charts depicting the closed-end funds in several stock exchanges in New York City as of January 28, 2005.

Presents a chart depicting the performance of closed-end funds in the U.S. as of October 15, 2004.

Presents a chart depicting the share value of closed-end funds in the U.S. as of August 2004.

Presents several charts depicting the performance of closed-end funds in the U.S. as of August 2004.

Reports on the postponement of the plan of Blackstone Group to sell shares in a closed-end fund, the Blackridge Investment Corp. to the public in New York City.

Charts the performance of U.S. closed-end funds for week ended June 10, 2004. General equity funds; Specialized equity funds; Preferred stock funds; World income funds; Single state municipal bond funds.

Presents the prices of closed-end funds in the United States as of May 21, 2004. Fund name; Market price; Percentage of price changes.

Provides information on the performance of closed-end funds for the week ending May 7, 2004. General equity funds; Specialized equity funds; Preferred stock funds; Single state municipal bond funds.

Focuses on the performance of closed-end funds. Problems with initial public offering of closed-end funds; Comments from analyst Owen Lamont on the reasons for the tendency of closed end funds to lag in the markets; Closed-end funds' focus on generating income through real estate investment trusts and preferred stocks and bonds.

Presents charts on closed end funds in the United States on April 30, 2004. Fund name; Stock exchange; Market price; Single state municipal bond funds; Equity funds; Preferred stock funds; World income funds; Bond funds; Convertible securities funds.

Reports on the performance of closed-end funds in the United States for the week ended April 23, 2004. General equity funds; Specialized equity funds; Municipal bond funds; Preferred stock funds; Convertible securities funds; World income funds.

Reports that small investors can now buy a piece of a fund with the cachet of Apollo Advisors' founder, Leon D. Black and Kohlberg Kravis Robert's Henry Kravis at a steep price. Apollo which raided $930 million to start a fund that will lend money to companies with revenue of $50 million to $500 million; Promotion of the funds as a good investment for those looking for a high yield in the current low-rate environment; The closed-end fund which was offered at $15 a share which is trading under the symbol AINV; Similar effort by the Blackstone Group for a closed-end fund called Blackridge Investment; Earnings records of the private firms and others; Fees charged.

Presents a chart depicting the market price of various closed-end funds in the U.S. as of April 2004.

Presents charts depicting closed-end funds.

The article presents financial listings of the Closed-End Funds in the U.S. capital markets for the week ending March 26, 2004. The tradings are included for General Equity Funds, Specialized Equity Funds, Preferred Stock Funds etc.

Presents charts depicting closed-end funds in the U.S. as of March 19, 2004.

Presents a chart depicting closed-end funds as of March 2004 in the U.S.